After Lonz, officials honed island emergency response

MIDDLE BASS ISLAND

As emergency crews tended to dozens of injured victims of the Lonz Winery terrace collapse, they made use of everything available that fateful day.

They unhinged doors to use as backboards. They ripped T-shirts into bandages. They splinted broken ribs with scraps of wood and tape. 

That was then. A decade later, emergency management officials say they’ve learned the lessons of Lonz and are better prepared, supplied and coordinated.

Read the full story in Friday's Register, and read more about the Lonz Winery tragedy in this four-day series: 

Thursday
- The victims remember and state officials ponder the property's future 

Friday
- Emergency response and lessons learned 

Saturday
- What went wrong? Who had to pay? 

Sunday 
- Tragedy echoes in island's life and business

Click on the PDF below to see Ottawa County EMA's report on the Lonz Winery terrace collapse. The report includes eyewitness photos from the scene, statistics and more. 

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Ottawa County EMA presentation on Lonz Winery terrace collapse: Includes photos, reports, statistics and more