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How about some good news today for a change? The headlines are dominated by political and celebrity news and, of course, tragedies, but what about the selfless heroes wherever in the world you live who rush into a burning building while others flee? What about the heroes who risk their own lives after a disaster searching for the living? If you've never heard of "Disaster City," it's worth a click or two.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - A hurricane disaster simulation took place with over 250 Texas A&M Texas Task Force 1 members at Disaster City on Saturday.
Simulations included rubble pile searches, partial building collapse rescues and even water rescue exercises with helicopters. Over 250 task force members participated with military specialists and even FEMA leaders. https://www.kbtx.com/2024/02/25/hun...leaders-attend-hurricane-disaster-simulation/
Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) received a perfect score of 100 on its 2023 Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) Task Force Administration Readiness Evaluation (ARE) that was recently completed. This marks the first time that any of FEMA’s 28 Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) teams has earned a perfect score since the agency began the task force evaluations in 2010. https://teex.org/news/tx-tf1-first-...on-femas-administration-readiness-evaluation/
First-responders from all over the world know what Disaster City is and come here to train, but most folks have never heard of it.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - A hurricane disaster simulation took place with over 250 Texas A&M Texas Task Force 1 members at Disaster City on Saturday.
Simulations included rubble pile searches, partial building collapse rescues and even water rescue exercises with helicopters. Over 250 task force members participated with military specialists and even FEMA leaders. https://www.kbtx.com/2024/02/25/hun...leaders-attend-hurricane-disaster-simulation/
Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) received a perfect score of 100 on its 2023 Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) Task Force Administration Readiness Evaluation (ARE) that was recently completed. This marks the first time that any of FEMA’s 28 Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) teams has earned a perfect score since the agency began the task force evaluations in 2010. https://teex.org/news/tx-tf1-first-...on-femas-administration-readiness-evaluation/
First-responders from all over the world know what Disaster City is and come here to train, but most folks have never heard of it.
Disaster City: Inside the World's Largest Search-and-Rescue Training Facility
March 28, 2009: 4 p.m. Down here it smells like fresh wood. Sawed lumber and shop class. It’s the smell of things being built.
www.popsci.com
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