Friday, July 11, 2014

Building the Resilient Team - An Idaho Example

(Photo credit: Steve Hayward, Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security)
The Bureau of Land Management's Idaho Falls District Fire Management crews and overhead took part in what has become an annual large-scale training exercise in conjunction with the Upper Snake Interagency Wildfire Group (USIWG).

(Photo credit: Steve Hayward, Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security)
The exercise took place on Saturday, June 28, in Menan, Idaho. Approximately 12 federal, state and local fire and law enforcement agencies and over 80 personnel took part in the exercise.

(Photo credit: Steve Hayward, Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security)
Crews rotated through four stations, including a sand table exercise focused on setting up a unified command for an escalating wildland-urban interface incident that included a cost share discussion. Other stations focused on setting up tactical interoperability radio kits to facilitate radio communications, structure triage and protection, and an emergency medical incident.

Training exercise
(Photo credit: Steve Hayward, Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security)
Contact: Kevin Conran at 208-524-7602


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