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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany-- Members of the German Red Cross respond to a scenerio at the Mutual Aid Agreement Validation Exercise July 12, 2008.Emergency responders from the Air Base as well as the surrounding communities joined together to practice emergency response to help bridge language and response technique barriers. U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Jenifer Calhoun.

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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany-- Fire Fighters from the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron check their gear during the Mutual Aid Agreement Validation Exercise July 12, 2008. Emergency responders from the Air Base as well as the surrounding communities joined together to practice emergency response to help bridge language and response technique barriers. U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Jenifer Calhoun.

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Mutual Aid Agreement Validation Exercise

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany-- 52nd Medical Operations Squadron Emergency Medical Technician, Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, and 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Fighters assist a victim during the Mutual Aid Agreement Validation Exercise July 12, 2008. Emergency responders from the Air Base as well as the surrounding communities joined together to practice emergency response to help bridge language and response technique barriers. U.S. Air Force Photo Frau Kornelia Pitsch.

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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany-- Herr Frank Weis and Staff Sgt. Eric Ackerman, both Fire Fighters from the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron, celebrate after the completion of the Mutual Aid Agreement Validation Exercise July 12, 2008. Emergency responders from the Air Base as well as the surrounding communities joined together to practice emergency response to help bridge language and response technique barriers. U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Jenifer Calhoun.

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52nd Fighter Wing & Host Nation Mutual Aid Agreement Validation Exercise

Published July 15, 2008
By Staff Sgt. Matthew S. Bright
52 Fighter Wing Public Affairs

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- In an effort to increase teamwork and camaraderie between the base and local emergency responders, Spangdahlem Air Base hosted an exercise, Saturday 12 July.

The exercise scenario was a mock attack, consisting of an improvised explosive device detonation at an aircraft and a secondary explosion a few minutes later at the Fire Station. The exercise was designed to test the response time, organization and how well members of base Security Forces, Fire Department, Medical personnel and the local Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, and Feuerwehren units work together in a time-critical scenario.

Including the triage and simulated MedEvac of injured personnel to local Krankenhausen, the exercise lasted about two hours. Afterward, leaders from all of the groups tested that day sat down for a meeting to discuss the good points and bad points of the exercise. As part of the recently signed Mutual Aid Agreement between Spangdahlem Air Base and our host nation neighbors, this exercise was one of many steps to train U.S. personnel and German personnel to work together more efficiently in times of crisis.