Bug's Bleat - - GCF: Raccoons - - Photos

 

Dr. Gardner, Mattie Miller and Debbie Nash pose in front of the "Disaster City" sign.

 

AR-1 poses in front of the Disaster City complex. AR-1 is currently recruiting EMT's, Paramedics, Nurses, and Doctors, plus trained and licensed Communication personnel. If you’d like to join AR-1 in providing care to disaster victims, contact John Burge john.burge@hhs.gov.

 

Columbia County AR-1 Members John Burge, James McClellan, Steve Savoy and Ricky Shepherd with one of our favorite TEEX instructors, Frank Greset

 

A view of one of the two Bases we built.

Bug's Bleat - - GCF: Raccoons

 

AR-1's Debbie Nash always had a smile for us.

 

As did Aaron Gardner and Lesley Phillips-Reed

 

And I can always find Ricky Shepherd working hard

 

Bug working safety at the Field Training Exercise

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Checking in "patients" outside quarentine.

 

Mattie kept me awake during one long after lunch briefing.

 

Curtis and Cathy Reynolds gave in to long days and short nights.

 

Dr. Gardner also showed signs of sleep deprivation.

Bug's Bleat - - GCF: Raccoons

 

Our Base included all the comforts of home.

 

Steve Savoy gets some physical help from Padre Fleagle

 

Iowa workers look over their work.

 

Chaplin Fleagle passes out water during our lunch break.

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You have to unload the trucks to build a tent city or "BoO"

 

And most of the labor was manual.

 

You have to train to get these tents up on time.

 

But, with everyone working togeather, it gets done.

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"Bug" at the end of the drill.

 

Cathy and Kathie often worked into the evening helping everyone do their paperwork.

 

The last afternoon, we all met to "debrief."

 

No one can say that we left a mess at Disaster City.

Bug's Bleat - - GCF: Raccoons

 

"LJ" Adjusts to the heat.

 

Ricky Shepherd and Steve Savoy enjoy the AC in the "Rehab" tent (after I made them quit work for 15 minutes.)

 

The three musketeers?

 

The temperature and tempers can rise.