Tunnel Disaster Exercise Focuses On Responder Training and Adaptability

摘要

In june 2005, federal emergency management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) New York Task Force I (NY-TF1) was deployed to The Center for National Response (CNR) for training. This was the first time I was deployed as a technical search specialist. On previous deployments, I had been assigned as a rescue squad member or an officer. The CNR is in West Virginia, 30 miles south of Charleston, and has support facilities nearby. The Memorial Tunnel, a 2,800-foot-long former highway tunnel built in 1953, was an active part of the West Virginia Turnpike until 1987.