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the CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ JUNE 22,2005 ♦ PAGE 13 durhamregion.com' A CLARINGTON community /\ weekly in-depth look at the communities that shape Claringtou Mock emergency tests contamination plans '-Employees save lives pout have to watch but for themselves • BY CARLY FOSTER {Staff writer A ■. .... ; - , lORONO -- They fought fires, • iglmed residents, shut off power and gas and fixed water pollution control plants, all while a serious nuclear {accident was causing radiation to leak front the Darlington plant. ['Or at least they pretended to. "'The Orono Arena was recently transformed transformed into a mock emergency worker {Centre, where police, fire, ambulance, ijransit, hydro, gas and Ontario Power {Generation (OPG). employees went (hrough the motions of a full-scale $uclear accident. £"One of the jobs is to save lives, but hey also have to be worried about hemselves," said Ivan Ciuciura, di.rec- or of emergency management' for the legion. j In the event of a leak at the Darling- ! on plant, workers would be corralled i it the Orono Arena to be sent out on Julies, then return and be checked for contamination, or radioactive dust. Employees in blue ambulance and police uniforms, white and blue OPG 'shirts and vests and fluorescent orange . and yellow coveralls snaked through the upstairs of the arena, moving throughout dispatch lines and being outfitted with radiation monitors, j After being sent out to perform a 'task ;(irt. r thiS lease, Idrivmg-around-the-- {block), workers in vehicles such as police cruisers, fire trucks and GO Transit buses returned to the arena to pe scanned for contamination using a 'handheld meter. { If the car caused the scanner to beep [incessantly and loudly, it was sent [though an outdoor water bath. If workers workers had dust on them, they had to be topeatedly scanned to identify where . the dust was. "Then it was off to the shower or .vacuum centre to have their clothes iithd bodies decontaminated, ji The Region's emergency management management office holds mock emergencies '-it centres across Durham each year as part of its preparedness plan and man- itiates'from the Province. !; "OPG would say a leak could never happen. But the Province says, 'Never say never,'" Mr. Ciuciura said. "But that being said, you still have to be', prepared." Getting the drill JLeft: Vehicles arc checked for radiation and pass through a decontamination decontamination wash; Bottom right: EMS Scott Brooks is checked for radiation by Roland Topper; Bottom Left: Topper ensures firefighter firefighter Wayne Dorsey is clear while Darek Kulczynski monitors their progress. Photos by Jason Liebregts Your Chance to Win *2£00 WHITBY OSHAWA Honda See Pages 2&3 in Today's Durham Wheels Critical Assist" helps ease the financial impact of a life-altering condition. Give us a call and give yourself peace of mind, knowing your family's way of life is protected. 1 ■ efi the co-ope&toé V:< A Better Place For Ybu* •. .'I'M • ••*!/. V;• • M, :;.i . 1 ■ • .' ' Home Auto Life Investments Group Business Farm Travel Sclera & Associates Inc. 102 King Street East Bowmnnvlllo 0NL1C1N5 E-mail: laura scloro.agoncy@cooporalors.ca Fax: (905) 697-2273 Tol: (905) 697-2262 I .Afr* i Aa,l II i Ii<uli(.,"l UtoirkU «i.<l'nl It to<l»l Ok Wm.x O-i'liy. Uni rnlili-niiiinii. EES ÛE vHj\E£E ItoJi/H aj ■TO:'» * * 2ul\ 2Lie CL .LLC li.SU CUll C . L"vl Till vVSZ.iulv.u\ Lu Sulicùx b ù.lu. - U L-- LU - - . |v<* _. Z .rrxNXThe Pickering Markets " p " rk ' , ' 9ladml5Slon Over 550 Vendors Z Flea . Farmers . Antiques , ^ • HUGE international food court II £ I || Mime |g fantastic deals + loads of fun ...never a dull moment* South on no Brook Road Tci 905-426-3387 l/l/l/VI/I/.P/CKER/A/C/W/lffKfrS.CO/W