Homeland Security Response Team training

April 21, 2021

Members of various surrounding area fire departments, the Cape Girardeau Water Division/Alliance Water Resources and the Homeland Security Response Team practiced a response to a chlorine gas leak at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. There was no actual leak, but it was simulated visually by a fog machine. Departments worked together to practice and learn this type of work in case a situation like this ever occurs.

Sarah Yenesel

The scene of the training is a chlorine gas leak, simulated visually by a fog machine, that effected those in the city truck, back, and firefighters who responded without realizing it was a toxic gas and are awaiting rescue from their truck, front, during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Those part of the response team approach the scene to rescue dummies from the building where the theoretical gas leak originates during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Those part of the response team rescue a dummy from the building where the theoretical gas leak originates during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Response team members get hosed down after rescuing dummies at the scene during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Those part of the response team attempt to fix the theoretical gas leak with the help of Cape Girardeau battalion chief Brad Dillow, left, during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Members of the Southeast Missouri Homeland Security Response Team assess the situation and discuss response options during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Members of the Southeast Missouri Homeland Security Response Team speak to a Jackson firefighter during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

A member of the Sikeston Tech rescue, right, helps a firefighter put on a hazmat suit during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Members of the Southeast Missouri Homeland Security Response Team help others suit up in hazmat suits during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Firefighter Dalton Abernathy drags a fellow firefighter to safety who would have been affected by the chlorine leak during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Members of the response team hose off the rescued firefighter to clean him of chemicals during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Firefighters seen in the reflection of the Jackson Fire truck assess the scene during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Firefighters rescue a fellow colleague from the truck effected by the chlorine gas during a training session at the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

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