GBI forming disaster response team

FORSYTH - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has chosen 53 agents to be the first people to respond to disasters in the state. <br> <br> This week, the so-called ``first responders to mass casualities&#39;&#39; are attending classes at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth. <br> <br> They&#39;re learning what to do after an airplane crash, how to deal with personal stress while working amid the fatalities, and how to recover human remains. <br> <br> Lee Sweat is a GBI inspector who helped choose the first responders. He says in the past the agency has chosen teams to respond after disasters. <br> <br> Sweat says the disvoery of hundreds of corpses at the Tri-State Crematory in northwest Georgia made agency officials realize they needed a plan to deal with large numbers of bodies. <br> <br> He says under the new plan the group will know to pack their bags at the first word of a disaster. <br> <br> Sweat says the team is the first of its kind in the state. <br> <br> A coroner from upstate New York - Grady Bray - held a training session yesterday that focused on the stress associated with working at a disaster scene.

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