Rockingham County Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates led the debrief on the accident Tuesday morning. Author: Jessica Winters Updated: 10:34 PM EDT May 4, 2021 EDEN, N.C. — Rockingham County first responders have dealt with some scary accidents, like two years ago when a school bus filled with 17 kids crashed. More recently, more than a dozen agencies responded to the deadly Duke Energy helicopter crash in Eden. When something big happens, those agencies in the county meet to ask themselves -- what could we have done better? What did we do exactly right? Rockingham County Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates led the debrief on Tuesday morning.