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Dense Urban Terrain Exercise - Day One (July 15, 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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Members of the National Guard discuss operations during setup of the Dense Urban Terrain exercise.
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
Exercise response tents are set up in a parking lot near Busch Stadium
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
National Guard members set up tents to practice chemical decontamination methods.
St. Louis Fire Department vehicles stage outside Busch Stadium as rescue mannequins are prepared for repelling down the stadium's walls.
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
National guard members practice stabilizing walls at Busch Stadium
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
Mannequin "victim" prepared for a extraction via rope rescue
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
Volunteers receive disaster makeup to simulate injuries from the "earthquake."
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
Volunteers prepare to walk through tents for mock chemical decontamination as part of the exercise practice
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
Members of CEMA, Madison County EMA, and St. Louis Fire Department discuss exercise operations and future opportunities to collaborate
Photo by CEMA / Kim Vanden Berg
Military helicopter prepares to receive a "patient" (mannequin) as part of the Dense Urban Terrain exercise
Photo by Mark Nankivil
National guard member air evacuates a mannequin "victim" during the exercise
Photo by Mark Nankivil
The mannequin "victim" is placed in the military helicopter for the medical evacuation exercise
Photo by Mark Nankivil
