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Dense Urban Terrain Exercise - Day Three (July 17, 2024)
Facilitated by Task Force 46 (Michigan National Guard) in cooperation with the Missouri National Guard, the multi-day event allows local and military emergency responders to coordinate, deploy, and mitigate dangerous scenarios in the days after a catastrophic disaster. The drills involve reconnaissance, urban search and rescue, mass casualty decontamination, and structural and infrastructure damage assessment in the vicinity of Busch Stadium and the Missouri River between Grafton and St. Charles.
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Mayor Tishaura Jones visits Busch Stadium to see the exercise activities and meet with the National Guard
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
National guard member prepares a mannequin for decontamination response practices
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
During decontamination practices, the mannequin's clothing is removed to ensure all "chemicals" are removed
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
National Guard members use a liquid rinse to practice decontamination techniques
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
Volunteers prepare to walk through tents for decontamination practice
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
Volunteers participate in decontamination practice during disaster exercise
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
Volunteers with the Missouri Structural Assessment and Visual Evaluation (SAVE) Coalition receive briefings for inspections.
The (SAVE) Coalition is a group of volunteer engineers, architects, building inspectors and other trained professionals that assists the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency with building damage inspections. After a disaster, SAVE volunteers are trained to move quickly to determine which buildings are safe to use and which should be evacuated.
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
St. Louis Fire Rescue Squad 1 rappels down Busch Stadium with mannequin "victim"
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
National Guard members use jackhammers to remove concrete trapping mannequin "victims"
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
CEMA welcomes Major General Levon E. Cumpton, Brigadier General Robert Payne, and staff to its unified command vehicle
Photo by CEMA / Kristen Capps-Jones
