Exercise tests Keesler's HAZMAT response

John McIntyre, Keesler Fire Department, deploys equipment from a fire truck to be used at the site of a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosive exercise scenario Jan. 26, 2012, at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The Force Protection Condition exercise scenario included a terrorist group that was able to penetrate the base and park a truck with a four, hundred-gallon barrels full of anhydrous ammonia by the soccer field on G Street. A small improvised explosive device was “exploded” causing the anhydrous ammonia to pour from the trailer, exposing a group of ten Airmen who had just finished physical training. Immediately the Airmen simulated receiving skin and eye irritations and burns, coughing, chest pain and vomiting from exposure to the chemical. Two Airmen also simulated receiving broken bones from flying debris from the explosion. Also the 81st Medical Group and 81st Security Forces Squadron responded on scene. The exercise took place Jan. 23-27. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)