GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Preparing for the worst was the goal for paramedics in training with Life EMS Ambulance on Wednesday afternoon.

GLC Live at 20 Monroe, a downtown Grand Rapids concert venue, was turned into the site of a simulated mass casualty incident.

“At Life EMS Ambulance, we put these on twice a year for all of our new paramedics in training before they go out on the road and they’re on their own,” Patrick Cooney-Davis, a field training coordinator, said.