Disaster Response

Guard sends additional water trailers to Ferriday

By Sgt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Two additional convoys of Louisiana National Guard trucks hauling 14 additional water trailers and another water tanker arrived in Ferriday to help combat the city’s severe water disruption, Aug. 29-30. The LANG resources, which now total 28 M149 Water Trailers and two […]

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La. National Guard responds to Hurricane Irene

Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Under the authority of Gov. Bobby Jindal, the Louisiana National Guard has forward deployed eight Guardsmen and two UH-60 Blackhawks with hoist capability as part of a National Guard force package, prepared to respond to Hurricane Irene. Staged in South Carolina, the LANG Guardsmen are prepared

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Newest emergency response capability comes to Louisiana

Enhanced response force package one of 17 nationwide Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Louisiana has a new National Guard resource for immediate emergency mass casualty response that will significantly increase disaster reaction for local, state and federal agencies. The Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive (CBRNE) – Enhanced Response Force Package

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