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Lewis and Clark volunteer firefighters Adam Miller, Kevin Miller, and April Helligso move
a person from the bus during a mass-casualty training exercise at the Lewis and Clark
dry-sort yard Saturday.
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A young boy watches as a Life Flight helicopter takes off during a training exercise
Saturday.
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Jennifer Keefe, top, and Ingrid Boettcher, bottom, lay in
the turned-over school bus before the MCI drill. The bus
and car were donated and set up by Astoria Auto Wrecking
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Crews from Life Flight and Medix transport a patient
during a training exercise Saturday.
Lewis and Clark firefighters and paramedics help work the
scene of a simulated bus crash during a training exercise.
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