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on an annual basis , hazardous

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materials teams from the Council bluffs

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Iowa Fire Department have the

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opportunity to cross train with a

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highly specialized military unit from

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the Iowa National Guard . The 71st

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civil support team visited council

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bluffs to bring their experience and

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expertise to the local first responders .

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They assisted them in refining and

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practicing their already broad range of

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hazardous materials response skills .

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The local department received

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instruction in how to properly find ,

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photograph , test and collect samples

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of chemicals and equipment that may be

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present when responding to and

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mitigating a potential hazard . Captain

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Willmott of the Council bluffs Fire

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Department . Hazmat team says that

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although real scenarios are rare ,

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these training exercises have allowed

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the two units to build a team focused

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on common objectives . Real incidents

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are very scarce fortunately . But in

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working with the 71st over several

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years , I have seen it go from us

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showing up on sunday first showing up

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and running parallel but not working

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together really . So we're now we're

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much more a team working together

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Rather than two teams working at the

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same place . Sergeant Edward Pavlik

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survey team member for the 71st added

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that these sessions allow the public to

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see the unity that can be fostered

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between civil and military authorities .

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It definitely helps the community out

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for us to be able to work well together

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provides a sense of of safety and that

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there is an attitude of cooperation

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amongst agencies Reporting from Council

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Bluffs Iowa for the 1 35th Mobile

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Public Affairs Detachment . I'm

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Sergeant first class JD 15