The White Falcon - 03.09.1976, Qupperneq 1

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Volume XXXII Number 35
Keflavik, Iceland
September 3, 1976
NATO Base simulates SAR operation;
joint airlift coordinates plan with NARC
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ICELANDIC rescue workers transport a casualty during the simulated emergency oper-
ations. (Photo by J03 Lyn Grooms)
PARARESCUEMEN CONFER about the condition of the casualties with the pilot aboard
the "Jolly Green Giant." (Photo by J03 Lyn Grooms)
Story by J02 Glenna Houston
Members of Air Force Detachment 14 Air Rescue and Recovery Wing, the NATC Base
Ground Defense Force, the Naval Station Dispensary and other NATO Base personnel
took part in an annual NATO Search and Rescue (SAR) exercise last week.
The SAR simulation was called "Beaver
Eager, Bright Eyes Arctic 76." It was
coordinated by the Reykjavik Rescue Co-
ordination Center in conjunction with
the other North Atlantic Rescue Coordi-
nation centers in Edinborou&h, Scotland
and Bodo, Norway.
The exercise consisted of two simu-
lated plane crashes—one in Iceland and
one in Norway. The crash site had to be
located, the casualties medevaced and
given emergency medical treatment.
A NATO Base C-130 took part in the
air search for the crash site along with
several civilian aircraft. It was lo-
cated about 11:20 a.m. near Kleifavatin,
about 11 miles southeast of Keflavik.
Fifty members of the Ground Defense
Force were the simulated casualties.
They wore tags that listed their inju-
ries .
The Det 14 Jolly Green Giant fiescue
helicopter was given the launch signal
at 12:20 plm. by the Joint Rescue Center
in Keflavik. The helicopter medevaced
the last six injured victims from the
crash site and they were on their way to
the Naval Station Dispensary by 1:50
p .m.
The helicopter commander was Lieuten-
ant Greg Maul, the co-pilot was Captain
Steve Black, Staff Sergeant Rick Dolby
was the flight mechanic and Technical
Sergeant Rick Garlie and Senior Airmen
Jeff Schludheiss were pararescuemen.
The helicopter carried a triad team
to sort the casualties according to a
system of priorities to save the great-
est number of lives. The team was head-
ed by Flight Surgeon (Major) Charles
Girard and it included Hospital Corpsman
Second Class Troy Ruppert, Hospital
Corpsman Second Class William Ware and
Hospital Corpsman Third Class Brian
Plum.
Commander Mary Ann Bogdanski, Navy
Nurse Corps, explained why training for
massive emergencies id important: "Prob-
ably many of the people at the Dispenr-
sary have never been involved in a dis-
aster drill. If they can learn what has
to be done immediately in the practice
situation, when a real emergency occurs
they already know what to do.
The emergency team at the Dispensary
included doctors, dentists, nurses, hos-
pital corpsmen, Red Cross volunteers,
stretcher bearers and a chaplain. It
took only a few minutes for the team to
give emergency treatments to the six
casualties from the helicopter.
"The injuries we treated ranged from
shock caused by an open fracture of the
leg, a chest wound, a facial fracture to
a patient in a coma from alcohol. We
are well equipped and well staffed and I
would say that everything went very
smoothly," remarked Lieutenant (Dr.)
Charles Tate, the head of the emergency
team.
57th FIS wins Vehicle Manager
Fifty thousand accident-free miles,
driven with no incident of vehicle
abuse, has earned the 57th Fighter In-
terceptor Squadron (FIS) the Vehicle
Manager of the Quarter award.
The vehicle officer and non-commis-
sioned officer responsible for the re-
cord are Captain William A. Weeks and
Senior Master Sergeant William J. Tause-
worthe.
Capt. Weeks said, "Basically our
drivers' training course includes lec-
tures on weather conditions and vehicle
operation. The supervisors take the
drivers out to the ramp area and taxi-
ways to show them restricted areas. We
also do our own maintenance work, rather
vehicle in the motor-
pool."
'Once a winner—always a winner' must
be the slogan of the 57th drivers, for
the 57th FIS has received six of the
last eight quarter awards.
According to Major Pete Hershfield,
Iceland Defense Force Provost Marshall,
"This is an impressive record, consider-
ing the size of the command and the num-
ber of drivers who use the vehicles. It
is apparent that the drivers of the 57th
have been well educated and supervised
in the vehicle operator care program."
Major Hershfield added, "The clean-
liness of this vehicle fleet has been
consistently outstanding.
of the Quarter award
than putting a
NAVAL STATION dispensary personnel load the casualties into the ambulance and take
them to the dispensary for emergency medical treatment. (Photo by J02 Houston)
The following family quarters on the Naval Station will be inspected for
fire hazards by a fire department inspector on the dates and times specified:
Today:
9:30-11:30 a.m.—All quarters in
building 629.
1-3 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ing 630.
3-5 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 605, 606, 607 and 614.
Tuesday:
9:30-11:30 a.m.—All quarters in
building 671.
1-3 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 672 and 602.
3-5 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 603 and 604.
Wednesday:
9:30-11:30 a.m.—All quarters in
building 669.
1-3 p.m.—All quarters in building
670-1.
3-5 p.m.—All quarters in building
670-2.
Thursday:
9:30-11:30 a.m.—All quarters in
buildings 950-1 and 950-2.
1-3 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 950-3-4A and 4B
3-5 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 951-1 and 951-2.
Friday:
9:30-11:30 a.m.—All quarters in
building 951-3.
1-3 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 952-1 and 952-2.
3-5 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ing 953-1.
The occupants of the above mentioned quarters are requested to have one re-
sponsible person of their household at home during the date and time indicated
for the purpose of accompanying the fire inspector during his inspection.