Photo By Sgt. OWEN KIMBREL | Marines with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting collect water samples during an exercise...... read more read more
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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Marines with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting responded to a biohazard training simulation along with multiple other agencies aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 29.
Participants use the exercise, Phantom Vector, to employ emergency response plans, policies and procedures that pertain to a biological incident.
Marines with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting worked alongside San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, MCAS Miramar Fire Department and San Diego County Department of Environmental Health Hazardous Incident Response Team to collect samples needed to accurately determine the type of contamination.
“We set up an instant command, and we had all the entities get together and make their plan on how they were going to get samples from around the area that was contaminated,” said Mark Manring, the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear protection officer with MCAS Miramar. “This exercise has given the military and county a good chance to work together.”
The MCAS Miramar Fire Department set up a decontamination site as a safety precaution before any samples are taken in case of accidental exposure at the contaminated area. Aircraft Rescue and Firefighters were assisted by the Hazardous Incident Response Team to learn the proper procedures to collect the samples. Once the samples were bagged and stored, during the training the Marines returned to the decontamination site and proceeded to be decontaminated by the MCAS Miramar Fire Department. The samples collected are then sent to the San Diego Vector Disease and Diagnostic Lab where they are tested for a contaminant.
“This type of training helps us learn how the other sections are going to work with us,” said Pfc. Aaron Allen, an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron.
This exercise gives MCAS Miramar the opportunity to ensure the base is prepared for an biological incident.
| Date Taken: | 05.29.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 05.30.2014 15:21 |
| Story ID: | 131681 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CALIFORNIA, US |
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