Local Firefighters Practice School Bus Extrication

One of the worst fears as a parent, learning that your child was involved in a school bus accident.

The helpless feeling when your kids ride away on the bus is as real as it gets. November's  deadly school bus crash in Tennessee, made local firefighter take note that it can happen anywhere and anytime. First responders say it’s more important than ever they’re prepared for what could happen on any given day.

It’s total chaos because a lot of the kids now on school buses, they have cell phones and when everything happens you have parents showing up and it just turns into chaos and to get rescuers to get to the scene when all the parents are getting there before sometimes the rescuers are. - Capt. Mike Huffman with the Harlem-Roscoe Fire Department

According to WIFR For this training exercise, the buses were donated by the Rockford Speedway. There was also three hours of classroom time to go along with eight hours of work on the bus crash scenes. Check out this video of the event.