Colorado Army and Air National Guard service members pry through pounds of wreckage, investigating every inch of rubble in a determined search for survivors.
The National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package Team spend a weekend once every three months combing through a mock incident site.
According to the National Guard website, the CERFP duties include extracting and rescuing casualties trapped in rubble, decontaminating them, and performing medical treatment to stabilize them for transport to a medical facility.
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