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THE biggest live exercise of its kind ever held in Greater Manchester – Exercise Triton II – came to an end this morning (Friday, July 16, 2016) after months of intense planning.
Around 36 organisations across the region and nationally have been taking part in this major emergency planning exercise which saw dozens of emergency vehicles at sites across Greater Manchester and Chinook helicopters flying across the skies.
The complex scenario used was designed to test how local authorities, emergency services and other partners are equipped to tackle a major emergency working together.
Participating ‘players’ also included the military, government, health and utility companies, as well as voluntary agencies.
The exercise started on Monday, July 11, 2016, with ‘warnings’ from the Met Office regarding adverse weather and from the Environment Agency about the growing risk of regional flooding.
The emergency services, including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), and partners put procedures in place to ensure that where possible properties and critical infrastructure were protected and the public were warned. This theme was carried on through Tuesday, July 12 and Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
To ensure that both players and plans were tested to their full, a dramatic scenario developed on Thursday, July 14, whereby the bank on the Dove Stone Reservoir in Oldham was breached and water cascaded through a number of boroughs within Greater Manchester.
This meant that evacuation procedures had to be put in place and rest centres set up. Later in the day, a coach ploughed into the River Tame in a mock crash and a full-scale search and rescue operation was carried out.
Paul Argyle, GMFRS’ Deputy County Fire Officer and Chair of Greater Manchester Resilience Forum, said: “Exercise Triton II was a hugely complex emergency planning exercise and I would like to thank all of the agencies that have taken part this week.
"This was a very detailed scenario which had impacts across every part of the region and necessitated a full range of partners taking part.
"The scale of the destruction and chaos in the exercise was deliberately designed to test the region at full stretch.
"We have to do this to ensure we are well prepared to deal with any future real-life event or disaster that might occur – and it is also invaluable that those taking part got the chance to practise essential response skills that would be used during a major incident like this.
"I would particularly like to thank all the volunteers who took part in this exercise. The patience and understanding of local residents and communities on Thursday (as response plans went into effect at 'live' sites) was also greatly appreciated.
“All players have now been 'stood down'. Our next task is to evaluate how the exercise went, step by step. We will want to find out what worked well and crucially to identify and learn any lessons that could help us in the future in real-life situations. I would like to point out that incidents as extreme as this are highly unlikely, but ensuring we practice our response means that we are ready to respond to a variety of scenarios."
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Exercise Great Bear
Side view of a Canadian-built Nodwell with an MRC-69 mounted on it at the base camp, Tanacross, Alaska.
6 Feb 62
Photo by Pfc. Henri Hebert
Fort Devens, Mass.
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May 10, 2022
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Colonel Scott Raesler, Commanding Officer of 39 Brigade Group in conversation with Commander Kevin Whiteside, Commander of HMCS Vancouver during exercise Couger Gauntlet.
Photo: Bombardier Albert Law
39 CBG Public Affairs
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Exercise ARDENT DEFENDER 2025, hosted by the Canadian Armed Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal (CAF EOD) organization, runs October 16–29, 2025, at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, New Brunswick. This multinational Explosive Ordnance Disposal exercise enhances interoperability, validates tactics, and strengthens partnerships among allied nations to counter evolving explosive threats and ensure global security and operational readiness.
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L’exercice ARDENT DEFENDER 2025, organisé par l’équipe de neutralisation des explosifs et munitions des Forces armées canadiennes, se déroulera du 16 au 29 octobre 2025 à la Base de soutien de la 5 e Division du Canada Gagetown, au Nouveau-Brunswick. Cet exercice multinational de neutralisation des explosifs et des munitions améliore l’interopérabilité, permet de valider les tactiques et renforce les partenariats entre les pays alliés afin de contrer les menaces explosives en constante évolution et d’assurer la sécurité mondiale et la disponibilité opérationnelle.
Photo Petty Officer 2nd Class Dan Bard Directorate Army Public Affairs
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Exercise Great Bear
The helicopter landed next to the ice bridge in order to pick up the CO of the 2nd BG, 60th Inf., Tanacross, Alaska.
5 Feb 62
Photo by Pfc Henri Hebert
Fort Devens, Mass.
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Exercise Great Bear
The Wagner "4-track" vehicle in the general support area, Tanacross, is being tested during the operation by the US Army TREOG of Fort Eustis, Virginia to find out its capabilities in arctic operations.
13 Feb 62
Pfc. Arnold Cohen
USARAL Spt Cmd Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
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SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY - Emergency Managers with the 106th Rescue Wing observe a joint operational exercise with the NY Army National Guard's 24th Civil Support Team (CST) on October 27, 2014. The CST was conducted at the New Highway Pump Station in East Farmingdale, testing existing response protocols to intruder events and identified and correct any existing weaknesses in station security.
(New York Air National Guard / Senior Airman Christopher S Muncy / released)
Hartlepool College of Further Education students were presented with certificates on June 2nd at the police firearms Tactical Training Centre at Urlay Nook to commend their assistance with one of the largest outdoor emergency exercises ever undertaken on Teesside.
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Exercise Great Bear
Back view of a Canadian-built Nodwell with MRC-69 mounted on the platform at the base camp, Tanacross, Alaska.
6 Feb 62
Photo by Pfc. Henri Hebert
Fort Devens, Mass.
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Incident Commander Bobbi O’Connell (right) and Jan Glarum (left) the Operations Section Chief with Oregon Disaster Medical Team (OMDT) discuss the progress of the Pathfinder Exercise 2019, mass casualty event held at Camp Rilea at Warrenton, Oregon, June 14, 2019. Pathfinder is an interagency disaster response event, designed to train and exercise military and civilian response capabilities in the wake of a Cascadia Subduction Zone catastrophe in the Pacific Northwest region. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. John Hughel, 142nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs)
Leading Seaman Brad Northrup, diver with the Fleet Dive Unit Atlantic, dons his dive gear in order to conduct a simulated mine sweeping scenario in the Atlantic Ocean during Exercise Bold Alligator on October 18th, 2017.
Photo By: Corporal Trevor Matheson, 14 Wing Imaging
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Exercise Great Bear
Paratroopers of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from Edmonton, Alberta, move out of their Tanacross, Alaska bivouac area to board USAF transports for Nome. They are the first Canadian troops to maneuver in the far North with U.S. Soldiers in 12 years.
14 Feb 62
Sp5 Gary L. Dickens [Note: this again appears to be Sp4 Jerry Dickens, with cutline added by H. J. Hamilton]
USARAL Spt Cmd. Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
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Hartlepool College of Further Education students were presented with certificates on June 2nd at the police firearms Tactical Training Centre at Urlay Nook to commend their assistance with one of the largest outdoor emergency exercises ever undertaken on Teesside.
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WILLOW FREEZE
Heavy drop load, (sequence) Air Ttems Miand, Fort Richardson, Alaska
2 Feb 61
by Pfc Arnold Cohen
187th Abn Div
Fort Bragg NC
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I used these thin, British-made notebooks to record my ideas when I was a teenager living life as an Oil Brat in the Middle East.
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Exercise Great Bear
An M-41 tank approaching the ice bridge in preparation to cross the Tanana River, Tanacross, Alaska.
12 Feb 62
Photo by Pfc Henri Hebert
Fort Devens, Mass.
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Colonel Peter Dawe (left) the Commanding Officer of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, talks with Lieutenant-Colonel Lapointe (middle) the Deputy Commander of 4 Canadian Division Support Group and Lieutenant-General Hainse (right) the Commander of the Canadian Army. This took place at Juliet Tower range during Exercise Collaborative Spirit, within Garrison Petawawa on October 18, 2013..
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Photo: Corporal D. Salisbury.
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Exercise Great Bear
RTT van for emergency standby use. The van is located at Tanacross, Alaska.
12 Feb 62
Photo by Sp4 Jerry Dickens
Spt. Cmd Photo Lab USARAL
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Title: Outdoor Exercise
Date: 1980s
Location: Lakeland, FL
Description: A jogger and a bicyclist share the bike path around Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland. Cross-training for recreation or to enhance sports abilities are more enjoyable with a beautiful backdrop like the lake.
Collection: Lakeland Ledger Photograph Collection
ID: p1433
Link: cdm15809.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15809coll...
My willing test subject while my wife was off feeding our child. Vivitar 285HV flashed at 1/4 from camera left.
Learn how to light at Strobist.
On the second day of exercise Prairie Storm 4 the Canadian Army, working alongside the British Army, showed its military might with the help of its M777 artillery piece.
The M777’s, which were utilised today at the British Army Training Unit Suffield, are operated by 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1RCHA) from Shilo, Manitoba. As the most senior unit in the regular Canadian armed forces, they primarily provide indirect fire support to the 1st Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group.
When asked what it was like working alongside the British Army on Prairie Storm 4 Warrant Officer Everett, the Battery Sergeant Major said, “It’s a bit of a learning curve for us, but we’re enjoying Prairie Storm so far, and the British Army appear to be good at what they do.”
1 RCHA will be assisting the British Army throughout exercise Prairie Storm 4, the unmistakable sounds of their M777’s following them around the ranges at BATUS.
This image was taken while at our counties training Center. I would prefer to spend the time doing exercises then doing it for real anyday of the week. (Firefighting that is)
This is a photo I took looking through my fire departments thermal Imaging Camera. We have this tool to help search for victims in a house fire. This tool may also be used to help the firefighter make his/her way through a building in total darkness. When looking through this viewfinder to the right is a scale that measures the temperature at the center point of the viewfinder.
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