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10/19/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/19/2026 13:18

Photo gallery: Missouri Hope

Photo gallery: Missouri Hope

Northwest Missouri State University hosted its annual Missouri Hope emergency response field training exercise Oct. 15-18, giving emergency and disaster management students and professional first responders practice with search-and-rescue, assessment and treatment of traumatic injuries in the field, evacuation and emergency housing operations. Role players are made up to look like victims with injuries sustained during natural disasters - such as flooding, a forest fire or a tornado - to bring a sense of reality to the exercise.

Oct. 19, 2026
Photos by Lilly Cook

First responders strategize their disaster response approach during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders strategize their disaster response approach during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders in a Clarinda Fire & Rescue boat practice a water rescue during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders strategize their disaster response approach during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders tend to an injured person during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders talk with a survivor about her injuries during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders search a field during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders talk with a survivor about her injuries during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders discuss their disaster response approach during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

A medical staff member prepares tags to attach to victims brought to a field hospital during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders tend to an injured person during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders tend to an injured person during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders discuss their disaster response approach during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders tend to an injured person during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders tend to an injured person during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders tend to an injured person during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders tend to an injured person during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders tend to an injured person found trapped inside a structure during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders tend to an injured person found trapped inside a structure during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders assist an injured person found trapped inside a structure during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

A first responder hikes a field in search of victims during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

A medical staff member assists an injured person at a field hospital during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

A medical staff member assists an injured person at a field hospital during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)

First responders tend to an injured person during Missouri Hope at MOERA on Oct. 16, 2026. (Photo by Lilly Cook/Northwest Missouri State University)


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