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MSG Corner: 36th CES REM prepares Airman for the fight

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  • By Senior Airman Robert Hicks
  • 36th Wing Public Affairs
This week, the 36th Mission Support Group highlights the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron readiness and emergency management flight.

The 36th CES readiness and emergency management flight primary mission is to manage programs that save lives, minimize the loss or degradation of resources and programs that sustain and restore operational capability in an all-hazards, physical and environmental threats.

"Our installation emergency management program examines potential crisis and disasters based on the risks posed by likely hazards," said 2nd Lt. Dominic Leon Guerrero, 36th CES readiness and emergency management flight commander. "We develop and implement programs aimed toward reducing the impact of these events on the installation. We also prepare for risks that cannot be eliminated then prescribe actions required to deal with the consequences in order to recover from those events."

The 36th CES manage a single integrated emergency management program developed to mitigate the effects of major accidents, natural disasters and conventional attacks, to include chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive material on Air Force personnel, resources and operations.

"Andersen is in a geographical region where the threat of CBRNE is evolving," Lieutenant Leon Guerrero said. "As such, our installation's emergency management program is in a state of transformation where we must get back to the basics of response operations. The Air Force incident management system and the national response framework provide us with the standards for organizing, planning, training and equipping our personnel to prepare for, respond to, and recover from all hazards."

Lieutenant Leon Guerrero added that over the next year, the installation can expect to see a robust transformation back to basic response operations to ensure Andersen is prepared and ready.

The flight's plan is to leverage new technologies and utilize the creativity of young Airman to re-establish not only the standard, but to create a more efficient and effective way of conducting the emergency management mission.

"We recently started using the defense connect online chat in our emergency operations center during exercises and real world events," Lieutenant Leon Guerrero said. "This feature allows for a more efficient and concentrated means of communication between the emergency support functions and wing leadership. We also purchased iPad's for our emergency responders to provide wing leadership with a live view of on-site emergency responses."

The flight is currently working toward creating a robust emergency management preparedness and training program where all information products are centrally stored and accessible by Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force throughout the island of Guam.