Woodbury Firefighters, Ambulance Team Team Up in Forest Rescue Drill

Woodbury Firefighters and Ambulance Association volunteers teamed up Saturday April 25^th, 2026 to rescue mock victim Fire Captain Corey Shaker who supposedly fell and supposedly suffered a head injury, and a broken leg while hiking in the Whittemore Preserve.“We do one or two of these rescues a year,” said Fire Chief Janet B. Morgan. “So we practice our skills and there’s no hesitation when we put them to use.”

In photo one, after stabilizing Mr. Shaker and fitting a neckbrace, he was evacuated in the department’s UATV (Utility All-Terrain Vehicle). When not pretending to be a victim or directing fire-fighting, Mr. Shaker is CEO of the Shaker Automotive Group.

In photo two, Woodbury Firefighters and Ambulance Association volunteers lined up after a recent the forest rescue drill in which a mock victim fell, suffering a head injury and broken leg: Firefighters (l-r) Raphael Sbarge, Stephen Wuest, Jonathan Laukaitis, Allyson Modica,Corey Shaker, Robert Start, Earl Gillette, Mel Brenner, and Ambulance personnel Imogen Hickey, Jeanette Barrows, Carrie King, Dan Fennesy.

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