Disaster City
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For the 1947 fire at Texas City, Texas, see Texas City Disaster.
Disaster City is an emergency situation in a fake community in College Station, Texas. Built in 1998 for $7.7 million (USD).[1] It was created by the Texas Engineering Extension Service for the purpose of urban search and rescue training. Sitting on 52 acres, this community features collapsible structures that are designed to simulate various kinds of disasters and wreckage.[2] It has already hosted several military, federal, state and local search and rescue training teams.[3][4] Among those groups who have used Disaster City as a training ground are the firefighters of Sellafield in the United Kingdom.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Govtech - Disaster City
- ^ Urban Search and Rescue - Texas Task Force 1
- ^ Blumenthal, Ralph. "Robots put through their paces in Disaster City", International Herald Tribune, June 25, 2007.
- ^ Semrad, Staci. "Preparing for disaster", Officer.com, January, 2008.
- ^ Magnificent seven ready for anything!. The Whitehaven News (2008-02-28). Retrieved on 2008-03-19.
