Crime & Safety

Safety Training Happening at Copley High Today

Don't be alarmed by all the emergency vehicles at Copley High School. It's just a drill.

The trucks of four area fire departments will be driving to and from today and Wednesday for active shooter training programs.

The emergency vehicles from , , Norton and Copley will be there all day, said Fairlawn fire Chief Russ Hose. There will be no students in the building except for a few role players, Hose added.

The fire departments will practice several different scenarios, critique them and then start over either again or with a new setup. This is happening in light of the Three of those students died from their injuries.

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Hose has never participated in training like this before, but the schools regularly practice lock-down drills, he said.

"You hate to think of practicing things like this," Hose said. "But it's good to be prepared. It'll be a learning process."

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