Disaster City

Disaster City is an emergency situation in a fake community in College Station, Texas. Built in 1998 for $7.7 million (USD). [ [http://www.govtech.com/gt/print_article.php?id=99424 Govtech - Disaster City] ] 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. [http://usar.tamu.edu/main.cfm?section=fac&pageId=94 Urban Search and Rescue - Texas Task Force 1] ] It has already hosted several military, federal, state and local search and rescue training teams.cite news |title= Robots put through their paces in Disaster City |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/25/technology/robot.php |publisher= "International Herald Tribune" | first= Ralph |last= Blumenthal |date= June 25, 2007] cite news |title= Preparing for disaster |url=http://www.officer.com/print/Law-Enforcement-Technology/Preparing-for-disaster/1$40206 |publisher= "Officer.com" | first= Staci|last= Semrad |date= January, 2008] Among those groups who have used Disaster City as a training ground are the firefighters of Sellafield in the United Kingdom. [cite web
url=http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=799837
title=Magnificent seven ready for anything!
work=The Whitehaven News
accessdate=2008-03-19
date=2008-02-28]

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* [http://www.teex.org/disastercity// Disaster City]