NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. – One hundred New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from across the state participated in Operation Buffalo Falls, a Homeland Response Force (HRF) tabletop exercise held at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, June 4–8, 2025.
The five-day event simulated a notional large-scale Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) event in Dover, Delaware. The exercise was designed to prepare Guard personnel to coordinate a multi-agency response effort in support of civil authorities following a domestic disaster. During the scenario, HRF forces arrived after local and state first responders were overwhelmed by the incident, assuming responsibility for tasks like casualty extraction, fatality recovery, and establishing communications at the disaster site.
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