The Greater Boston Vipers U18 team recently partnered with
Jeff Vinciulla (North-West District Coordinator N.E.M.L.E.C. – Incident
Management Team – SWAT / RRT Liaison) to participate in some extremely
important “Active Shooter” field training drills for local police officers,
firefighters and emt’s. Players were able to experience an inside view of how
these professionals respond to these types of incidents on sight September 7th
at the Chestnut Hill Mall. The participants were acting as every day mall shoppers
playing a variety of roles such as an injured person (wearing simulated
injuries) as well as participating in the seek and recovery exercises in some
very intense loud training exercises. Players were schooled in how to react in
such situations, where to seek shelter and how or how not to communicate during
these key situations.
All players represented themselves as well as the Vipers
program in a very mature professional manner and have earned praise and an
accommodation from the local affiliated Newton Police Department!
Congratulations to participants: Andrew Somerville, Patrick
Somerville, Bernard McGovern, Jason Smith, Ryan Smith Cameron Geary, Nick
Fantasia, Brendan Reagan, Nick Silva, Max Anderson, Ryan Tierney, Ryan
Spagnoli, Joe Kelly, Liam along with Coach Scot Somerville and Team Leader Jeff
Vinciulla
“Partnering together to help transfer athletic skill sets
into every-day Life Skills is
a key ingredient when influencing the mindset of the millennial generation”… Coach
Somerville & BPD Vinciulla
