Photo by Jet Fabara | 340th Flying Training Group | 03.29.2023
Shane MacDonald (center), 340th Flying Training Group Emergency Manager, asks 340th FTG personnel questions after conducting a natural disaster response exercise held Mar. 29, 2023, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The drill tested the unit’s ability to validate notification and communication processes, facility emergency action plan or organization’s emergency checklists,......
Photo by Kelly White | 72nd Air Base Wing | 02.19.2020
Inside the Emergency Operations Center during a tornado exercise Feb. 19, Tech. Sgt. Joanna Richmond, right, and Staff Sgt. Tyler Yancey, both with the 72nd Security Forces Squadron, communicate with Incident Command about details and actions of their unit which will be conveyed to the Commander's Action Team. The EOC serves as a hub of all communication during an emergency, either scenario or......
Photo by Kelly White | 72nd Air Base Wing | 02.19.2020
Inside the Emergency Operations Center during a tornado exercise Feb. 19, unit representatives communicate with Incident Command about details and actions of their unit which will be conveyed to the Commander's Action Team. The EOC serves as a hub of all communication during an emergency, either scenario or real-world. The EOC is divided into ESF's, or Emergency Support Functions, ranging from......
Photo by Kelly White | 72nd Air Base Wing | 02.19.2020
Inside the Emergency Operations Center during a tornado exercise Feb. 19, unit representatives communicate with Incident Command about details and actions of their unit which will be conveyed to the Commander's Action Team. The EOC serves as a hub of all communication during an emergency, either scenario or real-world. The EOC is divided into ESF's, or Emergency Support Functions, ranging from......
Photo by Kelly White | 72nd Air Base Wing | 02.19.2020
Maj. Scott Lair, third from left, with the Tinker Fire Department, served as incident commander during the Feb. 19 tornado exercise. The table-top map shows the entire installation, allowing the fire departments, Security Forces, Samaritan EMS and Flight Med's field response team to work together to show how and where they would deploy their teams in an emergency situation. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Kelly White | 72nd Air Base Wing | 02.19.2020
Lt. Christopher Price and Master Sgt. Ryan Schwartz, with the 72nd Security Forces Squadron, demonstrate where they would place their unit's teams and assets using props during a table-top tornado exercise Feb. 19. The table-top is a large map of the installation, showing all buildings and roads, so when exercise participants utilize it, they can all visually understand where all units are......
Photo by Staff Sgt. James Ro | 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard | 07.18.2019
Airmen from the Hawaii Air National Guard yells out in protest during one of the civil disturbance scenarios at Patriot North, July 18, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Tomah, Wisconsin. Airmen from the Hawaii Air National Guard participated in Patriot North training exercise for the first time as role players during numerous scenarios. Instead of reacting to an emergency situation, they were the ones......
Photo by Staff Sgt. James Ro | 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard | 07.18.2019
Staff Sgt. Ryan Kaleo, 154th Security Forces specialist, Senior Airman Juanito Gacusan, 154th Security Forces specialist, link up in arms during one of the protest scenarios at Patriot North, July 18, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Tomah, Wisconsin. Airmen from the Hawaii Air National Guard participated in Patriot North training exercise for the first time as role players during numerous scenarios.......