07.18.2016
Photo by Senior Master Sgt. David Lipp
North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs
Tech. Sgt. Dan Donahue, a fire fighter in the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, Peoria, Ill., uses a power tool to breach concrete obstructions in a simulated building collapse to search for survivors in potential void areas of the concrete at National Guard training exercise PATRIOT North 2016 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisc. July 18, 2016. The Wisconsin Regional Emergency All-Climate Training Center (REACT) is providing the collapse rescue training for National Guard Soldiers and Airmen at PATRIOT, which is an annual exercise held at Volk Field to test the National Guard’s capabilities and develop working relationships with first responders and government agencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
Airman 1st Class Randle Taborn, a fire fighter in the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, Peoria, Ill., crawls through concrete structures during collapse rescue training at National Guard training exercise PATRIOT North 2016 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisc. July 18, 2016. The Wisconsin Regional Emergency All-Climate Training Center (REACT) is providing the collapse rescue training for National Guard Soldiers and Airmen at PATRIOT, which is an annual exercise held at Volk Field to test the National Guard’s capabilities and develop working relationships with first responders and government agencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
Staff Sgt. Robert Laidlow, a fire fighter in the 167th Civil Engineer Squadron, West Virginia Air National Guard, Martinsburg, W.V., pounds nails into a wooden support structure he is building while training for structural collapse emergencies at National Guard training exercise PATRIOT North 2016 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisc. July 18, 2016. PATRIOT is an annual exercise held at Volk Field to test the National Guard’s capabilities and develop working relationships with first responders and government agencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
Airman 1st Class Dustin Spaulding, of the 178th Civil Engineer Squadron, Ohio Air National Guard, Springfield, Ohio, uses an oxy-acetylene torch to cut construction metals as Steve Berg, a senior instructor for the Regional Emergency All-Climate Training Center (REACT), provides instruction at National Guard training exercise PATRIOT North 2016 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisc. July 18, 2016. REACT is providing structural collapse rescue training for National Guard Soldiers and Airmen at PATRIOT, which is an annual exercise held at Volk Field to test the National Guard’s capabilities and develop working relationships with first responders and government agencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
Tech. Sgt. Dereck Perry, a fire fighter in the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, Peoria, Ill., right, uses power tools to create simulated rescue access holes in concrete as Ron Pizl, a senior instructor for the Regional Emergency All-Climate Training Center (REACT), provides direction at National Guard training exercise PATRIOT North 2016 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisc. July 18, 2016. REACT is providing structural collapse rescue training for National Guard Soldiers and Airmen at PATRIOT, which is an annual exercise held at Volk Field to test the National Guard’s capabilities and develop working relationships with first responders and government agencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
Tim Busse, of Team Rubicon, right, demonstrates the operation of a chainsaw during an instructional 'sawyer' class while Senior Airman Rashad Richards, left and Staff Sgt. Carlos Trotman, both of the 285th Civil Engineer Squadron, Virgin Islands Air National Guard, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, in the early stages of National Guard training exercise PATRIOT North 2016 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisc. July 18, 2016. Team Rubicon is a civilian volunteer organization made up military veterans and first responders, created to rapidly deploy emergency response teams to various types of disasters at the request of federal, state and county agencies. PATRIOT is an annual exercise held at Volk Field to test the National Guard’s capabilities and develop working relationships with first responders and government agencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
