Air National Gaurd Supports Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution, Jersey City, N.J.

Mr. Frank DePaolo, Director of Operations, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, discusses tagging procedures with Staff Sgt. Matthew Ramsey, 186th Force Support Squadron, Meridian, Miss., and other Air National Guard Force Support Squadron members while conducting field operations and recovery during the Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution on May 11, 2010 at the U.S. Army Reserve Center/Jersey City Police Facility in Jersey City, N.J. The RMFMTE focuses on fatality management techniques and procedures and assists in the development of local and regionalized response plans for response to a mass fatality event resulting from terrorist attacks or natural disasters. The week long joint training effort include the ANG, Department of Homeland Security, NY-OCME, along with numerous medical examiners/coroners, fire departments, law enforcement, and other federal and local agencies from the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Bynum/Released)