RESCUE WORKER TRAINING: In order to train rescue workers in a realistic, but structurally stable environment, civil engineers designed a forty by one hundred sixty foot pile of rubble, designed to replicate the conditions of an apartment building collapsed atop a parking garage. It enables rescue teams to simulate an eight hour search and rescue operation, as they make their way through a pile of steel, concrete, and crushed vehicles, attempting to locate mock victims trapped inside.
The American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.-USA contributed to the information contained in the TV portion of this report.