SPOKANE–- Washington National Guard's new Homeland Response Force is training crews for a certification evaluation this week.
The training is held at the Spokane Readiness Center.
The force consists of 560 citizen-soldiers and airmen trained in responding to the effects of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive events.
Training includes detection and decontamination, medical assistance, search and extraction, command and control and security operations.
The new force added 60 full-time positions within the state’s National Guard.
The soldiers will respond between six and twelve hours of receiving an order from the Governor.
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