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'''Disaster City''' is a mock community in [[College Station, Texas]]. 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 |
'''Disaster City''' is a mock community in [[College Station, Texas]]. 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. It has already hosted several military, federal, state and local search and rescue training teams.<ref name="IHT">{{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 |
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}}</ref><ref name="OFFICER">{{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 |
}}</ref><ref name="OFFICER">{{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 |
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}}</ref> Among those groups who have used Disaster City as a training ground is the [[firefighter]]s of [[Sellafield]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref> |
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|title=Magnificent seven ready for anything! |
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|work=The Whitehaven News |
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|accessdate=2008-03-19 |
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|date=[[2008-02-28]] |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.teex.org/disastercity// Disaster City®] |
*[http://www.teex.org/disastercity// Disaster City®] |
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Disaster City is a mock community in College Station, Texas. 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. It has already hosted several military, federal, state and local search and rescue training teams.[1][2] Among those groups who have used Disaster City as a training ground is the firefighters of Sellafield in the United Kingdom.[3]
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- ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (June 25, 2007). "Robots put through their paces in Disaster City". International Herald Tribune.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Semrad, Staci (January, 2008). "Preparing for disaster". Officer.com.
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"Magnificent seven ready for anything!". The Whitehaven News. 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
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