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Episode "Collapse"

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  • A forklift dumps slabs of concrete over the collapsed porch roof. Breaching concrete is just one of the challenges facing urban search and rescue teams when trying to locate victims in a building collapse.
  • Disaster City structures are designed to look and feel like the aftermath of a natural or man-made disaster. The wood rubble pile is modeled after destruction left in the wake of a tornado or hurricane.
  • A demolition crane smashes a car before it is placed up against the Morgantown home. Strong winds from hurricanes and tornadoes move cars into houses and buildings.
  • Blade, a search and rescue canine, barks to alert his handler after he detects a scent of life within a pile of concrete.
  • Applied Research Associates (ARA) engineers, Tim Samaras and Andy Poulter, test the LRV in Disaster City.
  • The LRV, or Lightweight Reconnaissance Vehicle, is a four-wheel drive, remote-controlled robot. Equipped with 2 separate cameras, the LRV provides a real-time image to the operator through a wireless controller.
  • Andy Poulter, a robotics engineer from Applied Research Associates, invented the LRV in order to help keep emergency responders out of harm's way while searching for victims in a building collapse.
  • Canine handlers watch their dog search on top a concrete rubble pile in Disaster City, located on the Texas A&M campus. Victims lay in tunnels beneath the pile until the dogs can find them.
  • Denise Corliss, an urban search and rescue canine specialist, trains her dog, Aidain, to search for victims in a massive wood pile in Disaster City.
  • West Virginia Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue responders attempt to find a victim trapped in a collapsed two-story home.
  • Aidain, a search and rescue dog, is taught to sniff for signs of life in a massive wood pile in Disaster City.
  • Aidain, a search and rescue canine, is rewarded with a toy after finding a live victim trapped within the wood pile.
  • A demolition claw takes down the porch roof of a two-story home in Morgantown, West Virginia. The home is being used for an urban search and rescue training exercise by West Virginia Task Force 1.

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    A forklift dumps slabs of concrete over the collapsed porch roof. Breaching concrete is just one of the challenges facing urban search and rescue teams when trying to locate victims in a building collapse.

  • Collapse 12

    Disaster City structures are designed to look and feel like the aftermath of a natural or man-made disaster. The wood rubble pile is modeled after destruction left in the wake of a tornado or hurricane.

  • Collapse 05

    A demolition crane smashes a car before it is placed up against the Morgantown home. Strong winds from hurricanes and tornadoes move cars into houses and buildings.

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    Blade, a search and rescue canine, barks to alert his handler after he detects a scent of life within a pile of concrete.

  • Collapse 01

    Applied Research Associates (ARA) engineers, Tim Samaras and Andy Poulter, test the LRV in Disaster City.

  • Collapse 03

    The LRV, or Lightweight Reconnaissance Vehicle, is a four-wheel drive, remote-controlled robot. Equipped with 2 separate cameras, the LRV provides a real-time image to the operator through a wireless controller.

  • Collapse 06

    Andy Poulter, a robotics engineer from Applied Research Associates, invented the LRV in order to help keep emergency responders out of harm's way while searching for victims in a building collapse.

  • Collapse 08

    Canine handlers watch their dog search on top a concrete rubble pile in Disaster City, located on the Texas A&M campus. Victims lay in tunnels beneath the pile until the dogs can find them.

  • Collapse 10

    Denise Corliss, an urban search and rescue canine specialist, trains her dog, Aidain, to search for victims in a massive wood pile in Disaster City.

  • Collapse 09

    West Virginia Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue responders attempt to find a victim trapped in a collapsed two-story home.

  • Collapse 13

    Aidain, a search and rescue dog, is taught to sniff for signs of life in a massive wood pile in Disaster City.

  • 3641_collapse-02_04700300

    Aidain, a search and rescue canine, is rewarded with a toy after finding a live victim trapped within the wood pile.

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    A demolition claw takes down the porch roof of a two-story home in Morgantown, West Virginia. The home is being used for an urban search and rescue training exercise by West Virginia Task Force 1.