Panel hears from emergency response firms
By Steve Bauer
Friday February 29, 2008
John Dixon
Parkland College officials view demonstrations of emergency notification systems at the college in Champaign on Monday.
CHAMPAIGN – Parkland College evacuated its campus within 30 minutes when officials became concerned about a bomb threat in December.
That incident turned out to be a false threat, but Parkland officials, along with other campus leaders nationwide, were reminded that dangers can be all too real when Steven Kazmierczak fired guns into a large lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Feb. 14, killing five students and wounding 16 others before he shot himself.
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