FA-HUM 2009 Costa Rica

FA-HUM 2009 Mission Costa Rica
April 23, 2009
Costa Ricans, Panamanians and Department of Defense personnel have worked hand-in-hand in a disaster relief field training exercise in Quepos and Parrita known as the Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2009 (FA-HUM). FA HUM 2009 is designed to test and improve regional and national disaster response capabilities within Central America and the Caribbean Basin. This exercise is taking place simultaneously in four countries including Antigua, Grenada, Honduras and Costa Rica. While the disaster exercise is a simulation, the medical and dental care provided to an estimated 1000 patients per day over a five-day period in ten communities within the region is a very real benefit to Costa Rica. The total cost of this exercise is more than $10 million dollars and $1.7 million was spent in Costa Rica, including $45,000 USD worth of medical supplies. In Costa Rica, the exercise began on April 16th and will be complete on April 25, 2009.

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