Mobile team prepares Marines for hazardous material emergencies

Photo By Master Sgt. Warren Peace | Firefighters dressed in level B (maximum respiratory and splash resistant) suits decontaminate a Marine dressed in level A (fully encapsulated) suit. Students determined a safe distance to set up a command tent and where to place the decontamination area, based on the list of suspected chemicals the scenario provided.  

CAMP FUJI, JAPAN

03.23.2007

Courtesy Story

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

By Cpl. Warren Peace
III Marine Expeditionary Force PAO

CAMP FUJI, Japan -- More than one and a half hours by car from any other American installation, a group of Marines on Camp Fuji recently learned to handle emergency situations involving nuclear, biological and chemical leaks.

Three hazardous material instructors with the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team based in Novato, Calif., instructed 18 Marines during a Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Course at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji March 12-16. The team also taught the course to service members on Okinawa this week and will teach another course next week.

• Date Taken: 03.23.2007
• Date Posted: 03.23.2007 11:28
• Story ID: 9590
• Location: CAMP FUJI, JP