ARFF Marines P-19R driver’s license course

CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES
04.19.2019
Photo by Cpl. Gabino Perez
Marine Corps Installations West - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton 

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jeremy Steele, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) specialist, ARFF, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, maneuvers through cones in a P-19R ARFF vehicle on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 19 2019. The ARFF Marines must complete a written and practical application test before they are able to get their license. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabino Perez)


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Justin Moore, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) specialist, ARFF, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, guides a P-19R ARFF vehicle as it backs up on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 19 2019. The ARFF Marines must complete a written and practical application test before they are able to get their license. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabino Perez)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Derek Frazee, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) specialist, ARFF, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, explains to the Marines the driving course stations on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 19 2019. The ARFF Marines must complete a written and practical application test before they are able to get their license. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabino Perez)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Cunningham, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) specialist, ARFF, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, evaluates a Marine during the driving portion of a licensing course in a P-19R ARFF vehicle on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 19 2019. The ARFF Marines must complete a written and practical application test before they are able to get their license. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabino Perez)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Henry Cruz, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) specialist, ARFF, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, operates a P-19R ARFF vehicle during his evaluation on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 19 2019. The ARFF Marines must complete a written and practical application test before they are able to get their license. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabino Perez)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brendan Palmer, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) specialist, ARFF, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, performs a lane change in a P-19R ARFF vehicle on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 19 2019. The ARFF Marines must complete a written and practical application test before they are able to get their license. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabino Perez)

177th Fighter Wing NJ: Big Brothers Big Sisters visit.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ, UNITED STATES
04.25.2019
Photo by Senior Airman Cristina J. Allen
177th Fighter Wing – NJ Air National Guard 

Members of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Atlantic and Cape May Counties, New Jersey, receive a briefing from 177th Fighter Wing Fire Department personnel at the New Jersey Air National Guard Base, Egg Harbor Township, N.J., during a base tour April 25, 2019. Their visit included briefs from an F-16 pilot, maintainers and weapons personnel and was followed by demonstrations from the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, Aircrew Flight Equipment section and base fire department. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Senior Airman Cristina J. Allen)

Members of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Atlantic and Cape May Counties, New Jersey, receive a briefing from 177th Fighter Wing Fire Department personnel at the New Jersey Air National Guard Base, Egg Harbor Township, N.J., during a base tour April 25, 2019. Their visit included briefs from an F-16 pilot, maintainers and weapons personnel and was followed by demonstrations from the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, Aircrew Flight Equipment section and base fire department. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Senior Airman Cristina J. Allen)

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Nathanael Shannon stands by in a hot suit with a fire extinguisher during helicopter refueling on the flight deck of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43).

ARABIAN GULF
04.25.2019
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Roys
Navy Public Affairs Support Element East - (Active) 

190425-N-AT530-1112 ARABIAN GULF (April 25, 2019) – Damage Controlman 3rd Class Nathanael Shannon stands by in a hot suit with a fire extinguisher during helicopter refueling on the flight deck of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43). Fort McHenry is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the central region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chris Roys/Released)

LIHUE, HI, UNITED STATES

LIHUE, HI, UNITED STATES

04.26.2019

Photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir 

U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific  

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Members of the Lihue Airport Response Fire Fighting team establish communications with their team from the scene during a mass rescue exercise at Ahukini Recreational State Park in Lihue, Hawaii, April 26, 2019. This exercise, a triennial FAA requirement for the Lihue Airport Response Fire Fighting department, tested local agencies ability working together and evaluated interagency communications, response plans, and responders’ actions to a simulated downed commercial airliner. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir/Released)

Video: During the search and rescue exercise, multiple agencies’ assets and crews launched including ten Coast Guard Station Kauai crew members

Photo By Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | Members of the Univesity of Hawaii's EMS training program conduct triage of simulated crash victims alongside Kauai County Fire Fighters during a mass rescue exercise at Ahukini Recreational State Park in Lihue, Hawaii, April 26, 2019. During the search and rescue exercise, multiple agencies’ assets and crews launched including ten Coast Guard Station Kauai crewmembers and more than 40 high school students from Kapaa High School to simulate passengers in distress. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir/Released)

LIHUE, HI, UNITED STATES
04.26.2019
Story by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir
U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

LIHUE, Hawaii — The Coast Guard, Kauai Fire Department, HDOT Airports Division, HDOT Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Section, Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services, Kauai Police Department, American Medical Response, and Wilcox Medical Center conducted a full-scale mass rescue exercise Friday at Ahukini Recreational Pier State Park and Hanamaulu Bay.

This is the first airport response exercise of this scale conducted in an ocean environment in the state and is essential based on the volume of air traffic in the region and the proximity of most airports to the ocean.

LIHUE, HI, UNITED STATES

04.25.2019

Video by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir 

U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific  

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Training Capt. Tyrese Siale, Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services describes the joint full-scale mass rescue exercise conducted April 26, 2019, at Ahukini Recreational Pier State Park and Hanamaulu Bay. This exercise, a triennial FAA requirement for the Lihue Airport Response Fire Fighting department, tested local agencies ability working together and evaluated interagency communications, response plans, and responders’ actions to a simulated downed commercial airliner. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir/Released)

This exercise, a triennial FAA requirement for the Lihue Airport Response Fire Fighting department, tested local agencies ability working together and evaluated interagency communications, response plans, and responders’ actions to a simulated downed commercial airliner. It began with a mayday call for an airliner suffering a birdstrike and performing a controlled ditch into the ocean with 80 passengers and five crew.

During the search and rescue exercise, multiple agencies’ assets and crews launched including ten Coast Guard Station Kauai crewmembers and more than 40 high school students from Kapaa High School to simulate passengers in distress.

Assets and crews included a Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Kauai, a helicopter crew from Air Station Barber’s Point, a 154-foot Fast Response Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126), a Rescue Company and Air 1 helicopter from the Kauai Fire Department, Jet-Ski operators from Ocean Safety, an ambulance crew on standby from AMR, and medical personnel from the Department of Health and Wilcox Medical Center and the University of Hawaii EMS training program.

Exercises like this are conducted to evaluate notification and response procedures between first responders and to identify shortfalls in communication and coordination of response during search and rescue (SAR) incidents. Each agency holds unique capabilities that complement each other’s efforts and bolsters the overall success of the SAR system.

For more information, contact the 14th District public affairs office at 808-535-3230 or the Kauai County public affairs office at 808-241-4909.