Joint Base Journal Vol. 6, No. 6
February 13, 2015
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JBAB conducts active shooter exercise at Youth Center BY JEREMY K. JOHNSON JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS
As part of United States Fleet Forces Command’s annual Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield worldwide force protection exercise, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling’s (JBAB) installation training team (ITT) simulated an “active shooter” scenario at the Youth Center, Feb. 6. Several elements were included to assess the base’s ability to respond effectively to an anti-terrorism situation. According to Tim Trammel, ITT coordinator, each element - police, firefighters, emergency personnel and Navy Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) - was measured according to requirements specific to their roles and responsibilities in a crisis. During this event, a scenario was developed and roleplayers played out that scene on the fly with no rehearsal. The situation began with married Air Force master sergeants, husband and wife, arriving separately at the Youth Center and quickly becoming involved in a domestic dispute. “The husband had returned from Afghanistan and wasn’t happy with our [military’s] role over there. He wanted his wife to get out by requesting help from her chain of command,” explained Trammel, “but she didn’t want to leave and refused.” As the volunteer actress, an em-
U.S. NAVY PHOTOS BY JEREMY K. JOHNSON
An emergency responder from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) attends to a fictionally wounded man (played by Navy Airman Justin Mark) during an active shooter exercise at JBAB’s Youth Center, Feb. 6. ployee at the Youth Center, refused, her fictional husband became agitated and pulled out a handgun. After a brief argument, and a fumbled attempt to fire, he cleared the weapon and managed to squeeze off a round that [fictionally] ricocheted and injured the receptionist. The receptionist had already phoned in a call for help - something the husband acknowledged by resigning himself to the inevitable arrival of law enforcement. “Well, she’s called,” he said, pacing back and forth. “It’s too late now. What are we going to do?”
From there, the situation escalated again, and he fired several rounds that were followed by a quick entry of the base police. They rapidly took down the suspect and disarmed him without incident before systematically checking the remainder of the building for further danger. Along the way, they encountered several fictionally wounded people. The potentially confusing presence of these people who were
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A local D.C. news cameraman captures the moment Joint Base AnacostiaBolling police take down a fictional active shooter during an exercise at JBAB’s Youth Center, Feb. 6.
Improperly disposed cigarette likely cause of house fire on JBAB BY MICHELLE L. GORDON JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS
“...Evacuate and call the JBAB emergency
A house fire occurred on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB), Feb. 3. Although the event is still under investigation, the suspected cause is an improperly disposed cigarette. According to the fire report, a fire occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m. in a townhouse in the Rickenbacker Neighborhood. Naval District Washington Fire and Emergency Services responded within three minutes of the call. “It was a three story townhouse,” said Battalion Fire Chief Christopher Scully. “When we arrived, there was fire on the rear of the structure. The occupant had knocked down the majority of it with a fire extinguisher, so the crew advanced a hand line to the
number, 202-433-3333.” - Battalion Fire Chief Christopher Scully second floor deck area and finished extinguishing the fire. They then took a thermal imager and checked for hidden fires or smoke that could create a problem later on.” Although the occupant was able to extinguish most of the fire, Scully said the preferred response is to evacuate and call the JBAB emergency number, 202-433-3333. “We want to make sure everyone understands. Contact the emergency line when they are on
base, not 9-1-1,” he said. “If they dial 9-1-1, that call actually goes out to D.C.’s emergency communication center, and they dispatch their units from out in the city to the base, which delays the response time.” Scully said although the fire was concentrated to the rear deck and was out within two minutes of the fire department arriving on the
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PHOTO COURTESY OF NAVAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
Although the fire was concentrated to the rear deck and was out within two minutes of the fire department arriving on the scene, early estimates indicate the fire caused more than $75,000 in damages to the home.