PA-HART FX Hurricane Exercise

A full scale (FX) PA-HART hurricane exercise was conducted on the Susquehanna River at Fort Hunter near Harrisburg, PA. The exercise consisted of an activation of the PFBC Swiftwater Emergency Response Team (SWERT), Special Medical Response Team (SMRT) and Volunteer Rescue Service Recognition (VRSR) Swiftwater Teams to be moved to an area impacted by a significant hurricane. Assets and personnel were moved from the PA Army National Guard flight facilities at Fort Indiantown Gap and Johnstown. Training involved the combination of HART, SWERT, SMRT, VRSR Swiftwater Teams, emergency medical and fire/rescue assets to search/rescue/triage/treat and evacuate severely injured victims from a mass casualty hurricane event. Location: Fort Hunter near Harrisburg, PA Date: August 10, 2017 Video by: Chris A. Calhoun