Kansas City District, Missouri Silver Jackets host extreme-flood response tabletop exercise

Story by Abigail Voegeli September 29, 2023 at 01:00PM Be prepared—it’s the best way to handle an emergency when one occurs. The Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers knows this, and that’s why they partnered with the Missouri Silver Jackets team to host a tabletop exercise simulating an extreme flood event in the Kansas City metropolitan area. This exercise, the first of its kind in a decade, included participants from multiple levee and drainage districts, fire departments, public works, emergency management specialties, local, municipal, county and federal entities who support the levees during flood emergencies. “Kansas City has a history of flooding, so I think it’s really important to get everybody from [all] sides together,” said Jennifer Wood, Kansas City District geologist. She helped organize and facilitate the exercise. “It’s better to plan ahead on these things than trying to figure everything out in the middle of an event.”

LA County Deputy Faces Possible Charges in Off-Duty Traffic Deaths of Two Marines

Prosecutors are considering criminal charges against a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who was off-duty when he fell asleep at the wheel in November 2022 and killed two Camp Pendleton Marines.


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Fort Liberty bids farewell to Chief Mark Melvin

Story by Jacqueline Hill September 27, 2023 at 08:07AM FORT LIBERTY, N.C. – Sirens echoed across the installation as the Department of Emergency Services bid farewell to Fire Chief Mark Melvin on Sept. 20, after over 40 years of service at fire departments across the state. On his final day, the DES team surprised Melvin with one last call over the radio, escorting him off the installation with a parade of emergency vehicles.

Serbia Demands That NATO Take Over Policing of Northern Kosovo After a Deadly Shootout

In one of the worst confrontations since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, about 30 masked men opened fire on a police patrol near the village of Banjska.


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CNRJ Fire & Emergency Services Water Rescue Training

 

YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, JAPAN

09.25.2023

Photo by Taylor Ardito 

Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka  

YOKOSUKA, Japan (September 25, 2023) - Commander Navy Region Japan (CNRJ) Fire & Emergency Services firefighters pull a simulated drowning victim out of the water of Green Bay during a water rescue training exercise onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY). For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families. (U.S. Navy photo by Taylor Ardito)