Homeland Security Response Team

January 15, 2014

Members of the Cape Girardeau and Jackson fire departments train as part of the Homeland Security Response Team on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at Cape County Park North.

Fred Lynch

Matt Mittrucker studies a satellite map of Cape Girardeau County Park North before members of the Homeland Security Response Team began a simulated rescue of a lost and injured hunter at the park.

Master firefighter Chris Venable, left, battalion chief Brad Dillow and Capt. Randy Sander with the Cape Girardeau Fire Department plan a simulated rescue of a lost hunter Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 at Cape Girardeau County Park North.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Capt. Randy Sander, left, and Capt. Randy Morris Jr. with the Cape Girardeau Fire Department use a GPS receiver while on a simulated search for an injured hunter Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 at Cape Girardeau County Park North. They were training with the area's Homeland Security Response Team.

Homeland Security Response Team members brings a Stokes basket to evacuate the victim during a simulated rescue of an injured hunter at Cape Girardeau County Park North.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Capt. Sean Mitchell with Jackson Fire Rescue portrays an injured hunter Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 as he is secured in a Stokes basket by members of the Cape Girardeau and Jackson fire departments while training at Cape Girardeau County Park North. The area's Homeland Security Response Team worked with tactical search and rescue techniques using GPS and communications equipment.

Homeland Security Response Team members evacuate the victim during a simulated rescue of an injured hunter at Cape Girardeau County Park North.

Homeland Security Response Team members from Cape Girardeau and Jackson fire departments carry the mock victim back to the command center at Cape Girardeau County Park North.

Homeland Security Response Team members practice pulling the Stokes basket with the mock victim Cape Girardeau County Park North.

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Members of the Cape Girardeau and Jackson fire departments train as part of the Homeland Security Response Team on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at Cape County Park North.

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