Photo by Lt. Col. Patrick Simon | 225th Engineer Brigade | 08.13.2009
Staff Sgt. Gregory Lowe (left), from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 110th Chemical Battalion, and Lt. Col. Lee Lavespere, of Pineville, La. 225th Engineer Brigade, teach Iraqi firefighters how to conduct emergency response operations by using various monitoring devices at the National Fire Academy on Aug. 11. Lowe is holding the RAD-ID which can track radioactive materials in people, vehicles or packages....
Photo by Lt. Col. Patrick Simon | 225th Engineer Brigade | 08.13.2009
Staff Sgt. Gregory Lowe (right), from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 110th Chem. Bn., teaches an Iraqi firefighter how to properly operate the RAD-ID radiation monitor during the first Haz Mat training course at the National Fire Academy on Aug. 11. The two week class emphasizes health and safety planning, decontamination and first aid, and techniques for proper response at a hazardous materials site.......
Photo by Lt. Col. Patrick Simon | 225th Engineer Brigade | 08.13.2009
Staff Sgt. Jason Smith, from San Antonio, Texas, with the 110th Chemical Battalion, reacts to the rancid smell from a chemical reaction prepared by Lt. Col. Lee Lavespere, from Pineville, La., 225th Engineer Brigade, for the first Haz Mat response class at the National Fire Academy on Aug. 11....