Built behind an L.A. City Fire Department station, a fake disaster zone of rubble helps first responders save lives.
Thursday, Feb. 9 was the 52nd anniversary of the Sylmar Earthquake, which killed more than 60 people, heavily damaged Olive View Medical Center and Veterans Hospital, partially collapsed freeway interchanges, and caused the near-total failure of Lower Van Norman Dam, forcing thousands of people downstream to evacuate.
Four teams systematically searched the “disaster” area using specialized technical equipment such as snake-eye cameras that “you can put in the cracks in rubble … to look for people who might be in the rubble,” Scott said, and sensitive listening devices “that are magnetic and can be placed on walls to listen through them if someone is trapped inside.”
Java dog with CA-TF-1 sniffs for simulated victims at the Los Angeles City Fire Department Regional Technical Search Specialist Course at “Disaster City” behind LA City Fire Station 88 in Sherman Oaks CA, Thursday, Feb 9. 2023.
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