A bus full of "injured" passengers has been used to represent a crashed aircraft, during a scheduled emergency exercise at Rotorua Airport.
Rotorua Airport fire and operations manager John Harrison said it was a good opportunity for the airport team and other emergency service personnel because they did not usually mingle much.
"It's an opportunity to work together with a single objective, and support each other and utilise each other's strengths."
The exercise took place at 2.30pm yesterday, with an alarm activated and an emergency response.
Mr Harrison said the exercise involved a bus full of volunteers which went out to the end of the runway, and all volunteers were given medical conditions by St John.