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Guardsman acts heroically at Indiana State Fair tragedy
An Indiana Air Guardsman and medical expert found himself at the wrong place at the right time late Saturday night, Aug. 13, when the concert stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair here, killing five and injuring at least 40 more. Senior Medic, Master Sgt. James Stranahan, of Shelburn, Ind., 53rd Civil Support Team, was in the third row stands when the stage collapsed. He witnessed the stage fall onto roughly 50 people who were still … Read entire article »
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Air Force Joins Arizona Wildfire Effort
Under the direction of the Joint Forces Air Component commander for Air Forces Northern here, two C-130 Hercules aircraft from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing, both equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems, or MAFFS, deployed to Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., June 15 to conduct fire containment missions in support of wildfire suppression efforts in the southwestern U.S. The aircraft are being deployed at the request of National Interagency Fire Center officials in … Read entire article »
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Wildfires and Drought – 2011 is a bad year
Sunrise in Western Arizona finds the Wallow wildfire still growing and only 5% contained. The morning situation report from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) show that the fire grew by over 50,000 acres in the last 24 hours, to a total burned area of 386,453 acres. 67 structures have been lost including 22 homes in the community of Greer. The fire is being fought by 3,137 people, using 221 fire engines and 14 helicopters. Costs … Read entire article »
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US Assists Firefighting at Nuke Plant
A team of five Airmen and two Japanese nationals drove through the night March 15, to deliver a fire truck to firefighters in the city of Fukushima. The convoy, consisting of three Yokota vehicles and a police escort, departed the base at 1 a.m. enroute to a training site, 50 kilometers from the power plant. After more than seven hours of traveling, the team delivered the P-22 fire truck to six Japanese firefighters, standing by. After … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Earthquake Japan, Firefighting, Military
Air Mobility Command Delivers Search Teams
Two Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster IIIs departed the United States on March 12 and delivered search and rescue, or SAR, equipment and personnel to Japan in support of humanitarian relief efforts after an earthquake and tsunami struck the island nation Friday. President Barack Obama pledged U.S. support, emphasizing that “the friendship and alliance between our two nations is unshakeable, and only strengthens our resolve to stand with the people of Japan as they overcome this … Read entire article »
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US Search and Rescue Teams Depart for Japan
At the request of the Government of Japan, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has deployed Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams from Fairfax County and Los Angeles County to assist in the rescue effort in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The USAR team from Fairfax County has now departed Washington, DC via commercially chartered aircraft. The flight will stop in Los Angeles to meet that rescue team and then continue … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Earthquake Japan, EMS, Firefighting
California Air National Guard fighting widlfires
For additional information about Air Guard and Air Force wildland firefighting activities, please check out these articles: Air Force Training is Making South Carolina a Little Greener Air Force Aids California Firefighting Two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems 2 aircraft from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Island ANG Station, Calif., responded to a fire July 15 in Riverside County, Calif. Guard officials said the unit was requested by the U.S. Forest Service through the National Interagency Fire Center after lightning caused a brush fire near Temecula. The two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft flew one sortie for almost two hours and dropped 3,000 gallons of fire retardant on what the Riverside County Fire Department dubbed the “Skinner fire.” More than a dozen fires broke out in the county, as powerful thunderstorms rolled … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard active in drilling rig fire
Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters are responding to an explosion and fire aboard a mobile offshore drilling unit approximately 52 miles Southeast of Venice. Watchstanders at the U.S. Coast Guard District Eight command center here received a report at approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday of an explosion and fire aboard the MODU Deepwater Horizon. Updated reports are that the estimated 126 people on board have gotten off the rig. Seven critical injuries were reported. Three were met by ambulance at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans; two were medevaced to West Jefferson hospital in New Orleans, La., by air ambulance and two were flown to Mobile Trauma Center in Mobile, Ala. There are approximately 11-12 people who remain missing. Coast Guard units responding: Air Station New Orleans: Two HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopters and crews Aviation Training … Read entire article »
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Los Angeles rescuers save Haitian woman
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