Marshall County school bus drivers received some extra, hands-on training with the county’s law enforcement, fire and EMS personnel and health officials on Monday, said Tom Hart, director of the Marshall County Emergency Management Agency.

Hart said school officials reached out to him about doing the training during their in-service day Monday.

He said bus drivers were trained on how to handle four different scenarios with help from county deputies, EMS and firefighters and county health department.

Four different school buses were used for the scenarios. The first scenario was related to if a fire broke out on a bus. A smoke simulator from the Roberts Ridge VFD was used on the bus to mimic smoke from a fire. Another scenario involved safety security on the bus, while another was medica

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