1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:10,740 Mhm . 3 00:00:13,940 --> 00:00:15,760 Yeah , Thank you . 4 00:00:26,140 --> 00:00:28,370 Hi , I'm Lieutenant Colonel Mark Brydon 5 00:00:28,370 --> 00:00:30,148 baugh , Medical entomologist at 6 00:00:30,148 --> 00:00:33,420 Youngstown's 19th Airlift wing , the 7 00:00:33,430 --> 00:00:36,790 Air Force conducts a course every year 8 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,160 in the aerial application of pesticides . 9 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:41,520 So this particular year we're 10 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,576 conducting our course in conjunction 11 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:45,464 with the florida mosquito Control 12 00:00:45,464 --> 00:00:47,750 Association . And they have an annual 13 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,720 workshop where they teach the 14 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,460 principles and practices of aerial 15 00:00:52,460 --> 00:00:55,540 spraying for mosquitoes . Yeah , my 16 00:00:55,540 --> 00:00:57,762 name is chris Lesser . I'm the director 17 00:00:57,762 --> 00:00:59,707 of manatee County mosquito control 18 00:00:59,707 --> 00:01:01,818 district in southwest florida and I'm 19 00:01:01,818 --> 00:01:03,707 also the president of the florida 20 00:01:03,707 --> 00:01:05,707 mosquito control Association . When 21 00:01:05,707 --> 00:01:07,929 when we get the message from , from the 22 00:01:07,929 --> 00:01:10,040 Air Force that they're coming down uh 23 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,207 that they want to attend the FMc a fly 24 00:01:12,207 --> 00:01:13,929 in . It brings a great deal of 25 00:01:13,929 --> 00:01:16,096 excitement to all of us simply because 26 00:01:16,096 --> 00:01:19,530 it's , it's a whole new type of 27 00:01:19,530 --> 00:01:22,220 spraying that you guys bring to the 28 00:01:22,220 --> 00:01:24,442 community . We train you a little bit , 29 00:01:24,442 --> 00:01:26,776 you guys can train us a little bit . Um , 30 00:01:26,776 --> 00:01:28,942 and its benefits to all of us . I like 31 00:01:28,942 --> 00:01:31,109 having you guys here because it really 32 00:01:31,109 --> 00:01:33,164 shows that hey , it really brings it 33 00:01:33,164 --> 00:01:32,520 home . We're all on the same team . 34 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,782 We're all have the exact same mission . 35 00:01:34,782 --> 00:01:36,893 We're all doing the exact same work . 36 00:01:36,893 --> 00:01:38,782 Um you guys do it on a little bit 37 00:01:38,782 --> 00:01:40,893 different level than we are . We're a 38 00:01:40,893 --> 00:01:39,860 little more local , a little more 39 00:01:39,860 --> 00:01:42,027 focused , but we're all doing the same 40 00:01:42,027 --> 00:01:43,971 type of work . All right , there , 41 00:01:45,940 --> 00:01:48,240 one of the big advantages of coming 42 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,390 down here is to interact with other 43 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,020 agencies that are doing similar types 44 00:01:53,020 --> 00:01:56,010 of activities . And specifically when 45 00:01:56,010 --> 00:01:58,140 we get called to a fema operations 46 00:01:58,150 --> 00:02:00,820 often times the people that are working 47 00:02:00,820 --> 00:02:02,931 it for the states that have made that 48 00:02:02,931 --> 00:02:05,098 request are the same people that we've 49 00:02:05,098 --> 00:02:07,098 met and worked here . We've already 50 00:02:07,098 --> 00:02:09,376 networked . We already know each other , 51 00:02:09,376 --> 00:02:11,042 and it really facilitates the 52 00:02:11,042 --> 00:02:13,264 cooperative process during an emergency 53 00:02:13,264 --> 00:02:12,950 crisis 54 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,370 pretty much caught the whole squad .