First Responder

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Preston Keres, USN Release Status: Released to More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Isaac G.L. Freeman, USAF Rele More

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Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Contact Team members, left to right, Charles O. Kerley, Tech. Sgt. Mary M. Connelly and Master Sgt. David Hightower move out during the base-wide active shooter exercise at the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Ai More

Medical personnel with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, gatherered from all over the world, to prepare for an upcoming deployment during a three-day field exercise, here, Oct. 7. Some of the p More

Afghan graduates of a First Responder course, facilitated by Special Operations Task Force - East, demonstrate their newly learned skills while assessing a mock victim in the village of Jan Qadam, Parwan provin More

An Afghan boy puts up his fists in a playful manner as U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Special Operations Task Force - East, meet with village elders to discuss security and improvement in the village of Jan Qa More

An Afghan security guard raises the gate to Bagram Air Field as Special Operations Task Force - East soldiers leave the base to patrol a local village. ASG is a government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan su More

A class of Afghan students direct questions toward Spc. David Havlicek, Special Operations Task Force-East medic, in preparation for a scenario-based demonstration of the skills and knowledge they learned from More

A team of military health care professionals prepare to raise a gurney with a simulated casualty into an awaiting ambulance for transport to a health care facility. The medics are undergoing proficiency trainin More

Iraqi medics practice airway clearing techniques on a practice mannequin during the hands-on portion of their training with the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group Feb. 8. The training was part of a first respond More

The original database describes this as: Title: Tim Manning in New Zealand Production Date: 02/25/2011 Caption: Christchurch, New Zealand, February 25, 2011 -- Tim Manning, left, Deputy Administrator for Pro More

The original database describes this as: Title: DR_1974_TN Production Date: 05/08/2011 Caption: Chattanooga, Tenn. , May 8, 2011 -- Chattanooga, TN, May 8, 2011 - A couple sits amid burning debris, sorting More

The original database describes this as: Title: Photograph by Shannon Arledge taken on 08/05/2011 in Alabama Production Date: 08/05/2011 Caption: Anniston, Ala. , August 5, 2011 -- Responders attending the h More

The original database describes this as: Title: Photograph by Shannon Arledge taken on 08/05/2011 in Alabama Production Date: 08/05/2011 Caption: ANNISTON, Ala. , August 5, 2011 -- A responder surveys a simu More

The original database describes this as: Title: Photograph by Shannon Arledge taken on 08/05/2011 in Alabama Production Date: 08/05/2011 Caption: ANNISTON, Ala. , August 5, 2011 -- A first responder arriving More

Robert S. O'malley acts as a casualty of an improvised explosive device during training with Combat Logistics Battalion 4 here, Nov. 24. O'malley is a professional actor with Strategic Operations, an acting and More

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2012-11-26 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: George Armstrong City/State: Bayonne, NJ Keywords: first responders Hurricane Sandy ^ hurricane sandy ^ Fir More

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2012-11-18 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Patsy Lynch City/State: Seaside Heights, NJ Keywords: Biden Vice President New Jersey SeaView Heights Super More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Jonathon McClure, a military policeman with the Provost Marshal's Office, carries a simulated casualty to medical care during Exercise Lethal Breeze on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2012. More

Service members and honored guests render courtesies during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 11, 2012. The ceremony commemorated the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 ter More

A wounded soldier is picked up by three first responders during a mass casualty drill near Fort Polk, La., Oct. 8. Task Force Wings participates in a MASCAL to ensure that units are ready in case they ever enco More

Spc. Elliot Cervera, a 25-year-old forward observer from Bridgeport, Conn., and in 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division applies gauze and tape over a wound on a More

Staff Sgt. Patrick Malone, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System section chief with 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, and a volunteer emergency medical technician for the Bald More

A 196-foot communication tower was recently erected aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany to facilitate better first responder radio communication. Some users include Marine Corps Police Department, Marine More

California State Military Reserve Staff Sgt. Andrew Cater, the acting first sergeant of Alpha Company, Northern Regional Support Command, participates in a crowd control class given to members of the 69th Publi More

U.S. Army Spc. Daisie Gonzalez, medic, Charlie Company, 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, of Manhattan, N.Y., confers with a teammate on how to best treat a simu More

Members of the 91st Civil Support Team unload equipment from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an aerial insertion in Show Low, Ariz., June 4, 2013. The insertion was just one part of an event, which include More

A U.S. Soldier from the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Danvers, Mass., enters a building spraying a controlled fire during a training exercise in Bedford, Mass., June 8, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Anthony T. Z More

U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia Air National Guard search for simulated victims in a smoke-filled building Sept. 15, 2013, at Savannah Air National Guard Base in Garden City, Ga More

U.S. Army Sgt. Tristen Starr, a medic with the Forward Command Post and a native of Columbus, Ga., inserts an intravenous catheter into the vein of a Moroccan soldier during the four-day first responder course More

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2014-03-27 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Benjamin Crossley City/State: Huntsville, Ala. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Pr More

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2014-05-02 07:10:34 UTC Photographer Name: Shannon Arledge Keywords: IMT ^ Baltimore ^ Maryland ^ fire service ^ law enforcement ^ hazardous materials More

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2014-05-02 08:03:55 UTC Photographer Name: Shannon Arledge Keywords: IMT ^ Baltimore ^ Maryland ^ fire service ^ law enforcement ^ hazardous materials More

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2014-05-02 07:59:58 UTC Photographer Name: Shannon Arledge Keywords: IMT ^ Baltimore ^ Maryland ^ fire service ^ law enforcement ^ hazardous materials More

Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, move a simulated casualty during Raider First Responder training April 11, 2014. “We’re all pretty new More

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Mix and Senior Airman James Virgin, 221st Combat Communications Squadron joint incident awareness and assessment team, set up equipment during a mock hurricane training exercise at Canyon Lake More

Yolanda M. King, sexual assault response coordinator for Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, poses for a photo April 25, 2014. (Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall PAO photo by Rachel Larue)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing, convoy from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., to Georgetown County Airport, S.C., June 3, 2014. South Carolina National Guard Airmen are working More

A convoy of support vehicles, carrying various support personnel, equipment and supplies, arrive at the Georgetown County Airport on June 3, 2014, to participate in a hurricane preparedness exercise with local More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Quinten Quiinones, from the 169th Force Support Squadron of the South Carolina Air National Guard, serves a hot meal to hungry Airmen at the Georgetown County Airport, S.C., June 4, 20 More

U.S. Air Force Airmen, from the 169th Security Forces Squadron of the South Carolina Air National Guard, return from to the exercise area at the Georgetown County Airport, S.C., June 5, 2014. The unit is suppor More

Paratroopers salute as a solo bugler plays taps during the 2014 Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., today. Local leaders, service members, first responders and family members attended the event, More

U.S. Sailors stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., and members of the air station's fire department participate in a flag detail during a ceremony at the station Sept. 11, 2014, to commemorate t More

Chris Parvi, a member of the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Fire Department, tolls a bell in memory of firefighters who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks as he participates in a ceremony commemorating the More

Bud Kaufman, a rescue swimmer with the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (PA HART), arranges his gear in the back of a Pennsylvania Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook prior to a mission in South Caroli More

Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Marcus Clinkscales, assigned to Naval Security Force Bahrain, was presented with a Naval Achievement Medal for his actions when coming to the aid of a severely injured woman who was fou More

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Galbraith, 374th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and Topa, 374th SFS military working dog, reach a simulated victim at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 15, 2015, during an More

Armed Forces of the Philippines 1st Lt. Joseph Agbayani, left, Nurse Corps and first responder training course facilitator, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bryan Garret, right, Alpha Company, Civil Affairs Battalion m More

Members of the Silverbell Fire Department exit the fuselage of a McDonald Douglas MD-80 during an Aircraft Rescue Firefighting training event at the Western Army Aviation Training Site (WAATS) here May 2. The t More

Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Command Sgt. Maj. Randall E. Woods speaks with Arlington County Police Officers June 9 during the 16th annual meeting of the Radnor-Fort Myer Heights Civic Association in Arlingto More

Tech. Sgt. Jude Joseph, 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical technician and eight-year veteran of the Phoenix Police Department, poses in front of the 944th ASTS building July 8, 2015. Joseph was the firs More

Australian Private Christine E. Board instructs Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers how to properly treat a sucking-chest wound Sept. 3 at Taurama Barracks, Papua New Guinea. Australian medics and a U.S. co More

Col. Mike Henderson, commander, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, throws the first pitch at the 14th Annual First Responders Cup Tournament Sept. 12, 2015, in Arlington, Va. The event - a tournament of youth girl More

Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Farrell, an operations noncommissioned officer, Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Command (Theater), meets 6-month-old Liam Coffeen, along with his parents, 1st Lt. Brian and Caitl More

Ken Chapman, a rescue technician with the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, tests his gear before being tasked for missions, during a statewide flood response, Oct. 5, 2015. The South Carolina Nati More

U.S. Soldiers from the South Carolina National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, prepare to conduct rescue and support operations, during a statewide flood response, More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine, a photojournalist assigned to the 108th Public Affairs Detachment, takes a flight on a C-47 Chinook helicopter during a statewide flood response, Oct. 5, 2015 over Columbia More

Television reporters from Fox Carolina in Greenville and WLTX in Columba record Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion as they prepare to takeoff from McE More

A levee breach at the Columbia Riverfront Canal, Columbia, S.C., during a statewide flood Oct. 5, 2015. The South Carolina National Guard has been activated to support state and county emergency management agen More

U.S. Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard and civilians work together to provide clean drinking water to residents in Columbia, S.C., during a statewide flood response, Oct. 6, 2015. The South C More

U.S. Army Spc. Ira Duville, a maintainer and crew chief with the South Carolina Army National Guard's 2-238th Aviation Detachment 1, performs pre-flight checks for a sling-loading mission on a Boeing CH-47 Chin More

U.S. Soldiers with the 742nd Maintenance Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, work alongside local law enforcement, the State Guard and volunteers, to distribute drinking water to residents affected by More

U.S. Soldiers from the 1222nd Engineer Company Sapper, South Carolina Army National Guard, fill 1-ton sand bags to use for the breached canal at the Riverfront Canal Park in Columbia, S.C., Oct. 6, 2015. The So More

U.S. Soldiers with the 741st Quarter Master Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, set up cots at the A.C. Flora High School shelter, Columbia, S.C., for those displaced by the S.C. floods, Oct. 7, 2015. More

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the South Carolina and North Carolina National Guard continue rescue and flood response operations from the SCNG's Army Aviation Support Facility at McEntire Joint Na More

A representative from the Federal Emergency Management Agency briefs the media on the flood response going on Oct. 6, 2015. The South Carolina National Guard has activated more than 2,200 Soldiers and Airmen to More

U.S. Soldiers from the 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, deliver sandbags with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to dam the breached canal at the Riverfront Canal Park in More

Lake Murray Presbyterian Church stages their gymnasium as a donation center and food bank in Chapin, S.C., for community residents displaced by the South Carolina floods, Oct. 7, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Perry, a flight engineer with the South Carolina Army National Guard's 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion Detachment 1, waits to take off in a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopte More

Civil Air Patrol Maj. Chris Bailey prepares for flight at Eagle Aviation Airport to assess the damage caused by floods around Columbia, S.C., Oct. 7, 2015. The Civil Air Patrol is supporting flood relief effort More

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the South Carolina National Guard's 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion from Greenville, S.C., departs to assist in the repair of the Columbia Canal by placing m More

Tim Rodgers, middle, a helicopter search and rescue lead for the North Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, gives an interview with Blake Hanson, a reporter for WSOC TV based in Charlotte, N.C., while Carl More

South Carolina National Guard Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, S.C.'s adjutant general, greets Sen. Katrina Shealy, Lexington County's state senator, before a briefing detailing the current state of South Caroli More

U.S. Airmen and family members from the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard, volunteer to provide assistance to residents in a Columbia neighborhood with the removal of household debris Oct. 8 More

Tim Rodgers, a helicopter search and rescue lead for the North Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, gives an interview for WSOC TV based in Charlotte, N.C., at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., duri More

A group photo of the North Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, located at South Carolina National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at McEntire Joint National Guard Base to conduct rescue and operatio More

U.S. Army Cpl. Paul Herring, a security augmentee assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade of the South Carolina State Guard, has been state-activated to guard the front gate at McCrady Training Center, S.C., More

Retired South Carolina Army guardsman Bernard Sherman provides dinner for guardsmen staying at the Georgetown, S.C., armory during the flood response and recovery; the meal was generously donated by a local bus More

U.S. Soldiers with the 1053rd Transportation Company, South Carolina Army National Guard from Bennettsville, S.C., help the Geathers family reach their flooded home in Brown's Ferry near Georgetown, S.C., to as More

U.S. Army Sgt. James Rowe, a water purification specialist assigned to the South Carolina National Guard’s 741st Quartermaster Company, prepares to start the filtration system on the truck at the Palmetto Healt More

U.S. Army Sgt. James Rowe, Spc. Louis Searles and Sgt. Dejaun Palmer, water purification specialists assigned to the South Carolina National Guard’s 741st Quartermaster Company, carry a hose to fill a water res More

U.S. Soldiers with the 1053rd Transportation Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, help transport residents of Brown's Ferry, Georgetown, S.C., from their flooded homes to a nearby shelter, Oct. 11, 2015 More

U.S. Soldiers from the 132nd Military Police Company of the South Carolina Army National Guard safeguard the Lake Katherine community during a statewide flood response in Columbia, S.C., Oct. 11, 2015. The Sout More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Victor Adams and Master Sgt. Rick Sanders, financial technicians for the South Carolina Army National Guard, discuss estimated cost capturing statistics for damages caused by flooding rains i More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brian Bohlman, a chaplain assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., leads a church sermon in front of the South Carolina Emergency Management Divisi More

U.S. Soldiers with the 124th Engineer Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, haul clay dirt to rebuild roads that were washed out in Swansea, S.C., as the state recovers from last week’s flooding, Oct. 13 More

U.S. Soldiers from the South Carolina National Guard's 1782nd Engineer Company from Lancaster, S.C., repair a section of Whitehouse Road, near the Richland Wastewater Treatment Plant in Columbia, Oct. 13, 2015. More

U.S. Army Spc. Brad Baughman, a horizontal construction engineer assigned to the South Carolina National Guard's 124th Engineer Company, 122nd Engineer Battalion uses a High-Mobility Engineer Excavator to move More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., the Adjutant General for South Carolina, and Gen. Frank Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, address South Carolina National Guard engineers who worked o More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., the adjutant general for South Carolina National Guard briefs Maj. Gen. Gregory A. Lusk, the adjutant general for North Carolina National Guard, on the guard’s res More

Staff Sgt. Craig Eveland, 436th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler and MWD Ramos locate a simulated active shooter victim during a major accident response exercise Oct. 20, 2015, on Dover Air More

U.S. Army Sgt. Trevor Bessinger, driver, and Sgt. Joshua Edwards, right, both horizontal construction engineers with the South Carolina National Guards's 124th Engineer Company, 122nd Engineer Battalion, from S More

First Lt. Darrion Lemon, guides a driver along as he works with with other U.S. Army engineers with the South Carolina National Guard to repair roads in Manning, S.C., Nov. 5, 2015. The engineers assigned to th More

U.S. Army engineers with the South Carolina National Guard get dirty while repairing roads in Manning, S.C., Nov. 5, 2015. The engineers assigned to the 178th Engineer Battalion and 122nd Engineer Battalion are More

An M917 dump truck was outfitted with a small American flag throughout road repair missions by engineers. Guardsmen assigned to the 178th Engineer Battalion and 122nd Engineer Battalion supported recovery effor More

160204-N-UN340-004 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 4, 2016) First responders evacuate a simulated casualty during a force protection exercise at Naval Base Point Loma’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Old Town Complex More

Several 5th graders from Kaunakakai Elementary School watch a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter demonstration during a D.A.R.E. rally at Kaunakakai Ball Park, Molokai, April 8, 2016. The rally was held to ed More

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Frank Margaron, attached to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), explains how to apply a tourniquet to local first responders during a Pacific Partnership 2016 search and rescue field tra More