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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."
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.
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Members of 37 Canadian Brigade Group trek in snow shoes to their bivouac at the Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay Training Area during Exercise MAROON SOJOURN on February 19, 2024.
Photo: Sailor First Class Alexandra Proulx, Canadian Armed Forces Combat Camera
Des membres du 37e Groupe-brigade du Canada marchent en raquettes en direction de leur bivouac, dans le secteur d’entraînement de la Base des Forces canadiennes Goose Bay au cours de l’exercice MAROON SOJOURN, le 19 février 2024.
Photo : Matelot de 1re classe Alexandra Proulx, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
Members of 37 Canadian Brigade Group trek in snow shoes to their bivouac at the Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay Training Area during Exercise MAROON SOJOURN on February 19, 2024 .
Photo: Sailor First Class Alexandra Proulx, Canadian Armed Forces Combat Camera
Des membres du 37e Groupe-brigade du Canada marchent en raquettes en direction de leur bivouac, dans le secteur d’entraînement de la Base des Forces canadiennes Goose Bay au cours de l’exercice MAROON SOJOURN, le 19 février 2024
Photo : Matelot de 1re classe Alexandra Proulx, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
Danish soldiers from NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia hold a defensive position during Exercise RESOLUTE WARRIOR at Military Base Ādaži Training Area, Latvia, on 05 November 2024.
Photo Credit: Corporal Marc-André Leclerc, NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia Imagery
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Des soldats danois de la Brigade multinationale de l’OTAN en Lettonie sont en position défensive au cours de l’exercice RESOLUTE WARRIOR, dans le secteur d’entraînement de la base militaire Ādaži, en Lettonie, le 5 novembre 2024.
Photo : Caporal Marc-André Leclerc, Imagerie de la Brigade multinationale de l’OTAN en Lettonie
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Firefighters from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron carry simulated victim Airman 1st Class Marcanthony Black, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle operation dispatcher, to their vehicle during a training inject for a local operational readiness exercise here Aug. 21, 2012. The local exercises allow Airmen to train in a controlled environment and prepare themselves for real-world contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brooke P. Beers)
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Exercise Great Bear
Lt. Col. Carlyle P. Woelfer greets Lt. Col. D.G. Green, Western Command and Signal Officer; Maj. H.H. Bennie, Headquarters, Western Command J-2; and Maj. W[illegible; West?] S. Sutherland, Headquarters Western Command J3, all of the Canadian Army, on their arrival Feb. 8 at Big Delta from Edmonton, Alberta. Lt. Col. Stephen Morrissey was also on hand to greet the officers who will participate as observers with Headquarters Company, U.S. Army, Alaska during the exercise.
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Photo by Sp5 Hamilton
USARAL IO
Fort Richardson
AT465
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Danish soldiers from NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia hold a defensive position during Exercise RESOLUTE WARRIOR at Military Base Ādaži Training Area, Latvia, on 05 November 2024.
Photo Credit: Corporal Marc-André Leclerc, NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia Imagery
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Des soldats danois de la Brigade multinationale de l’OTAN en Lettonie sont en position défensive au cours de l’exercice RESOLUTE WARRIOR, dans le secteur d’entraînement de la base militaire Ādaži, en Lettonie, le 5 novembre 2024.
Photo : Caporal Marc-André Leclerc, Imagerie de la Brigade multinationale de l’OTAN en Lettonie
Soldiers from the 5th Canadian Division participate in cold weather operations during Exercise MAROON NUNATSUAK 26 in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador on 23 February 2026.
Photo by: MCpl D.G.J. Chiasson, 5th Canadian Division Public Affairs
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Des soldats de la 5e Division du Canada participent à des opérations par temps froid lors de l’exercice MAROON NUNATSUAK 2026 à Happy Valley-Goose Bay, à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, le 23 février 2026.
Photo par: cplc D.G.J. Chiasson, Affaires publiques de la 5e Division du Canada
DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. --Members of the 355th Civil Engineer Squadron read a card with symptoms of a simulated victim of an explosion during the response training and assessment program exercise here Oct. 17, 2012. Davis-Monthan is one of three instillations needed to validate the RTAP training and exercise program to meet the requirements for Headquarters Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Dowdle)
Honorary Colonel (Cameron Highlanders) Paul Hindo of Canada Company, fires a Browning 9-mm pistol at a stationary target in the Juliet Tower range, during exercise Collaborative Spirit in Garrison Petawawa..
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Photo: Corporal D. Salisbury.
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ARC10136/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Lt. Leon Coulon (left) and Col. C.E. Balthis pose by signs after the completion of the bridge. The former is the CO of 2nd BG, 60th Inf., and the latter is the CO of B. Co, 20th Eng. Tanacross, Alaska.
5 Feb 62
Photo by Pfc. Henri Hebert
CONUS Photo Fac
Fort Devens, Mass
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ARC10145/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Sgt. Frank Hudsen, Hq Platoon, HQ Co., 2nd BG, 60th Infantry, from Fort Devens, Mass., is shown loading his gear on a 3/4 ton truck prior to departing to Tanacross, Alaska to participate in Exercise Great Bear. The staging area for the 60th Inf has been at Camp Denali near Fort Richardson before convoying to the maneuver area.
20 Jan 62
Photo by Sp4 Miller
Spt Cmd Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465
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.
U.S Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Seese and Staff Sgt. Drew Achtermann, flightline avionics assigned to 140th Aircraft Maintence Squadron troubleshoots the flight control system during exercise Northern Lightning, August 11, 2021. Northern Lightning is a full-spectrum Counterland training exercise hosted at Volk Field Air National Guard Base. The goal of the exercise is to provide a tailored, cost effective and realistic combat training for the Department of Defense Total Force. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Mira Roman)
Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Speer, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light, pins his father Harold Speer, with a 50th Anniversary Department of Defense Vietnam War Commemoration lapel pin for his service to nation. The annual ceremony pays tribute to the 749 sailors and soldiers who lost their lives April 28, 1944, during The Battle of Exercise Tiger, which began as a top secret naval operation designed to prepare troops for the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef
ARC2537/AR63 ALASKA
Exercise Timberline
Aerial photo of the General Support Group located near the Maneuver Director Headquarters on Fort Greely, Alaska.
19 Feb 63
by Sp4 Kenneth Puckett
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
AP72
ARC10348/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Sp4 David Blakesley from Honeywell, Arkansas, works on a 2 1/2 ton truck with the aid of an infra-red utility heater at the 64th Field Hospital Motor Pool, Tanacross, Alaska.
2 Feb 62
Sp4 Jerry Dickens
USARAL Spt Cmd Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465
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."
ARC 10202/AR62 Alaska Exercise Great Bear From Hq & Hq Co, USARAL Hq Cmd, Ft Richardson, Alaska, PFC Robert Garboden, Roseberg, Oregon, and Sp4 Larry Wheeler, Hialeah, Florida, load barrels of kerosene onto a Weasel. The kerosene will be put into smaller containers to be burned in trailer stoves used in the Mohawk CP area staff sections, Fort Greely, Alaska. 10 Feb 62 Photo by Sp5 George Rice, USARAL Spt Cmd Photo Fac. Ft Richardson. AT465
ARC2573/AR63 ALASKA
Exercise Timberline
Paratroopers of F Co.,4th BG, 23 inf. board an Army CH-21 helicopter for a heliborne raid during Operation Timberline.
20 Feb 63
by PFC Jerry Hickey
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
AP72
ARC10370/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
B Battery, 3rd How Bn., 4th Arty of the U.S. Forces from Fort Devens, Mass. 75mm gun crew fires mission at Sand Lake.
17 Feb 62
Capt. Charles Beresford
Pictorial Branch, USARAL Spt. Cmd.
Fort Richardson, Alaska
AT465
ARC10337/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
The 61st Army Nurse Corps at the 64th Field Hospital Mess Hall, Tanacross, Alaska. Left to right: Maj. Lois Eidson, from Nashville, Tennessee; 2nd Lt. Janie Bailey from Wake Forest, North Carolina; Lt. Col. Dorothy Kraftschenk, from Racine, Wisconsin; Maj. Patricia Murphy from the hospital (Chief Nurse) Captain Lillian Nagle from Seattle, Washington, [much of the last line is cut off, but 1st Lt. DeVoss, Michigan is still visible.
Sequence indicates 2 or 3 Feb and by Sp4 Dickens]
2 Feb 62
Sp4 Jerry Dickens
USARAL Spt Cmd Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465
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.
A small boat crew from USCGC Sycamore (WLB 209) passes in front of Danish Royal Navy patrol vessel HDMS Knud Rasmussen (P570) during a drill as part of Exercise Argus, Nuuk, Greenland, June 16, 2023. Exercise Argus is a joint search and rescue and marine environmental response exercise that includes assets from the United S