Ninth District External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard
Photo Release
PHOTOs: Federal, state, local agencies respond to simulated airplane crash during mass rescue operations exercise in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, Wis. — More than two dozen federal, state and local emergency response agencies participated in mass rescue operations exercise in Green Bay Wednesday.
The exercise is designed to test the coordinated response to a simulated emergency situation in an ice-covered maritime environment.
Click here to learn more about the exercise.
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SOUTH LUXEMBURG, Wis. — Members of Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department prepare their equipment to simulate ice rescues during a mass rescue operations preparedness exercise with federal, state and local agencies at Red River County Park, Jan. 18, 2012.
The exercise provided the participating agencies the opportunity to evaluate their response plans, capabilities and coordination in a simulated emergency situation.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen
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SOUTH LUXEMBURG, Wis. — Members of Brown County Sheriff's Department launch their airboat during a mass rescue operations preparedness exercise at Red River County Park, Jan. 18, 2012.
The exercise provided the participating agencies the opportunity to evaluate their response plans, capabilities and coordination in a simulated emergency situation.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen
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SOUTH LUXEMBURG, Wis. — Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Schierberg and Seaman Grant Jansen, both of Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, Wis., simulate evacuating a victim during a mass rescue operations preparedness exercise at Red River County Park, Jan. 18, 2012.
The exercise provided the participating agencies the opportunity to evaluate their response plans, capabilities and coordination in a simulated emergency situation.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen
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SOUTH LUXEMBURG, Wis. — A Brown County Sheriff's Department airboat crew arrives on the ice off the coast of Red River County Park during a mass rescue operations preparedness exercise, Jan. 18, 2012.
Members from the department used the boat to simulate ice rescues with more than two dozen federal, state and local agencies involved in the exercise.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen
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SOUTH LUXEMBURG, Wis. — Petty Officer 3rd Class Shane Wagner and Seaman Grant Jansen, both crewmembers at Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and members of Brown County Sheriff's Department simulate rescuing victims at Red River County Park during a mass rescue operations preparedness exercise, Jan. 18, 2012.
The exercise provided the participating agencies the opportunity to evaluate their response plans, capabilities and coordination in a simulated emergency situation.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen |
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