Disaster Chaplaincy Services was invited to participate in a disaster exercise conducted by Air France at the JFK airport on March 11. Once again, DCS chaplains worked closely on this exercise with a team from our partner group, the American Red Cross in Greater New York (ARC-GNY).

Deacon Bob Gontcharuk, a chaplain and member of the DCS Leadership Team, was one of the chaplains present for the exercise.  Gontcharuk expressed gratitude for the chance to refresh his skills with this exercise, “I thought it was great. The drill proved to me the importance of periodic continuing education in responding to disasters and critical events. There is great value in this type of interagency collaboration and training.”

DCS offers thanks to the teams at Air France, ARC-GNY, the Port Authority, and staff at JFK for this opportunity.  We all hope our training and skills in this type of event is never needed, but if we are called, Disaster Chaplaincy Services is prepared to respond.

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