Fire drill for TFA Kuwait and American contingent

(To Greater Defense)
13/07/17

The Italian soldiers stationed in Kuwait, employed in the anti-DAESH mission "Inherent Resolve" carried out a fire drill together with American personnel stationed in the Al Jaber base. 

The scenario of the exercise was a hypothetical emergency situation, with a fire in the cabin of an aircraft and the wounding of some crew members.

The Air Force soldiers worked in close connection with their American colleagues, employing technical personnel from the flight line and fire-fighting units who provided first aid. The exercise ended with the safety of the places and the stabilization of the wounded. 

The exercise tested the effectiveness of communications and coordination between the contingents, as well as the readiness of the intervention. All to improve safety standards, the protection of people and things. Particular attention was paid to verifying the effectiveness and rapidity of the activation of emergency management procedures.

Established the 17 October 2014, as part of the national operation "Prima Parthica" and multinational "Inherent Resolve", the ITNCC / TFA Kuwait guarantees the uniqueness of command and the synergistic and coordinated use of KC 767A flight arrangements, Predator and AMX, with the primary task of meeting the needs of in-flight refueling of the coalition's assets with the KC 767 °.

TFA Kuwait is also entrusted with the task of contributing to the definition of the Situation Awareness of the coalition through the use of AMX and Predator. These produce high quality images which are then enhanced by the cell Intelligence Integrated Multisensor Exploitation Cell (I2MEC) and provided to the coalition in the form of analysis.