Staff Sgt. Stephen Stokes, 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron communication and navigation craftsman, plays an injured teacher after a school building collapsed, which was caused by a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Southern California including Edwards. This is part of Team Edwards participation on the Great Southern California Shakeout Nov. 13. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Edwards firefighters measure the door of a school building to evacuate trapped victims of a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake that shook Southern California and Edwards on Nov. 13. This was part of the Great Southern California Shakeout Exercise, the largest earthquake disaster exercise in the U.S. history. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
An Edwards firefighter evacuates a victim from school building rubble caused by a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake as part of the Great Southern California Shakeout earthquake drill. The exercise aims to help the base be prepared for a major earthquake. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Edwards firefighters inspect a school building to ensure safe evacuation of trapped victims from a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake. The base participated in the Great Southern California Shakeout exercise that tests California's capability to respond and recover during a major earthquake. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Don Scheller, Edwards lead firefighter places a wooden T-bar support on one of the collapsed walls of a school building that was affected by a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake. This was part of the Great Southern California Shakeout exercise. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Staff Sgt. Sara Phillips, 95th Medical Support Squadron referral management technician, asks for information from an injured victim of a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake. This was part of the Great Southern California Shakeout, the largest earthquake exercise in California's history. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Edwards firefighters drag a victim under the rubble of a collapsed school building caused by a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake. This was part of the Great Southern California Shakeout. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
An Edwards firefighter inspects the damaged on a school building caused by a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake Nov. 13 as part of the Great Southern California Shakeout. The exercise tested California's and the base's capability to respond and recover from a major earthquake. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Medics with the 95th Medical Group perform triage on victims of a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake as part of the Great Southern California Shakeout drill Nov. 13. The exercise ran concurrently the Golden Guardian 2008, the nation's largest state sponsored emergency response exercise. The statewide exercise involved more than 5,000 first responders from dozens of state, local and federal agencies. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Edwards firefighters drag a victim under the rubble of a collapsed school building caused by a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake. This was part of the Great Southern California Shakeout. More than 13 million people statewide were affected in this exercise. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Staff Sgt. Jessica Reese, 95th Medical Group aerospace medical technician, talks to one of the victims of a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake as part of the Great Southern California Shakeout Nov. 13. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Lt. Col. Jianzhong Zhang, 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron flight surgeon, talks to an earthquake victim while Staff Sgt. Jessica Reese, 95th Medical Group aerospace medical technician, writes the information as part of the Great Southern California Shakeout exercise Nov. 14. (Air Force photo Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Edwards firefighters drag a victim under the rubble of a collapsed school building. Damaged was caused by a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake as part of the Great Southern California Shakeout. All of Edwards participated in the exercise, the largest earthquake preparedness activity in U.S. history. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Matt Dennison, Edwards firefighter, drills a hole to make an entrance into a collapsed building caused by a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake as part of the Great Southern California Shakeout. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)