Gallery: Visit the 'Playgrounds' Where the Dutch Prep for Disasters
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An area is evacuated as part of advanced riot police training in Crailo.
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The Schiphol Airport fire department fights a fire caused by leaking fuel on a replica of a Boeing 747.
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Group exercise with riot police, Ossendrecht.
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BP Oil’s fire department ends an exercise in an apartment building, Rotterdam.
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At the training village of Marnehuizen. Here the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion prepares for deployment to Uruzgan, Afghanistan.
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The Wolvega fire department practices a ‘train incident scenario,' Wijster.
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The riot police during a group exercise, Ossendrecht.
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Training village of Marnehuizen. The C Company of the 42th Armored Infantry Battalion take on an urban operations training scenario, supported by armored vehicles.
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A squad of riot police are taught how to deal with fire, Ossendrecht.
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At a training facility for industrial fire fighting. Participants cool down a fake tank in order to get an oil fire under control, Rotterdam.
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The Royal Army practices localizing IEDs to make the road safe. This facility is part of the Training Unit Pontonniers. Here members of the Corps of Engineers learn about mines, explosives, booby traps, camouflage and psychological warfare.
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Soldiers at the Marines Training Center during urban operations training, Gelderland.
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The riot police during an exercise to take a barrier and clear it, Ossendrecht.
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Emergency services and industrial fire fighters train in a flashover container. The container is intended to simulate intense fire conditions in an enclosed space. There are ten people inside, all equipped with fire resistant gear.
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The C Company of the 13th Infantry of the Air Cavalry Brigade during urban operations training. The smoke provides cover for their movement.
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Trainees at the School for Nuclear Biological Chemical Defense fight a fire aboard a ship. A helicopter fire is also being simulated at the rear deck.
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The group ‘camouflage and deception’ is covering an armored vehicle with a desert camouflage net in order to make it invisible, Reek.
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A simulated ship fire at the training location of G4S, Heerenveen. The facility is used for safety training and emergency response officers, first aid and maritime training.
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Training new members of the Special Assistance Unit. They are in the Enhanced Marksmanship Program, some of the finest marksmen in the Netherlands.
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An area being evacuated as part of advanced riot police training, Crailo.
