Crisis Response

The Department of Defense provides firefighting support for the Colorado Springs area. Members of the Wyoming Air National Guard from the 153rd Airlift Wing, and airmen from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, prepare specially equipped C-130 aircraft with the Modular Air Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS), to spray fire retardant onto the wildfires. Available in high definition.

Aerial footage of fire retardant drops in an effort to aid in the fight against the Colorado wild fires. Also available in high definition.

B-roll of Air National Guard members preparing aircraft for take off in the effort to fight wild fires in Colorado. Includes aerial footage of fire retardant drops. Also available in high definition.

The Superintendent of the Air Force Academy speaks to the media about efforts to contain the wildfires.

With no fires on the U.S. Air Force Academy grounds, the firefighter crew from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, are able to give assistance within the local area; keeping the fires away from housing. Produced by SSgt. Brad Sisson. Also available in High Definition.

The Department of Defense provides aerial firefighting support for the Colorado Springs area. Members of the 153rd Airlift Wing from the Wyoming Air National Guard, as well as airmen and reservist from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson AFB, prepare C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Air Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS), to spray fire retardant onto the wildfires. Available in high definition.

Army Maj. Ronnie Spears, Executive Officer of the 890th Engineer Battalion, responds to a community need fro an emergency spillway to be built in order to relieve pressure off a levee and to prevent flooding while at Percy Quinn State Park, McComb, Miss., August 30, 2012 and footage of levee, surroundings, damage and Soldiers with equipment. Soundbites from Maj. Ronnie Spiers. Also available in high definition.

With a rapid and well-coordinated response to Hurricane Isaac needed from the Mississippi National Guard and essential agencies, Gulfport, Mississippi's CRTC provided an excellent emergency operations facility.

Large-scale natural disasters require an international response. Coordinating the relief effort is the biggest challenge. NATO’s annual disaster response exercise provides civil and military teams with a realistic training scenario. Includes sound bites from Hannu Rantanen, Emergency Services College Finland, Guenter Bretschneider, EARDCC, Przemek Florczyk, EARDCC, Alexander Jalaghania, Georgian Army Pilot and Ambassador Stephen Evans, ASG OPERATIONS NATO. Also available in high definition.

The Japanese Coast Guard recently held a crisis response team demonstration at a harbor close to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Lance Corporal Joshua DeFour covered all of the action to bring you the story.