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FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa.-- Every three years, service members with the Pennsylvania National Guard's Homeland Response Force perform an external evaluation exercise to test their skills on how they would respond to a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) event.
“They get to show off their skills,” said Col. John M. Wenzel, director of military support for the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Joint Operations Center. “Their external evaluation is to make sure they are capable of doing their jobs.”
According to Wenzel, after the HRF gets notified that a CBRN event has occurred, the "inside" plans the response and how they are going to react while the "outside" is finding people and victims to be decontaminated. Some get taken to medical facilities, while others are well enough after the decontamination.
The Homeland Response Force’s mission is to conduct life-saving actions such as search and extraction, decontamination and medical stabilization within six hours to not only save lives, but also decrease suffering for victims.
“The Homeland Response Force is like the first responders for catastrophic CBRN events,” said Wenzel.
| Date Taken: | 10.26.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 10.27.2023 10:36 |
| Story ID: | 456647 |
| Location: | FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA, US |
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