BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC ) - It has been one year since the deadly mass shooting outside the Hush Lounge in Five Points South .

As the community remembers the lives lost, the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service is reflecting on the trauma responders faced that night.

For Fire Chief Cory Moon, listening to emergency calls is part of the job. But on that night, as reports of victims and deaths continued to rise, Moon decided he had to go to the scene. He says it remains one of the worst incidents he has witnessed in more than 24 years with the department.

“Initially, when I saw the number of patients get up to 20, that did give me a little bit of pause, like ‘this can’t be right’,” Moon said. “But when I got to the scene and saw all the casualties and all the people, that drove it h

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