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Nerds Helping Nerds in Times of Need

Operation Hammond Returns to Anime Boston

Operation Hammond is proud to announce that we are scheduled to provide our first aid services to Anime Boston, May 27th-29th. Anime Boston is the “home” convention for many of our members; we couldn’t be more excited to finally return to this amazing event. This year we are based out of the Sheraton and will…
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Make A Plan Launches New Safety Awareness Campaign and Coalition. Methuen M.A.- Today, Make A Plan launches the first ever awareness campaign sponsored by Operation Hammond. This new community outreach campaign is designed to increase awareness of First Aid and safety at nerd, geek, and pop culture conventions & events in a fun and innovative…
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EMS Week 2018 Stronger Together

  As an international first aid charity, we’re proud to help other EMS and First Aid groups. Part of our charitable goal and aim is to always help other first aid charities and organizations within the nerd and pop culture community with similar values. In honor of National EMS Week 2018, we have decided to…
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Advanced First Aid Equipment and Gear

Part of our commitment to the nerd, pop culture and kink community, is to bring the best in advanced first aid equipment we can to the shows and events we serve. We are proud to maintain and deploy Oxygen, Naloxone, and AED to every convention and event we do as an organization. Our Advanced Fist Aid…
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Did you know we maintain our own radios? *Updated*

Did you know Operation Hammond maintains it’s own commercial UHF radio system? We are proud to have built it from the ground up with the help of our members, ingenuity and out of the box thinking. Our radio system is simple to use, adaptable, portable and deployable at a moments notice. Radio maintenance and communication…
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Mid Atlantic Area info session

November 21, 2016 7-9pm, Takoma Park MD The date has been updated: Come learn more about Operation Hammond in our first Q&A session in the Mid-Atlantic area. November 21st from 7-9pm Tacoma Park MD. Come find out more about the enthusiastic, fun, yet serious team of skilled medical volunteers that provide first aid care and…
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HELP NAME OUR VAN! *update*

Operation Hammond has grown by leaps and bounds in the past five years. We have supported many events & conventions, meeting many interesting people within the nerd and pop culture community along the way. At many events we have gone to, we kept running into a group of fellow nerds who call themselves Nerdfit. They…
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Cosplay is Not Consent!

With the summer convention season just heating up, we would like to take the time to remind everyone that Cosplay is NOT consent! It does not matter the type of nerd/geek convention whether it is Anime, Comic, SciFi etc. This is a common issue that a flicks all conventions and events no matter the size…
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Giving back to the Community EMS Week 2016

In celebration of EMS week 2016, we are proud to help EMS and First Aid groups in foreign countries. Many countries around the world aren’t as lucky as the United States in respect to our luxurious EMS infrastructure. Here at Operation Hammond, we have been following the great work of Rescue Group Volunteers (G.R.V.) in…
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Where to find us at Anime Boston

We will be at Anime Boston all weekend providing 24/7 medical services and social care. You can request our services 24 hours a day at our First Aid station located in Liberty Ballroom C in the Sheraton Hotel. Our members can be found by their distinctive white and green uniform out and about during the…
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