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Disaster response.


The National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center in College Station, Texas College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near to three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San , teaches disaster response skills to firefighters, the National Guard and military units. The 52-acre Disaster City features collapsed buildings, derailed trains, a strip mall strip mall
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A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot.

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, an industrial complex and several rubble piles. More than 81,000 first responders first responder First response personnel Emergency medicine A person employed in the public sector–EMT, fire fighter, police, volunteer EMS–whose duties include provision of immediate medical care in the event of an emergency; FRs have basic emergency  take its courses every year to prepare for scenarios such as chemical spills, major fires and terrorist attacks.
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