If Incirlik Air Base in Turkey has to deal with chemical contamination, the medical group is there to clean up. A1C Nicholas Crisp scrubs down to meet the team behind the soap.
Being ready to respond to serious situations is all in a days work for these Airmen. SSgt Will Bracy takes a look at the talent that makes disaster response exercises as real as possible at Aviano Air Base, Italy.
On Monday, Judy Garber, U.S. Ambassador to Latvia; members of the U.S. Embassy in Riga and EUCOM; the Latvian Ministry of Interior (State Fire and Rescue Service) and National Guard members; and local government officials broke ground on a EUCOM Humanitarian Assistance project modernizing eight fire and rescue stations in Latvia.
NATO allies often train together to strengthen their skills and enhance our ability to work side by side. A1C Shane Mitchell tells us about a class in Landstuhl, Germany, that helps prepare Belgian nurses to be ready for any emergency situation.
Donald Bittner has been a doctor since 1981, but the Navy captain had never practiced medicine like he did March 26 while driving to a local restaurant with his wife.
When U.S. F-16s are in the air over Italy, they often fly far from any ground support should they need to land. A1C Roman Weber tells us how Aviano fire safety officials are making sure pilots and aircraft are safe if they have to make an emergency landing away from home.
Have you wondered who would respond in the event of a life-threatening medical situation? Would that worry influence where you lived and worked or would it be a factor in your decision to visit an area?
LIMBAŽI, Latvia -- A small fire station and nine more like it spread throughout the country will soon receive the necessary renovations to improve the timeliness and quality of emergency services received as of July 29.
The recent flooding in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), in both entities and Brcko District, has inflicted extensive damage to infrastructure, interrupted water and electricity supply, caused landslides, and necessitated the evacuation of over 13,000 people.
BELGRADE, Serbia — Representatives from Serbia’s Ministry of the Interior, Sector for Emergency Situations, and the Ministry of Defense, participated in a disaster response workshop and tabletop exercise held May 10-14, that was facilitated by the U.S. Department of Defense, Civil-Military Emergency Preparedness (CMEP) program.
KAPAUN AIR STATION, Germany --U.S. service members simulate being killed during an exercise on Delta Base here, March 26, 2010. The 886th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters conduct at least four exercises per month to ensure readiness in the event of real-world emergency.