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Traffic technicians from 3rd Canadian Division Edmonton load military supplies onto a Royal Canadian Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft deploying to Poland at Edmonton International Airport on April 30, 2014 in support of Exercise ORZEL ALERT.
Photo: Robert Schwartz, 3rd Canadian Division Support Group
Des techniciens des mouvements de la 3e Division du Canada d’Edmonton chargent du matériel militaire à bord d’un avion C130J Super Hercules de l’Aviation royale canadienne affecté en Pologne, le 30 avril 2014, à l’aéroport international d’Edmonton, dans le cadre de l’exercice Orzel Alert.
Photo : Robert Schwartz, Groupe de soutien de la 3e Division du Canada
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Divers from Royal Netherlands Navy mine hunter HNLMS Makkum dive on exercise mines October 27, 2018 as part of a drill during NATO exercise Trident Juncture in the fjords near Molde, Norway. With around 50,000 personnel participating in Trident Juncture 2018, it is one of the largest NATO exercises in recent years. Around 250 aircraft, 65 vessels and more than 10,000 vehicles are involved in the exericse in Norway. Photo: Hedvig Antoinette Halgunset, Royal Norwegian Navy photographer.
5th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets performed their last mission during the Field Training Exercise. (Photo by Angela Yin)
Week 15: Games we play
Just about every day, I grab a cuppa and sit down to play Sudoku and exercise my brain.
Military members from 7 countries (Guyana, the U.S., Dominican Republic, Mexico, Belize, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago) fast-rope from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to simulate a safe and effective method of inserting and removing personnel to and from specific locations where it would be difficult or impossible to land an aircraft safely. This exercise was a part of TRADEWINDS23 at Aviation Base London, Guyana, on July 17, 2023.
Please credit: MCpl Genevieve Lapointe, Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Des militaires provenant de sept différents pays (Guyana, États Unis, République dominicaine, Mexique, Belize, Sainte Lucie, Trinité-et-Tobago) effectuent une descente rapide à la corde depuis un hélicoptère UH-60 Black Hawk lors d’un exercice de simulation permettant de mettre en pratique une méthode d’insertion et de retrait du personnel sécuritaire et efficace dans des endroits particuliers où il serait difficile, voire impossible, de faire atterrir un aéronef de manière sécuritaire. Il s’agit d’un exercice effectué dans le cadre de l’exercice TRADEWINDS23 à la base aérienne de London, au Guyana, le 17 juillet 2023.
Photo : Cplc Genevieve Lapointe, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes, Forces armées canadiennes
Soldiers from The Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Nigeria during Exercise Flintlock 2019, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Feb. 27, 2019.
Hosted by Burkina Faso, Exercise Flintlock is designed to strengthen the ability of key partner nations in the region to counter violent extremist organizations, protect their borders and provide security for their people.
Photo: Spc. Dracorius white
A CH-146 Griffon helicopter from 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron conducts a reconnaissance flight during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 21.
From May 1 to 11, 2021, about 2500 Canadian Armed Forces members are participating in Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 21 in Wainwright, Alberta. As the premier annual Canadian Army field training event, Ex MAPLE RESOLVE tests soldier skills and abilities within a realistic, complex, and challenging combat environment.
Un hélicoptère CH-146 Griffon de 430e Escadron tactique d'hélicoptères fait un vol de reconnaissance lors de l'exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 21.
Entre 1 à 11 mai 2021, environ 2500 militaires participeront à l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE à Wainwright, en Alberta. En tant que principale activité d’entraînement en campagne annuelle de l’Armée canadienne, l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE valide les compétences dans un milieu de combat réaliste, complexe et stimulant.
Photo by: Corporal Connie Valin,
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Sub-Lieutenant Simon Dufresne calculates relative velocity to assist in getting the ship into position during Exercise CUTLASS FURY 21 off the east coast of Canada on September 10, 2021.
Photo: MCpl Manuela Berger, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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L’enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe Simon Dufresne calcule la vitesse relative pour faciliter la mise en position du navire au cours de l’exercice CUTLASS FURY 21, au large de la côte Est du Canada, le 10 septembre 2021.
Photo : Cplc Manuela Berger, Forces armées canadiennes
5th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets performed their last mission during the Field Training Exercise. (Photo by Angela Yin)
Thousands of National Guard Citizen Soldiers and -Airmen from all over the country to participate in military exercises at Volk Field and Fort McCoy, Wisc., The annual ‘Patriot Exercise’ brings in coalition forces from as far away as the Netherlands for combat training and a homeland defense scenario. The exercise started July 12, 2009, and is set to end July 27.
On Tuesday 21st June 2022, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service hosted Exercise Mitchell, a large-scale training exercise at their Bury Training and Safety Centre.
The exercise focused on testing the multi-agency operational response to a CBRNE incident by working with partners and volunteers.
Volunteers were on hand to play the part of casualties following a chemical incident on a tram. Greater Manchester Police (GMP), Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), Transport for Greater Manchester (TFfG) and other partners responded to the incident.
The exercise commenced with joint working between emergency service control rooms in the early stages of the incident, with several calls being made on 999 calls reporting an incident had occurred on the tram.
It took the form of a multi-agency response to the incident in the morning, working with GMP and NWAS. Later in the afternoon crews also set up and tested the Mass Decontamination Unit, helping volunteers through the process.
This training helps to reinforce understanding of different agencies roles and responsibilities during the response to such an incident and validate learning from the response to previous Major Incidents in Greater Manchester. The exercise also reinforced JESIP principles and procedures to help embed multi-agency working amongst Greater Manchester and regional partners.
Further elements of the exercise will take place later in the year, focusing on the Strategic Coordinating Group (SCG) and Tactical Coordinating Group (TCG) elements of a Major Incident.
The overall exercise helped to test the multi-agency response at the Strategic, Tactical and Operational levels including looking at the operational response, Local Resilience Forum procedures and interoperability between organisations.
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
You can access many of our services online at www.gmp.police.uk
A Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighter jet pilot climbs out of his cockpit after landing at a military runway in Southern Sweden. Sweden has played host to an exercise involving 26,000 personnel from Sweden and various NATO countries. Exercise Aurora 23 was aimed at helping Sweden defend itself in case it was ever to come under attack. The exercise took place throughout Sweden, but primarily in the southern parts of the country and on Gotland.
NATO Allies that took part included Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, UK and US.
They trained alongside the Swedish Army, Swedish Navy, Swedish Air Force and Home Guard. Exercise Aurora 23 ran from 17 April to 11 May 2023.
A weapons technician aboard Norwegian frigate HNoMS Helge Ingstad loads ammunition and powder into the ships main gun, a 76 mm OTO Melara SR canon, on November 1, 2018 as part of exercises during NATO exercise Trident Juncture. Photo: Marius Vågenes Villanger / Forsvaret
Bjørn er våpenteknisk spesialist på fregatten KNM Helge Ingstad. Her lader han kanonen.
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service's first training exercise on board a ship has been hailed a success.
Crews from around the county were called to Wisbech Port on Wednesday evening (Oct 19) for a simulated fire in the engine room of a 3,000 tonne Russian ship, with casualties and persons overboard.
The Incident Command Unit from Huntingdon attended along with crews from Wisbech and Huntingdon. Crews from Dogsthorpe with specialist in-water training also attended, together with two crews from Outwell and West Walton in Norfolk.
Twenty-five firefighters had to locate and gain access to the ship’s engine room where the fire was located and carry out a search and rescue of all on-board casualties and extinguish all fires.
Dogsthorpe firefighters wearing drysuits used an inflatable boat to locate and rescue three casualties in the water, working alongside two crews from Fenland District Council’s Harbour Authority, who also had three members of staff shoreside, including Harbour Master Jamie Hemming and a representative from Fenland District Council’s Health and Safety Department.
Exercise Poseidon, as it was referred to throughout the exercise, saw dummies thrown into the water some distance from the ship, which was moored at the harbour in Nene Parade, close to the town centre.
Hazards faced by the crews included narrow passageways, trip hazards with ropes and a potential to fall in the water.
On-board operations took place in dark, narrow passageways with one room filled with smoke. Firefighters searching for bodies in the River Nene worked in night-time conditions.
Although Wisbech firefighters have attended a fire on board a ship before, it was over the border in Norfolk.
Wednesday night’s Exercise Poseidon, however, was Cambridgeshire’s first in-county training exercise on board a ship.
Watch Commander Phil Pilbeam, from Wisbech Station, spent eight weeks planning the event with Crew Commander Tim Carr.
“I’m really pleased with how things went. It all went really smoothly.”
He said the exercise provided a unique opportunity for firefighters to train on board a ship.
"Firefighters in Cambridgeshire are well trained and knowledgeable in house fires, factory fires and Road Traffic Collisions etc. However, a ship fire is unique. It's in a confined space, it's made of metal and it's a lot hotter because it's a metal container.
"Ships have an unfamiliar layout to crews. They can be very complex in their layout and this was a unique opportunity for all the crews to attend and to put these different skills into practice."
WC Pilbeam said the exercise had raised some good learning points.
“The inflatable boat from Dogsthorpe was not powerful enough for a tidal area. It was fine going with the tide but not against it. It had to be towed by the two boats from the Harbour Authority.
“Also, the crew set up lots of hose reels to help us out but we couldn’t use them because the couplings didn’t fit ours so we will be talking to the Harbour Master and our Operational Support Group to bring in some specialist hose reels for the harbour.”
He said communication with the nine-strong Russian crew on board the ship, had proved challenging.
“There were definitely language barriers that were an issue. We would ask what we wanted to get across and they would try and put across what they wanted. There were lots of hand signals and lots of pointing and gesturing.”
Despite some of the difficulties faced, he said the whole exercise, from time of call-out to when the crews returned to their stations, took three hours, which was what he had expected.
Harbour Master Jamie Hemming, of Fenland District Council, said with about forty cargo ships arriving at Wisbech Port each year there was a ‘real chance’ of a fire on board a ship so training exercises like this were really helpful.
“There’s a real chance of fire on board a ship. We are the only Port in Cambridgeshire so for Wisbech it is a serious scenario so from that point of view it was good to see the guys working on something a little bit out of their comfort zone.
“The joint exercise went extremely well and it was reassuring for us as a Harbour Authority to see the whole thing co-ordinated in such a professional and timely manner. It will stand us all in good stead should a similar real incident occur.”
Jamie said the Harbour Authority was keen to see more training exercises on board ships in the future.
“I would like to see another training exercise on board a ship at least once or twice a year as it’s a very proactive approach.”
The majority of boats coming into Wisbech arrive from the Baltics carrying timber and leave with scrap metal for Spain.
BLACK SEA, March 8 , 2017 – The officer of the watch from ROS Alexandru Cătuneanu, checks radar screens during her watch as her ship is involved in Romanian-led exercise Poseidon 17. NATO Photo by FRA N CPO Christian Valverde.
Members of Multinational Division Southeast work in the exercise control room during exercise "Dacian Lynx 2016, " May 11, 2016. As a national exercise, "Dacian Lynx” represented a key milestone in MND-SE’s capability development toward a declaration of its initial operational capability at the Warsaw Summit in July 2016. (Courtesy photo)
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Lieutenant Megan Couto a member of 2 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry competes in Power Lifting Competition held on January 26, 2016 at 3rd Canadian Division Edmonton.
Members of 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG) participate in EXERCISE STRONG CONTENDER 16 at Edmonton Garrison from 25th to 29th January 2016.
Exercise Strong Contender sees 1 CMBG major and minor units field teams to compete in Ball Hockey, Basketball, Curling, Ice Hockey, Indoor Soccer, Tactical Athletics, Volleyball, and Powerlifting. The purpose of the exercise is to foster the competitive spirit and teamwork required to succeed in operations.
Photograph by Robert Schwartz 3 CDSG, Edmonton
Dans le cadre de l’exercice STRONG CONTENDER, des unités majeures et mineures du 1 GBMC inscrivent des équipes qui se livrent compétition au hockey balle, au basketball, au curling, au hockey sur glace, au soccer intérieur, à l’entraînement tactique, au volleyball et à la dynamophilie. Le but de l’exercice est de faire la promotion d’un esprit de compétition et d’un esprit d’équipe, des éléments nécessaires à la réussite des opérations.
Photograph by Robert Schwartz, 3 CDSG, Edmonton
Members of 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry fire a C-6 machine gun and C-7 service rifle at simulated enemy forces during Exercise KAPYONG BUGLE, an urban operations exercise in Paderborn, Germany on May 4, 2015.
Photo: MCpl Louis Brunet, Canadian Army Public Affairs, 3rd Can Div PA HQ
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Des membres du 2e Bataillon du Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry font feu sur les forces ennemies à l’aide d’une mitrailleuse C6 et d’un fusil militaire C7 lors d’une simulation menée dans le cadre de l’exercice KAPYONG BUGLE, un exercice d’opérations en zone urbaine qui a lieu à Paderborn, en Allemagne, le 4 mai 2015.
Photo : Cplc Louis Brunet, Affaires publiques de l’Armée canadienne, QG des AP de la 3 Div C
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Marines Parachute Into Exercise For First Time In A Decade
In a spectacular display, the 10 personnel of the Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) jumped from 600ft into Galloway, Scotland as part of Exercise Joint Warrior.
An element of the Lead Commando Group, SRS are a Pre Landing Force that seek a covert entry into enemy territory ahead of the main force to send back intelligence from the ground.
The first ever parachute insert as part of Exercise Joint Warrior – the team are practising their core capability as the Marines regenerate their amphibious skills as oppose to the land effort used in Afghanistan.
One of the SRS Troop Commanders Captain Matt Hills said:
“As the lead element of the landing force we need to insert, covertly, by a number of different methods including boat, vehicle and parachute.
“It is vital we maintain our parachute capability in order to be as flexible as possible across a broad range of potential reconnaissance tasks.”
SRS come under the command of 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group whose role is to collect and understand information on an area prior to the arrival of the main 3 Commando Brigade force elements.
This ranges from finding enemy force dispositions to understanding the topography, key infrastructure and the population.
Commanding Officer of 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group, Lieutenant Colonel Chris Middleton MBE said:
“Collecting and analysing key information to enable Lead Commando Group operations is a challenging task that is normally conducted under significant time pressure.
“Exercise Joint Warrior enables us to test our reconnaissance capabilities and our analysis skills in a demanding, contemporary scenario. Using our ability to parachute reconnaissance teams ahead of the main force is key in maximising the time available to collect the information we need.”
The Lead Commando Group are currently on Exercise Joint Warrior and are based on a number of British warships including HMS Bulwark and HMS Illustrious.
The twice-yearly exercise is the largest one yet and involves Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army and RAF personnel working alongside forces from the Netherlands, Canada, France, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Germany.
There are more than 30 warships, 40 fixed wing aircraft and 30 helicopters involved in the war games that will see them all being put to the test as part of a Response Force Task Group which can deploy across the globe in the event of rapidly unfolding crises such as Libya in 2011.
More than a dozen Royal Navy ships and submarines are involved in the exercise which will take place off the East and West Coasts of Scotland for the next fortnight.
MOD/Crown Copyright Photographs by PO (Phot)Sean Clee
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U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
Exercise tests emergency response capability
By Cpl. Han, Jae-ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Flames dance from a crashed helicopter as casualties cry for help, while rescuers and medical personnel speed to the scene to give aid.
This fictional scenario was part of the annual Full Scale Exercise, held here June 20-22.
The exercise served to evaluate emergency response abilities on post.
Notional incidents included an aircraft crash, a shooter at the commissary and a hostage at the Super Gym.
“This is an annual exercise required by the Department of Defense. Planning for this exercise began six months prior,” said Peter Park, installation emergency manger at the Directorate of Planning, Training, Mobilization and Security. Park served as exercise coordinator.
As part of the exercise, garrison tenant units and city agencies provided support and responded to various scenarios. Units involved included the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion, the Directorate of Emergency Services and Pyeongtaek city emergency services.
“This exercise was very realistic and it required patience from everyone involved, including dependents and civilians,” Park said. “This year’s exercise was very successful and defined our capability. It was an upgrade from last year and critical capabilities of the garrison were evaluated. I want to thank Douglas Fraser, the Antiterrorist Officer and co-lead planner for this exercise, for his support as well.”
Crewmembers aboard German mine hunter FGS Homburg (SNMCMG1) lower a Seafox marine drone into the water on October 26, 2018 during mine countermeasures operations at night as a part of Trident Juncture 18. Trident Juncture 18 is designed to ensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together and ready to respond to any threat from any direction. Trident Juncture 18 takes place in Norway and the surrounding areas of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, including Iceland and the airspace of Finland and Sweden.
With around 50,000 participants from 31 nations Trident Juncture 2018 is one of NATOâs largest exercises in recent years. More than 250 aircraft, 65 ships and 10,000 vehicles are involved in the exercise to perform and conduct air, land, maritime, special operation and amphibious drills. NATO Photo By WO FRAN C.Valverde.
Crewmembers from the French Navy Ship Le Mistral and members of the 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron participate in the Annual General Charles de Gaulle’s Appeal parade during Exercise LION MISTRAL in Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 18, 2014.
Photo: MCpl Patrick Blanchard, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
Des membres de l'équipage du navire de la Marine nationale Le Mistral et des membres du 430e Escadron tactique d'hélicoptères participent au défilé annuel de l’Appel du général Charles de Gaulle, pendant l’exercice Lion Mistral 2014, à Halifax (Nouvelle-Écosse), le 18 juin 2014.
Photo: Cplc Patrick Blanchard, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
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Exercise NORTHERN BISON
Master Corporal Richard Cumbers and Cpl Samuel Podiluk start moving back to their platoon location on board their Light Over-Snow Vehicle (LOSV). MCpl Cumbers and Cpl Podiluk are with The North Saskatchewan Regiment.
More than 100 Army Reserve soldiers from across 38 Canadian Brigade Group took to the sub-arctic about 30 kilometres outside Churchill, Manitoba for Exercise NORTHERN BISON from 14-21 February. This training event is one of several steps to increasing the Army's northern capability. In response to the growing strategic importance of Canada's Arctic Region, the Canada First Defence Strategy mandates significant Canadian
Forces presence in the Arctic. While it is anticipated the majority of Arctic operations will be predominantly air or maritime focused, there remains a requirement for an effective ground response. 38 Canadian Brigade Group is comprised of all Army Reserve units from Thunder Bay, Ontario to the Saskatchewan/Alberta border.
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Winnipeg (Manitoba), 18 février 2010
Exercice Northern Bison
Le Caporal-chef Richard Cumbers et le Caporal Samuel Podiluk amorcent le retour vers leur peloton sur leur motoneige. Le Cplc Cumbers et le Cpl Podiluk sont membres du North Saskatchewan Regiment.
Plus de 100 membres de la Réserve de l’Armée de terre du 38e Groupebrigade du Canada (38 GBC) se sont rendus dans la zone subarctique à environ 30 km de Churchill, au Manitoba, dans le cadre de l’exercice Northern Bison tenu du 14 au 21 février. Cet événement lié à l’instruction est l’une des nombreuses étapes visant l’accroissement de la capacité de l’Armée de terre dans le Nord. Compte tenu de l’importance stratégique croissante de la région arctique du Canada, la Stratégie de défense Le Canada d’abord prévoit une augmentation considérable de la présence des Forces canadiennes dans l’Arctique. On s’attend à ce que la majorité des opérations dans l’Arctique soient menées par voie aérienne ou maritime, mais on a tout de même besoin d’une capacité d’intervention terrestre efficace. Le 38 GBC est formé des unités de la Réserve de l’Armée de terre situées entre Thunder Bay, en Ontario, et la frontière de la Saskatchewan et de l’Alberta.
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Par le Cpl Bill Gomm
In September 2016, the Regional Security Office (RSO) at the U.S. Embassy Muscat in Oman paired with U.S. Marines, the U.S. Navy, and the Royal Oman Police (ROP) to conduct the first full-scale non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) training exercise at an active embassy.
During an actual NEO, the Departments of Defense and State assist in evacuating U.S. citizens and nationals, and designated persons, whose lives are in danger.(U.S. Marine Corps photo)
Task Group fleet sail in formation off the east coast of Canada during Exercise CUTLASS FURY 21 on September 9, 2021.
Photo: MCpl Manuela Berger, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Les navires du groupe opérationnel naviguent en formation au large de la côte Est du Canada, au cours de l’exercice CUTLASS FURY 21, le 9 septembre 2021.
Photo : Cplc Manuela Berger, Forces armées canadiennes
On Tuesday 21st June 2022, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service hosted Exercise Mitchell, a large-scale training exercise at their Bury Training and Safety Centre.
The exercise focused on testing the multi-agency operational response to a CBRNE incident by working with partners and volunteers.
Volunteers were on hand to play the part of casualties following a chemical incident on a tram. Greater Manchester Police (GMP), Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), Transport for Greater Manchester (TFfG) and other partners responded to the incident.
The exercise commenced with joint working between emergency service control rooms in the early stages of the incident, with several calls being made on 999 calls reporting an incident had occurred on the tram.
It took the form of a multi-agency response to the incident in the morning, working with GMP and NWAS. Later in the afternoon crews also set up and tested the Mass Decontamination Unit, helping volunteers through the process.
This training helps to reinforce understanding of different agencies roles and responsibilities during the response to such an incident and validate learning from the response to previous Major Incidents in Greater Manchester. The exercise also reinforced JESIP principles and procedures to help embed multi-agency working amongst Greater Manchester and regional partners.
Further elements of the exercise will take place later in the year, focusing on the Strategic Coordinating Group (SCG) and Tactical Coordinating Group (TCG) elements of a Major Incident.
The overall exercise helped to test the multi-agency response at the Strategic, Tactical and Operational levels including looking at the operational response, Local Resilience Forum procedures and interoperability between organisations.
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
You can access many of our services online at www.gmp.police.uk
A Georgian soldier from the 1st Infantry Brigade’s NATO Response Force company surveys the terrain during an urban warfare training exercise with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Georgian 1st Infantry Brigade as part of Exercise Noble Partner here May 17. Noble Partner is a combined U.S. Army Europe-Georgian army exercise designed to increase interoperability between Georgia’s contribution to the NATO Response Force and allied militaries. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. A.M. LaVey)
MV ASTERIX sails alongside French Ship (FS) AQUITAINE (D650) during the departure from Halifax Harbour for Exercise CUTLASS FURY 2021 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 9, 2021.
Photo: Private Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Le MV ASTERIX navigue aux côtés du navire français (FS) AQUITAINE (D650) lors de leur départ du port de Halifax dans le cadre de l’exercice CUTLASS FURY 2021, à Halifax, en Nouvelle Écosse, le 9 septembre 2021.
Photo : Soldat Connor Bennett, Forces armées canadiennes
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Technicians do final checks of an underwater drone aboard FGS Homburg (SNMCMG1) October 26, 2018 before launch during Trident Juncture 18 night mine countermeasures operations. Trident Juncture 18 is designed to ensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together and ready to respond to any threat from any direction. Trident Juncture 18 takes place in Norway and the surrounding areas of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, including Iceland and the airspace of Finland and Sweden.
With around 50,000 participants from 31 nations Trident Juncture 2018 is one of NATOâs largest exercises in recent years. More than 250 aircraft, 65 ships and 10,000 vehicles are involved in the exercise to perform and conduct air, land, maritime, special operation and amphibious drills. NATO Photo By WO FRAN C.Valverde
BLACK SEA, July 19. 2018. SNMG2 flagship HNLMS De Ruyter deploys its NH-90 Helicopter while conducting a Anti-Submarine Warfare exercise during Exercise BREEZE 18. NATO Photo by WO FRAN C. Valverde.
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service's first training exercise on board a ship has been hailed a success.
Crews from around the county were called to Wisbech Port on Wednesday evening (Oct 19) for a simulated fire in the engine room of a 3,000 tonne Russian ship, with casualties and persons overboard.
The Incident Command Unit from Huntingdon attended along with crews from Wisbech and Huntingdon. Crews from Dogsthorpe with specialist in-water training also attended, together with two crews from Outwell and West Walton in Norfolk.
Twenty-five firefighters had to locate and gain access to the ship’s engine room where the fire was located and carry out a search and rescue of all on-board casualties and extinguish all fires.
Dogsthorpe firefighters wearing drysuits used an inflatable boat to locate and rescue three casualties in the water, working alongside two crews from Fenland District Council’s Harbour Authority, who also had three members of staff shoreside, including Harbour Master Jamie Hemming and a representative from Fenland District Council’s Health and Safety Department.
Exercise Poseidon, as it was referred to throughout the exercise, saw dummies thrown into the water some distance from the ship, which was moored at the harbour in Nene Parade, close to the town centre.
Hazards faced by the crews included narrow passageways, trip hazards with ropes and a potential to fall in the water.
On-board operations took place in dark, narrow passageways with one room filled with smoke. Firefighters searching for bodies in the River Nene worked in night-time conditions.
Although Wisbech firefighters have attended a fire on board a ship before, it was over the border in Norfolk.
Wednesday night’s Exercise Poseidon, however, was Cambridgeshire’s first in-county training exercise on board a ship.
Watch Commander Phil Pilbeam, from Wisbech Station, spent eight weeks planning the event with Crew Commander Tim Carr.
“I’m really pleased with how things went. It all went really smoothly.”
He said the exercise provided a unique opportunity for firefighters to train on board a ship.
"Firefighters in Cambridgeshire are well trained and knowledgeable in house fires, factory fires and Road Traffic Collisions etc. However, a ship fire is unique. It's in a confined space, it's made of metal and it's a lot hotter because it's a metal container.
"Ships have an unfamiliar layout to crews. They can be very complex in their layout and this was a unique opportunity for all the crews to attend and to put these different skills into practice."
WC Pilbeam said the exercise had raised some good learning points.
“The inflatable boat from Dogsthorpe was not powerful enough for a tidal area. It was fine going with the tide but not against it. It had to be towed by the two boats from the Harbour Authority.
“Also, the crew set up lots of hose reels to help us out but we couldn’t use them because the couplings didn’t fit ours so we will be talking to the Harbour Master and our Operational Support Group to bring in some specialist hose reels for the harbour.”
He said communication with the nine-strong Russian crew on board the ship, had proved challenging.
“There were definitely language barriers that were an issue. We would ask what we wanted to get across and they would try and put across what they wanted. There were lots of hand signals and lots of pointing and gesturing.”
Despite some of the difficulties faced, he said the whole exercise, from time of call-out to when the crews returned to their stations, took three hours, which was what he had expected.
Harbour Master Jamie Hemming, of Fenland District Council, said with about forty cargo ships arriving at Wisbech Port each year there was a ‘real chance’ of a fire on board a ship so training exercises like this were really helpful.
“There’s a real chance of fire on board a ship. We are the only Port in Cambridgeshire so for Wisbech it is a serious scenario so from that point of view it was good to see the guys working on something a little bit out of their comfort zone.
“The joint exercise went extremely well and it was reassuring for us as a Harbour Authority to see the whole thing co-ordinated in such a professional and timely manner. It will stand us all in good stead should a similar real incident occur.”
Jamie said the Harbour Authority was keen to see more training exercises on board ships in the future.
“I would like to see another training exercise on board a ship at least once or twice a year as it’s a very proactive approach.”
The majority of boats coming into Wisbech arrive from the Baltics carrying timber and leave with scrap metal for Spain.
Creative exercise by Carla Barrett. This creative exercise is from my blog at featheredfibers.wordpress.com
Greater Manchester's emergency services and Highways England traffic officers joined forces last weekend for one of the biggest ever motorway emergency exercises.
Exercise Dark Knight saw over 100 people respond to a simulated major incident on a closed section of the M62 motorway.
Over 50 volunteers played the part of drivers and passengers involved in a major collision. Their role was to simulate a range of injuries, from cuts and bruises to fatalities.
The exercise was designed to improve responses to major road incidents and ensure coordination between the various emergency services.
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Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
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