05.19.09 - Metro Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Strike Team - Drill http://ahgtw.smugmug.com/gallery/8264874_se9wx/ The Metro USAR Strike Team is made up of nine fire departments from Bayonne, Elizabeth, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Morristown as well as the five-municipality North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue Agency. Members also include New Jersey Transit and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers. The team’s full complement counts approximately 500 members. The nine departments are drawn from the six counties (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic and Union) and two cities (Jersey City and Newark) participating in New Jersey’s Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI). Operated regionally with oversight from the State Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, the UASI program is federally funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and designed to help protect the country’s urban areas most prone to potential terrorist attack. The below pictures are from a Drill that was located behind 191 Orange Street in Newark, NJ(Quarters of Res1cue, Lad1der and Special Operations Division). The training area was a creation by Newark fireman Frank Bellina, and is affectionately known as "THE BELLINA ARENA". The training grounds are certified by the State of NJ for USAR training. Frank must be commended for a job WELL DONE. Thanks to Frank, The Newark Fire Dept, and the Task Force Team for allowing me to videotape and take pictures of the drill. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Photography Tue, 19 May 2009 15:32:58 -0700 Tue, 26 May 2009 23:45:47 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://ahgtw.smugmug.com/Photography/051909-Metro-Urban-Search-and/IMG1049/540833719_Ricj9-Ti-2.jpg 05.19.09 - Metro Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Strike Team - Drill http://ahgtw.smugmug.com/gallery/8264874_se9wx/