RICHMOND - It could have been a grill fire on a dorm balcony or overcooked ramen noodles, smoking on the stove.
But this time it was a controlled flame. In the steamy parking lot of Virginia’s Emergency Operations Center, teams of campus and university officials, as well as local responders, pulled down their goggles, adjusted their green hard hats and moved in with fire extinguishers.
“Pull the pin, test the water, give your command, squeeze the handle and spray,” said Mark Vroman, a firefighter and paramedic, and the group’s instructor.
The simulation was part of the Campus Community Emergency Response Team Train-the-Trainer course, meant to help campuses sustain themselves during an emergency.
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