Special Virginia Guard emergency response force conducts external evaluation exercise - June 16 & 18, 2010

More than 350 Soldiers and Airmen from a special response force of the Virginia National Guard conducted training June 16 at the Henrico County Fire Training Center to prepare for an external evaluation validation exercise conducted June 18. The Virginia National Guard’s special response force is the Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Emergency Response Force Package, known as the CERFP (pronounced “surf-p”), and the unit can conduct tasks associated with urban search and rescue, mass decontamination, medical triage and treatment and command and control. The force is made up of Soldiers and Airmen from units based in Sandston, West Point, Hampton, Norfolk, Danville, Virginia Beach, Rocky Mount and Langley Air Force Base. The Virginia Defense Force, Henrico County Division of Fire, Virginia State Police, the Henrico Regional Hazardous Incident Team, the Salvation Army Richmond Area Command and the American Red Cross Greater Richmond Chapter also took part in the exercise. Civilian role players in Hollywood-style make up added realism to the exercise.

For more information, visit the link below:
vko.va.ngb.army.mil/VirginiaGuard/news/june10/cerfp.html