00:02City pavements transformed into a makeshift triage, all part of an elaborate exercise simulating a real life emergency.
00:11This would have been in the planning for nearly a year and so it's a big undertaking.
00:17About 300 police, ambulance, firefighters and SA health workers put their skills to the test, responding to a mock mass
00:25casualty event.
00:26The drill began with a pretend car crash on North Terrace, followed by an explosion and an armed offender taking
00:34hostages.
00:35The bomb squad, star group, forensics and intelligence officers also deployed.
00:40These volunteers with fake injuries role played the victims.
00:44Participating in an exercise of this scale really allows our firefighters to hone their skills and actually coordinate a large
00:53scale incident.
00:54Even though we feel very confident with the way today was handled, there's always those opportunities to improve and that's
00:59what today is all about.
01:00This exercise was the largest of its kind to be held in the state, with the last one taking place
01:06in 2008.
01:08Police say it gives emergency services a crucial opportunity to practice their responses in a safe and controlled environment.
01:15Funded by the Australia New Zealand Counter Terrorism Committee, police say insights gained from the exercise will be shared nationally.
01:24Police also drawing on the lessons from the fatal terror attack at Bondi Beach in December.
01:30The exercises are always adaptive to what's been happening around not only Australia but around the world.
01:34So yes, there have been nuances that have been lessons that have been learned from live events.
01:38Ensuring preparedness for any scenario.
01:41The
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