The Menasha Police Department delivered live-saving tourniquet training at Heckrodt Wetland Preserve on Monday. April 28, 2025. PC: Fox 11 Online
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — In May 2015, four people were shot and killed at Trestle Trail Bridge in Menasha.
Nearly 10 years later, the Menasha Police Department is educating those in the community on how to save a life during a mass shooting.
On Monday, training was held for staff at Heckrodt Wetland Reserve.
“We are going to be conducting stop the bleed training and active threat training with the staff,” said Community Liaison Officer Matthew Roe. “They have asked us to come in and partner with them to just kind of get them some more education, be a little more prepared for anything that could happen.”
Staff learned how to tourniquet a wound on an arm or leg, and were trained on how to apply them during different situations.
“The test tourniquets, that was a whole new concept for me,” said staff member Andrea Bierbrauer. “It was kind of cool to see how they work. We’re excited to purchase some equipment and make sure our trucks and our equipment have tourniquets, our teaching bags,” she said.
Register for Stop the Bleed Training on their website.
Roe stressed a mass casualty event can happen anywhere.
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