Active Shooter Drill at Lake Pointe Medical Center

On Thursday, Dec. 5, 2014, Lake Pointe Medical Center conducted a hostage/armed assailant training drill. They partnered with the following agencies to help make it as close to reality as possible:

Rockwall County EMS

Rockwall County Emergency Management

Rowlett Fire Rescue

Rowlett Police Department

City of Rowlett Emergency Management

A few times a year, the hospital holds training drills to ensure the readiness of their staff should a similar incident occur in the facility or community.  As emergency preparedness staff says, it is not if, but when an incident will happen.  Practicing on a regular basis helps keep the staff prepared to respond appropriately to ensure the safety of patients, employees, and the community.

Ed Balderas, MPA, City of Rowlett Emergency Management Specialist, sent out a community notification via the Rowlett/Sachse Scanner Facebook page regarding the “LPHN hostage/armed assailant training drill.” Rowlett Emergency Management also assisted in providing patient actors/victims by using local community CERT volunteers.

The scenario involved the following hostage/armed assailant situation:

Joe Olsen, LPHN Volunteer, and Linda Fugitt, Rowlett PD, played the boyfriend and the victim/girlfriend/wife who were transported to the Lake Pointe Emergency Department (LPED) by Rockwall County EMS.

Chad Caldwell, City of Rowlett Community Services Officer, assumed the role of the husband attempting to gain access to his wife from the LPED waiting area and create the hostage situation.

Hospital was placed on lock down and all incoming patients were placed on divert.

Rowlett Police Department and Rowlett Fire Rescue set up a staging area and took over command using tactical techniques to secure the Emergency Department and hostage situation. Simulation and transfer of three patients to other Lake Pointe facilities was conducted.

Lake Pointe Emergency Departments in Forney and Wylie attempted to transfer patients to the main ED by local EMS and had to be rerouted to Texas Regional Medical Center because of lock down. Todd Loper from ETMC EMS coordinated these efforts with LeaAnn Bobbitt, RN, Forney/Wylie Emergency Department Manager.

To share your good news and events, email .

Please click here to LIKE our Facebook page, so we can reach more people with good news like this!