Disaster City from Texas: A disaster protection center is being built in Neckarelz

Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung: A remarkable facility is being built in the former Neckartal barracks: the “Rescue and Help Training Center”.

The Americans know how to package things effectively: “Disaster City” is the name of a huge area in Texas where people train between ruins, in wrecks or under huge amounts of rubble on how to provide help in an emergency and save lives. A very similar training facility is currently being built on the Hardberg in Neckarelz.”

BRH Federal Association of Rescue Dogs as initiator

The Mosbach version of “Disaster City” is also responsible and managed by the Federal Association of Rescue Dogs (BRH). Along with Inast, he is the new user of the area on Hardberg that is no longer needed by the military. International Search an Rescue, in turn, is a constant cooperation partner of the BRH.

Training area for disaster prevention, civil protection, fire departments and rescue services

The federal association trains its own (four-legged) rescuers on site and makes the training center available to other organizations to practice in emergencies. “Various training facilities are currently being created through targeted demolitions and constructions,” explains BRH President Jürgen Schart to RNZ about what is currently happening in the upper area of ​​the former Neckartal barracks: These facilities are used to recreate “major damage situations” such as earthquakes or terrorist attacks. In the future, fire departments, THW, rescue services, aid organizations and authorities will be able to practice for these cases,” said Schart.

Members of the Bundestag visit TCRH

The two members of the Bundestag, Alois Gerig and Dr. Dorothee Schlegel. After the tour with the training center's managing director, Jürgen Weinreuter, the politicians were also quite impressed. “

To the original report from the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung

The full version of Heiko Schattauer's article is below https://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/mosbach_artikel,-Mosbach-Neckarelz-erhaelt-Disaster-City-nach-texanischem-Vorbild-_arid,261983.html a DAK Bungalow.