Va. Guard CERFP undergoes external evaluation
More than 180 Virginia Army and Air Guard personnel from a special response force of the Virginia National Guard undergo an external evaluation exercise April 27, 2013, at the Virginia Beach Fire Training Center in Virginia Beach. The special response force is the Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Response Force Package, known as the CERFP (pronounced “surf-p”), which can conduct tasks associated with incident management, urban search and rescue, mass causality decontamination, technical decontamination, medical triage and treatment and fatality search and recovery. The force is made up of Soldiers and Airmen from units based in Petersburg, West Point, Rocky Mount, Danville, Virginia Beach. The exercise followed two days of dress rehearsals and validated the package's response capabilities. Role players simulating causalities took part to add more realistic conditions. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class A.J. Coyne, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
Va. Guard CERFP undergoes external evaluation
More than 180 Virginia Army and Air Guard personnel from a special response force of the Virginia National Guard undergo an external evaluation exercise April 27, 2013, at the Virginia Beach Fire Training Center in Virginia Beach. The special response force is the Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Response Force Package, known as the CERFP (pronounced “surf-p”), which can conduct tasks associated with incident management, urban search and rescue, mass causality decontamination, technical decontamination, medical triage and treatment and fatality search and recovery. The force is made up of Soldiers and Airmen from units based in Petersburg, West Point, Rocky Mount, Danville, Virginia Beach. The exercise followed two days of dress rehearsals and validated the package's response capabilities. Role players simulating causalities took part to add more realistic conditions. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class A.J. Coyne, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)