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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."
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."
Two Polish Officers, one from the Army the other Navy work along side each other during Exercise Steadfast Juncture, which took place at Okehampton camp. Members of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), and various other elements of NATO forces came together for Exercise Steadfast Juncture to certify that the ARRC is capable and ready to assume command of the NATO Response Force (NRF) mission throughout 2013. Taking command of the NRF means that the ARRC will be rapidly deployable and could deploy worldwide is support of combat or humanitarian relief efforts.
One of the greyhounds at the Retired Greyhound Trust some outdoor exercise despite the wintry weather.
The trust emphasises that retired greyhounds need far less exercise than you might think, making them great pets.
© Bob Atkins. Countryside May 2012.
Multinational forces gather outside of facilities during a break in training at the TRADEWINDS23 Exercise Jungle Amphibious Training School, Guyana, July 19, 2023. The U.S. has been a committed partner with robust engagement in the region and has used the exercise to improve interoperability with participating nations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)
ARC10071/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Sp4 Robert Schweininger, A&D Clerk from Lookout, California; Sp4 Walter Boles, A&D clerk from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Pfc. Ross Graham, clerk typist from Honolulu, Hawaii, at the A&D section at the 64th Field Hospital Pharmacy, Tanacross, Alaska. Boles and Schweininger register Pfc. Graham as a patient in the hospital.
20 Jan 62
Photo by SP4 Jerry Dickens
Support Command Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
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Francais/french
MG07-0022-05
9 mai 2007
Des soldats de la compagnie C du groupement tactique du 3e Bataillon du Royal 22e Régiment montent la garde sur une hauteur de leur base d'opérations avancée lynx près du village de Spin Boldak lors de l'exercice Maple Guardian à Wainwright en Alberta.
La Force opérationnelle interarmées Afghanistan, roto 4 (FOI-Afg roto 4) a commencé le processus de validation de ses compétences au Centre canadien dentraînement aux manoeuvres (CCEM) de Wainwright en Alberta. Lexercice MAPLE GUARDIAN 07-01 constitue létape finale de lentraînement des soldats canadiens qui seront déployés en Afghanistan en août 2007.
La FOI-Afg Roto 4 est formée denviron 2 500 soldats de différentes unités du Secteur du Québec de la Force terrestre. Lélément principal se regroupe autour du Groupement tactique du 3e Bataillon du Royal 22e Régiment de la BFC Valcartier.
Photo par: Cpl Simon Duchesne, photographe FOI 3-07
Exercise Javelin Chase
Brig. Tim Carmichael, commander, 1 Signal Brigade, Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC), hosted Exercise Javelin Chase (EJC), July 8-9. The race was organized to raise funds to support the Help for Heroes charity.
EJC is a 24-hour running race where 8-man teams will compete to see which team will complete the most laps on a one-mile course in 24-hours. The winning team will be the team that has completed the most amounts of laps in the time period. This could vary from 150 to 200 laps.
Each team had to raise a minimum of £250 to participate in EJC.
“This is a charity race to raise money for Help for Heroes, which is a national charity that looks after the needs of injured military serving members and former service members,” said Brig. Carmichael.
He said they hope to raise a total of £5000 if not more and every single penny will be donated to Help for Heroes charity.
The event took place at the sports field behind HQ ARRC Officer’s Mess. The course was on grass and tracks with no tarmac that winds around and through the woods. As if it wasn’t going to be challenging enough to run 24-hours, the rain on opening day would make it a little more testing.
In the 24-hours a combined total of 2426.00 miles were covered, with the winning team, 299 Signal Squadron, Special Communication running 222 of those miles, and 22 Signal Regiment coming in second with 217 laps.
Please credit photographer.
Students and staff from Hartlepool College of Further Education played a major part in one of the largest emergency services training exercises to be held in the north east for many years.
Exercise “Sandpiper” was designed to test the response of police, ambulance and fire services in the event of an “active shooter” scenario, where public safety is endangered by a gunman or gunmen. Although such incidents have recently been highlighted by events in Australia and France, Sandpiper was actually conceived over a year ago
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Cleaning exerciser which had been on balcony for months with soapy water then Clorox wipes. Won't be able to walk outside so I'll use this for legs (and arms). They warned me to exercise to prevent clots (ick)
Army cadets from across Atlantic Canada make base camp in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L., for an eight-day winter expedition challenge, March 14 through 22, 2015.
Photo by Captain Tracy Williams
I was shooting for 16 (!!) though only came up with 9. I'm gonna blame it on Family Feud + Seattle + post travel sickness this time. Wah Wah.
9 days running. Not sure what that note on the 20th says. Oops.
Katie's October here:
Emergency Services exercise at Barton Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal.
November 2004.
Fire services and Ambulance service respond to an aircraft crashing and hitting a shipping vessel on the canal.
Barton Aerodrome Fire & Rescue Service. (now City Airport)
Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service.
North West Ambulance Service & EMAT team.
Exercise Javelin Chase
Brig. Tim Carmichael, commander, 1 Signal Brigade, Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC), hosted Exercise Javelin Chase (EJC), July 8-9. The race was organized to raise funds to support the Help for Heroes charity.
EJC is a 24-hour running race where 8-man teams will compete to see which team will complete the most laps on a one-mile course in 24-hours. The winning team will be the team that has completed the most amounts of laps in the time period. This could vary from 150 to 200 laps.
Each team had to raise a minimum of £250 to participate in EJC.
“This is a charity race to raise money for Help for Heroes, which is a national charity that looks after the needs of injured military serving members and former service members,” said Brig. Carmichael.
He said they hope to raise a total of £5000 if not more and every single penny will be donated to Help for Heroes charity.
The event took place at the sports field behind HQ ARRC Officer’s Mess. The course was on grass and tracks with no tarmac that winds around and through the woods. As if it wasn’t going to be challenging enough to run 24-hours, the rain on opening day would make it a little more testing.
In the 24-hours a combined total of 2426.00 miles were covered, with the winning team, 299 Signal Squadron, Special Communication running 222 of those miles, and 22 Signal Regiment coming in second with 217 laps.
Please credit photographer.
Students and staff from Hartlepool College of Further Education played a major part in one of the largest emergency services training exercises to be held in the north east for many years.
Exercise “Sandpiper” was designed to test the response of police, ambulance and fire services in the event of an “active shooter” scenario, where public safety is endangered by a gunman or gunmen. Although such incidents have recently been highlighted by events in Australia and France, Sandpiper was actually conceived over a year ago
READ MORE>>
Link to follow
ARC10180/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Push rod from a 5-ton tractor which broke off upon starting vehicle in cold weather, with temperature of -70 F at the base camp, Tanacross, Alaska.
7 Feb 62
Photo by Pfc. Henri Hebert
Fort Devens, Mass.
AT465
CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore (July 17, 2013) - Republic of Singapore Navy Col. Ken Cheong, left, commander, 1st Flotilla, discusses a missile firing rehearsal inside a simulator control center with Capt. Paul Schlise, commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, and other leaders during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore 2013. U.S. Navy units participating in CARAT Singapore include the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), Military Sealift Command's Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11), embarked DESRON 7 staff, and a U.S. Marine Corps platoon assigned to 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Larry Foos.
We got this little mini "elliptical/stepper" awhile back, but I wasn't able to use it at first - too jerky, hurt my knees. But Andrew's been using it a lot, and has raised the tension on it, and somehow that helps. The wide stride length of the machines at school is still infinitely better and more comfortable, but it's nice to know I can get my heart rate up for awhile at home, too.
CAMP MUJUK, POHANG, Republic of Korea -- Heavy equipment Marines with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 18, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force move quad coms and iso containers around in preparation for Exercise Key Resolve here Feb. 11 amidst a heavy snowstorm approaching. Exercise Key Resolve demonstrates the Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance's ability to defend the ROK, protect the region and maintain stability on the Korean peninsula. More than four feet of snow fell on the camp, requiring the Marines to dedicate their time to clearing snow and rebuilding damaged tents. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Selden/Released)
Reebok 1000x Elliptical Exerciser. For muscle building, toning, weight loss, and cross training.
Original Price $1100…Now $800.
There were 4 people out in the grassy area throwing a Frisbee and this little fellow was running from person to person trying to get it... He was really getting his exercise...As you can see he is so well cared for...
Governor Kay Ivey participated in the Alabama Emergency Management Agency’s routine hurricane exercise Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in Clanton, Ala. This year’s exercise will be for “Hurricane Yvonne” – a Category 4, directed at Alabama’s Gulf Coast. During her visit to AEMA, she will also briefly visit with emergency management staff and make a few remarks during a press conference. (Governor's Office/Hal Yeager)
Royal Canadian Navy Frigate HMCS Calgary (FFH 335) has arrived in Pearl Harbor for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, on June 25, 2014.
Photo Jacek Szymanski DNPA
Exercise COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 17, which took place at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa from 19 to 22 September, provided an opportunity for Canadian Army stakeholders and civilian leaders to experience a personal and in-depth understanding of Canadian Army capabilities, equipment as well as the professionalism and skill of Canadian soldiers.
Photo by: Garrison Imaging Petawawa
L’exercice COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 2017, qui s’est tenu à la Base de soutien de la 4e Division du Canada Petawawa, du 19 au 22 septembre, a procuré à des intervenants liés à l’Armée canadienne et à des dirigeants civils une occasion de voir et de bien comprendre personnellement en quoi consistent les capacités et l’équipement de l’Armée canadienne, de même que de se rendre compte du professionnalisme et des compétences des soldats canadiens.
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Section d'imagerie Petawawa
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt Ronald Hale, a member of the 8th Security Forces Squadron, reacts to an opposition forces attack during Exercise Beverly Bulldog 08-03 at Kunsan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea, July 23, 2008. Kunsan AB is participating in a peninsula wide operational readiness exercise to evaluate its readiness and its ability to conduct its wartime mission. He is carrying 5.56 mm M-16 rifles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dana Hill/Released)
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A Flight Engineer from 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron looks out the back ramp of a Royal Canadian Air force Chinook helicopter (CH-147F) transporting soldiers back to Garrison Edmonton from Nordegg, Alberta on 11 May 2015.
EXERCISE SPARTAN STRIKE was an air assault and mountain training exercise involving soldiers from 3 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Charlie Company (C Coy) air support from 450/410 Tactical Helicopter Squadron and support staff from 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group. Soldiers from C Coy traveled over 46 Kilometers in mountainous terrain in a 4 day period. Exercise SPARTAN STRIKE took place from 3 to 11 May 2015 near Nordegg, Alberta in the Rocky Mountains.
Photography by Robert Schwartz
3 CDSB Edmonton