NCHART Training [Image 10 of 16]

DENVER, NC, UNITED STATES

05.08.2012

Photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Christiansen 

North Carolina National Guard

Sgt. 1st Class Robin McDaniel prepares George Ross, Denver, N.C., paramedic EMS, before lowering him with a hoist from a North Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk during a NCHART training exercise at Lake Norman, North Carolina, May 8, 2012. NCHART is a highly specialized team consisting of North Carolina National Guard and North Carolina State Highway Patrol air assets matched with North Carolina Emergency Management and local emergency services personnel that form a mission ready package for helicopter based rescues. NCHART can respond at the request of a local emergency management coordinator or NCEM Area coordinator upon approval by the NCEM duty officer. Examples of NCHART missions include: Swiftwater/Flood Rescue Lost Persons Severe injuries with projected extended evacuations Urban or Wilderness High Angle Rescue NCHART trains on a quarterly basis in various skills ranging from swiftwater/flood rescue to high angle and wilderness rescue.

• Date Taken: 05.08.2012
• Date Posted: 05.10.2012 11:09
• Photo ID: 577148
• VIRIN: 120508-F-AY498-022
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 4.39 MB
• Location: DENVER, NC, US