Emergency Response Personnel

Images of uniformed personnel engaged in various operations during Hurricane Katrina, featuring teamwork and coordination in a disaster response setting.

Joint Task Force - 26-HK-161-4. Joint Task Force. Hurricane Katrina

220922-N-MF909-1002JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Sept. 22, 2022) - Personnel assigned to Navy Region Hawaii, Federal Fire Department Hawaii and Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor monitor communications from the incident command post during a spill response exercise Sept. 22, 2022. The exercise marks a significant milestone in the Department of Defense's ongoing planning for the safe defueling and closing of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. The exercise tested the Navy's emergency spill response capabilities and its ability to work with multiple agencies to respond to a fuel oil release at the facility.

Members of the Maryland National Guard's 58th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade work with members of the Germantown Volunteer Fire Department in Germantown, Md., Oct. 29, in preparation of Hurricane Sandy.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Commandant Thomas H. Collins and President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-304-207. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-231. Vice Admiral Thad Allen. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard personnel from the Gulf, Atlantic, and Pacific Strike teams transfer residents of Pine Island to Floridas mainland on Oct. 2, 2022. The strike forces transferred people in need to Floridas mainland to seek shelter and resources after Hurricane Ian. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Commandant Thomas H. Collins and President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-304-161. Hurricane Katrina

Operation Zephyr - 26-HK-154-154. Images from Lt. Williams. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-309-54. Hurricane Katrina

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides joining U.S. Park Police crew for Washington, D.C. fly-over

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Commandant Thomas H. Collins and President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-304-26. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 1, 2005 -- Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Texas task force one assist in transporting residents of a local nursing home on to a bus so that they may be transported to a shelter outside of the area impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-33. Hurricane Katrina

011030-N-3093M-016. Base: Crowley 450-10 Barge Scene Major Command Shown: CINCPACFLT

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-381-12. Hurricane Katrina

DF-ST-89-10422. Base: Bergstrom Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Coast Guard Cmdr. Johna Rossetti and Lt. Cmdr. Lucy Courtney observe government contract operations to off-load fuel from a boat wrecked in Hurricane Ian, as part of the Hurricane Ian ESF-10 pollution response mission, Cape Coral, Florida, Nov. 30, 2022. The Coast Guard, which is working closely with interagency partners, is overseeing contract operations to ensure worker safety and environmental protection. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando)

Public Affairs - Department of Defense - 26-HK-417-16. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 375th Security Forces Squadron follow along and cheer Airmen from the 375th Air Mobility Wing as they push a Humvee during a section of an obstacle course at Warrior Park on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, May 18, 2022. These Airmen and other first responders from around Scott and the local community competed against each other in various activities during Police Week.

A fleeing felony suspect with multiple prior convictions was arrested by Yuma County Sheriffs Office (YCSO) Deputies on April 14, 2022 with an assist from an off-duty U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) gate guard. Officer George Wright (left), who has worked as a gate guard at YPG for one year, lent a hand when he unexpectedly happened upon the suspect attempting to evade the deputies.

Japanese airmen observe as 18th Tactical Fighter Wing maintenance personnel service an F-15 Eagle aircraft during the joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and United States Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 83-4. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 83-4 Base: Komatsu Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

DD-ST-99-04439. Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-309-186. Vice Admiral Vivien Crea. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-413-15. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, La., September 1, 2005 -- Evacuees and hospital patients arrive at New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations.

Law enforcement officers converse before an improvised explosive device familiarization class Sept. 28, 2022, at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in Columbia. The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy hosted a weeklong Federal Bureaus of Investigation Special Weapons and Tactics summit to train law enforcement officers in firearms, close quarters combat, tactical medical care, patrolling tactics and familiarize officers with improvised explosive devices.

September 11th remembrance ceremony held in front of NASA Research Park Bldg-17 (Lunar Science Institute) hosted by the American Legion, Post 881, Moffett Field.

110909-N-MF909-177MILLINGTON, Tenn. (Sept. 9, 2011) Sailors assigned to Naval Support Activity Mid-South fire a rifle volley saluting those killed during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-380-1. Hurricane Katrina

South Carolina National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 51st Military Police Battalion, from Florence, S.C., provide Marion County, S.C., first responders with assistance telling residents to voluntary evacuate as rising flood water threatens the local community around the Pee Dee River region in Marion, S.C., Sept. 19, 2018. Approximately 2,900 Soldiers and Airmen have been mobilized to respond and participate in recovery efforts as Hurricane Florence caused flooding and damage to the state. The Guard is focusing its efforts primarily in the northeastern region of the state as the rivers rise from run off from the high volume of rain that impacted North Carolina.

A firefighter, from United States Army Garrison (USAG) Humphreys fire department, assist a student, from USAG Humphreys Central Elementary School, down the ladder to get hands-on fire safety experience during the annual Fire Prevention Week on USAG-Humphreys, Oct 11. 2022. Fire Prevention Week stresses the importance of firefighters and fire safety on the installation.

A firefighter, from United States Army Garrison (USAG) Humphreys fire department, assist a student, from USAG Humphreys Central Elementary School, down the ladder to get hands-on fire safety experience during the annual Fire Prevention Week on USAG-Humphreys, Oct 11. 2022. Fire Prevention Week stresses the importance of firefighters and fire safety on the installation.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-30. Hurricane Katrina

Louisiana Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Rosalie Huff, 159th Civil Engineering Squadron, directs civilian rescue teams from the LAANGs Mobile Emergency Operations Center located in Vidor, Texas, Sept. 1, 2017. The MEOC is a self-contained vehicle designed to provide command and control to incident commanders and to assist local agencies with emergency response support.

Law enforcement canine exercises on the occasion of the U.S. Park Police "K-9 Graduation"

Rotunda, FL, Sept. 29, 2022 - A local Florida community suffers from the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Ian. FEMA Urban Search & Rescue Virginia Task Force 2 continue to work with local officials to support response operations. (FEMA Photo by Lameen Witter)

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-305-12. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Auxiliary - 26-HK-64-15. Coast Guard woman and civilian near buildings, possible CG boat station--Auxiliary, dated 051017. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Gustav, Baton Rouge, LA, September 7, 2008 National guard at POD (Point of Distribution) in Plaquemine Parish, place MRE's and water in a residents car. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-4. Hurricane Katrina

220809-N-SP805-0004 SOUDA BAY (August 9, 2022) Cdr. Jim Howard, commanding officer aboard Royal Navy submarine Audacious, visits Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) in port Souda Bay, Crete. USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) is the flagship for Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), a multinational integrated task group that projects a constant and visible reminder of the Alliances solidarity and cohesion afloat and provides the Alliance with a continuous maritime capability to perform a wide range of tasks, including exercises and real-world operations in periods of crisis and conflict.

Coast Guard Auxiliary - 26-HK-64-2. Coast Guard Auxiliarist Michael Howell on boat loaded with equipment and supplies -- dated 051019. Hurricane Katrina

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-115 crew responds to questions from the media at a press conference held on Launch Pad 39B. Seen left to right are Commander Brent Jett, Mission Specialist Steven MacLean, Pilot Chris Ferguson, and Mission Specialists Daniel Burbank, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Joseph Tanner. MacLean is with the Canadian Space Agency. The mission crew is at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that are preparation for launch on Space Shuttle Atlantis, scheduled to take place in a window that opens Aug. 27. The TCDT culminates in a simulated launch countdown. During their 11-day mission to the International Space Station, the STS-115 crew will continue construction of the station and attach the payload elements, the Port 3/4 truss segment with its two large solar arrays.

Fire wont wait. Plan your escape; 2022 Fire Prevention campaign. TAMCs Safety Team and Triplers Federal Fire Department work together to educate beneficiaries & staff with what to do and where to go if there is a fire.

061105-N-3541A-118. Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) Soldiers assigned to 297th Engineer Detachment, Firefighting Team, 103rd Troop Command participate in an exercise brief by Capt. Steven Coloma, captain of the Pohakuloa Training Area Federal Fire Department (PTA FFD) at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, June 12, 2022. The PTA FFD hosted the HIARNG firefighting team in exercises such as pump training, rapid intervention team training, also called the blackout maze and flashover training.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, teams prepare a triage center for the Mode II-IV exercise that allows teams to practice an emergency response at Launch Pad 39A, including helicopter evacuation to local hospitals. The exercise involves NASA fire rescue personnel, volunteers portraying astronauts with simulated injuries, helicopters and personnel from the Air Forces 920th Rescue Wing and medical trauma teams at three central Florida hospitals. The Space Shuttle Program and U.S. Air Force are conducting the emergency simulation.

Fire department personnel assigned to the 56th Civil Engineering Squadron respond to a simulated traffic accident during a recent management effectiveness inspection. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 2, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue workers pepare to start their search operations into areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Vice Adm. Kevin E. Lunday, commander, Atlantic Area, speaks with Coast Guard personnel assigned to the Gulf, Atlantic and Pacific Strike teams in Matlacha Isles, Florida, Oct. 2, 2022. Lunday visited members who responded in the wake of Hurricane Ian. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray.

Hurricane Katrina/Hurricane Rita, Baker, LA October 8, 2005 - USCG Vice Admiral Thad Allen, Principal Federal Official for FEMA's Gulf Coast recovery efforts, examined the features of one of the trailers being offered to hurricane evacuees as temporary housing.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-143-187. Dick Cheney. Hurricane Katrina

Animals - 26-HK-58-76. Personnel with alligator wrapped in blanket on pavement. Hurricane Katrina

ESU St. Louis - Morgan City - 26-HK-376-84. Tank 2. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-412-62. Hurricane Katrina

A military van is reloaded and positioned onto a flatbed railroad car. It contains a munitions shipment that arrived at the Chinhae Water Port. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-132-42. Hurricane Katrina

Nogales, Arizona, A US Border Patrol agent watches the border fence that separates the United States and Mexico. His vehicle's windows are covered with screens to protect against rocks thrown from the other side of the fence.

San Diego Emergency Services and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Firefighters carry casualties to an ambulance during an active shooter drill on MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Aug. 24, 2022. This emergency drill was conducted in order to maintain proficiency and preparedness for potential real-world contingencies on the installation.

Multiple partnering nations conduct close quarters weapon training under the instruction of US forces May 13, 2022, to further nation interoperability for regional security for Tradewinds 2022. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures (SOPs); enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones (EEZ); and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into defense, peace and security missions; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers with the Office of Field Operations assist a stranded motorist with a flat tire as the respond to the aftermath of Hurricane Ian near Ft. Myers, Fla., Sept. 29, 2022. CBP photo by Glenn Fawcett

060412-A-5745M-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

010911-N-6157F-005. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060830-N-1332Y-010. Base: Fleet Activities Yokosuka Country: Japan (JPN)

Medical supplies are unloaded from a C-130 Hercules aircraft into a hospital van at Mactan Airport. Combined training and humanitarian missions of the West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Tactical Airlift Group are delivering over 49,000 pounds of medicine, equipment and hospital beds; Filipino doctors living in West Virgina led an effort of the Charleston Area Medical Center to donate the materiel. Base: Cebu Country: Philippines (PHL)

Col. Robert Ura, Hillsborough County Sheriff, prepares to give remarks during an opening cremony for National Police Week May 16, 2022, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Every year, MacDill Airmen come together to celebrate National Police Week by honoring security forces members who currently serve, have served and who have paid the ultimate sacrifice while in the line of duty. National Police Week (May 15 - 21) is held annually to honor military and civilian police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty..

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Feb. 15, 2023) -- University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center first responders and emergency medical centers conduct a mass casualty drill.The drill was conducted as part of Citadel Shield/Solid Curtain 2023, a yearly, two-part anti-terrorism and force protection exercise designed to test the effectiveness of the installations readiness and training programs.

San Ysidro, California, U.S. Border Patrol agent Joe Velasquez in the area between the old and new border fences between the United States and Mexico. A Tijuana neighborhood is across the old fence at left.

Soldiers assigned to Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 116th Field Artillery Regiment, Florida Army National Guard support distribution operations in Cape Coral, Florida. The 116th is deployed to south Florida to respond to the devastation of Hurricane Ian.

040407-M-5440A-003. Base: Al Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-309-102. Hurricane Katrina

Animals - 26-HK-58-72. Personnel in parking lot with alligator on blanket2. Hurricane Katrina

Expedition 9 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, left, European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, center and Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka arrive at building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for their final fit check in the Soyuz, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Sgt. Devon Waddell a drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, waits for a bus to arrive at the yellow footprints on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. Aug. 15, 2022. Recruits abilities to listen and follow directions are tested immediately upon arrival as they fill out their paperwork to get officially checked in to Parris Island.

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 3, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task force members form a caravan after working in areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-435-30. Hurricane Katrina

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, where he addressed newly naturalized U.S. citizens during Citizenship Day ceremonies, met with National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Park Police personnel, and joined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Emilio Gonzalez for announcement of joint USCIS-NPS program to welcome new citizens at National Park sites

U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Herold, a soldier with the Delaware Army National Guard's 160th Engineer Company, distributes items at a drive-thru mobile pantry on the grounds of Woodbridge High School in Greenwood, Delaware, June 22, 2020. About 25 soldiers and airmen of the National Guard joined volunteers with the Food Bank of Delaware there, distributing much-needed pantry items to help address the increased demand for food assistance amid COVID-19.

Aviation Training Center - Mobile Aircrew - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-279-34. Hurricane Katrina

Members of Quantico Fire & Emergency Services pose for a group photo on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Oct. 11, 2022. The Quantico Fire and Emergency Services held a touch-a-truck and home fire prevention activity on MCB Quantico to help educate the public on the preventative measures people can take against house fires.

The young group of enlistees not only got a history lesson but a firsthand look at the Stryker combat automotive vehicle, and got to see what it means to be a part of the Armys Airborne Test Force (ATF). Spending time with riggers at ATF, recruits saw how the chutes were packed, and prepared for jumpers and payloads that are dropped out of the sky.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Rita - 26-HK-307-44. Commandant Thomas H. Collins Visit. Hurricane Katrina

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with delegation of Idaho police officers

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - General - 26-HK-134-18. Hurricane Katrina

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Return - 26-HK-118-47. Hurricane Katrina

Aftermath - Displaced Boats - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-28-210. two Coast Guardsmen in body armor with long arm rifle near debris pile in wooded area--Rob photo. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-45. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Alesia Holt, 23rd Security Forces Squadron installation entry controller, poses for a photo during a Trunk or Treat event at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Oct. 21, 2022. Holt ensured the Trunk or Treat participants remained safe during the event. (U.S Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rachel Coates)

KINSTON, N.C. (Dec. 22, 2020) Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force volunteer at a food drive at the Historic Grainger Stadium parking lot in Kinston, North Carolina, Dec. 29, 2020. The event hosted by the Clinical Resourceful Laboratory, ADLA and the City of Kinston, provided residents of Kinston a free box of food and COVID-19 testing.

Departing Photos - 26-HK-127-7. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Station Panama City personnel prepare unit for Hurricane Ian Sept. 25, 2022, in Panama City, Fla. Units across the Gulf Coast are preparing for Hurricane Ian's arrival.

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