Imlay City’s Mayor Pro-Tem is pleased by how well a full scale exercise simulation of a hazardous waste train derailment went this past Saturday. Ted Lee Sadler shared in a press release that the event’s purpose was to test responders’ training in an out-of-the-ordinary situation, and how well agencies could integrate themselves during a crisis. The Saturday event saw over 100 members from 14 agencies participate, including the Imlay City Fire and Police Departments, Lapeer County EMS, firefighters from Attica, Almont, Burlington, Elba, and Goodland Townships, the Lapeer County Sheriff Department, CN Railroad Police and HAZMAT Response Teams, Lapeer County Health Department, Salvation Army and Imlay City Schools. The parking lot behind the IC Middle School was transformed into a ”hot zone” complete with a HAZMAT training trailer, as provided by CN Canadian Northern Railroad, with a smoke machine wafting a large simulated white vapor plume for effect.