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Ecuadorian military team visits Kentucky Guard to share disaster-response techniques
April 14, 2026 — Seven members of the Ecuadorian armed services visited Kentucky recently to learn more about how the Kentucky National Guard responds to emergencies and to share their own techniques for disaster operations... MORE

Members of the Ecuadorian military examine a forward-looking infrared radiation isotope detector while observing an emergency-response training scenario involving airmen and soldiers from the Kentucky National Guard’s 41st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team and civilian emergency responders at Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville, Ky., March 10, 2026. The Ecuadorians were visiting as part of the National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program to learn more about the Kentucky Guard’s emergency-response capabilities and interagency cooperation across the state, and to share their own techniques for responding to emergency contingencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Phil Speck)

Guard Assists After Record Tornado in Mayfield, Ky.
December 13, 2021 — Over 300 Kentucky Air and Army National Guardsmen have been activated in support of tornado relief in various locations to include Mayfield and Dawson Springs, Ky. on December 11th, 2021. Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing’s Search and Rescue Team, the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), and the 438th Military Police Company have mobilized to the region for search and rescue missions, road clearing and law enforcement support. ... MORE

Kentucky state flag rescued from the ruble of the courthouse in Mayfield, Ky.

Kentucky Guardsmen train with search and rescue teams
March 30, 2021 — Approximately 100 Kentucky National Guard Soldiers and Airmen along with several dozen members of the London-Laurel Rescue Squad and Laurel County Emergency Management cross trained on search and rescue techniques to help improve search and rescue operations March 27-30, 2021... MORE

Kentucky National Guard Soldiers and Airmen along with several dozen members of the London-Laurel Rescue Squad and Laurel County Emergency Management

Kentucky Medics Prepare for the worst
June 16, 2016 — Placing a chest tube or shocking a patient with an Automated External Defibrillator is something most Army medics hope to never use, but recently medics assigned to the Kentucky CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), got to do exactly that in a real-life emergency trauma simulation... MORE

Kentucky National Guard Sergants Ryan Stull, Ryan Hunter, Caitlyn Hernandez and Spc. Patrick Noell specifically requested the training and each said it was invaluable to their trauma skills

Kentucky CERFP assist Oregon in Cascadia Rising
June 8, 2016 — NGB strategically placed these CERFP teams in each of the 10 FEMA regions throughout the U.S., and June 7-9, members of the Oregon and Kentucky National Guard CERFP, along with the Utah Homeland Response Force (HRF) and aviation assets from the Idaho National Guard, exercised their abilities to respond to a simulated 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the aftermath of a tsunami during Cascadia Rising 2016... MORE

Cascadia Rising simulates a 9.0-magnitude earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which tests the Oregon and Kentucky National Guard’s CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) ability to work alongside local, state and federal first responders and public safety officials during a disaster response effort.

Kentucky’s National Guardsmen Work Together for CERFP Evaluations
May 24, 2012 — The Kentucky National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package is a mouthful, even for its members. But whether they wear Army ACUs or Air Force ABUs, the Guardsmen assigned to the CERFP are “one team, one fight,” according to 1st Lt. Amy Holmes. “During our training, we have the opportunity to get to know our whole team,” said Holmes, an Air Guard nurse assigned to the 123rd Airlift Wing, and CERFP member... MORE

A mock casualty is stabilized by members of the Kentucky National Guard's Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear high-yield Explosive Response Force Package's Search and Extraction team May 23, at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind. The joint CERFP includes Army and Air guardsmen who can provide immediate response capabilities to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the event of a CBRNE incident.

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