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Volume 9 Number A
B=CS emergency facilities tested
RCS emergency facilities
were tested during two
simulated disasters Friday.
At 9:45 a.m. a simulated
tornado watch was issued in
Bryan activating the Emer-
gency Operations Center
0. C.) located in the old
court house in Bryan. Sev-
eral minutes later the
watch progressed to a
warning and at 10:15 a.m.
the mock tornado touched
down at the Greenbriar
Trailer Park located near
the west by-pass. The
simulated tornado then con-
tinued through Bryan's in-
dustrial district devistatine
the power plant and de-
stroying Pennwalt's Agri
chemical Plant creating fur-
ther hazards.
Key members of the City
of Bryan calmly retracted
she storm and effeciently
handled each emergency as
it arose.
The simulated disaster
materialized via simulaters,
a group of individuals who
broadcast the disaster
through 2 -way radios which
were receiving in the
Did You Know... ?
By Kandy Rose
Years for Profit, a national nutrition program
for the elderly serving nearly 400 people a day in
the Brazos Valley, is looking for donations of
items for Christmasgifts for Senior Citizens.
The community is being asked for gifts such as
handkerchiefs, scarves, toilet articles, canned
goods, etc.
La Ray Kerbow, Program Supervisor, stated,
"Many of these people have no living relatives
and no one to care whether they are remembered
on this special, family holiday. It just doesn't
seem necessary for anyone of any age to be alone
and forgotten. '
If you have any contributions to make no
matter now large or how small, please call
822-1302.
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Texas A&M University's 1976-77 campus dir-
E.O.C.
A two minute alarm was
sounded at the onset of the
storm. However due to the
weather conditions at the
time and Bryan'sgrowth,
the alarm proved inef-
ficient.
Later during the day the
City of College Station
faced another type of disas-
ter. A train loaded with
various potentialy harmful
chemicals derailed at the
intersection of FM 2154 and
Jersey street.
The fictitious train upon
derailment dumped hun-
dreds of gallons of diesel
fuel onto the road and
neighboring Varsity II
Apartments.
Immediately the CS
E.O.C. reacted and called
the fire department and
proceeded to evacuate the
apartments and to inspect
the wreckage for other pos-
sible hazards.
Road blocks were set up
and the injured were evacu-
ated to A&M Consolidated
Middle School gymnasium.
Several minutes in to the
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Left to right: Douglas Howell, 2nd Vice -President; Neele
Thelma Van Overbeek, President; and Charles Gandy, Secrei
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an amonia tank burst
Cling a heavy low hang -
toxic cloud over the
eckage and hindering
PheVation efforts.
media was then
hied to aid in the evacua-
I of the Southwest Vil-
Apartment which is
ted down wind from the
ck.
ether diesel tanks erupt -
and the burning fluid
red into the ditches and
lying areas causing a
of fire the F.D. had to
fend with. The blaze
M At a recent meeting
1-1977 were elected.
Is, 1st Vice -President;
easurer.
Dr Brazos County.
was finally contained at guished. A successful drill. How doyou get around a
Holleman and 2154, almost It is this reporters open- train which intersects half a
half a mile from the origin ion however, that neither city? These questions arise
of the blaze. city is prepared to handle and that was the purpose of
The amonia cloud disipat- such disasters. Where are the drill.
ed and the fire was extin- the auxilary power sources?
All school employees and students in the A&M Consolidated Independent School
District "took cover Friday in the Emergency Operations Exercise which simulated a
tornado watch and warningwith simulated touchdown in the Bryan area. All activities in
all schools stopped for about 15 minutes as students, teachers, custodial, cafeteria
personnel, maintenance and administrators went through the internal drills for a disaster
of the nature. All schools received the alert through the emergency alert system installed
in each principal's office. The alert system sounds an alarm and alsogives verbal
instructions as to what procedures should be followed during a disaster of any kind.
Students and teachers at Middle School take cover in the hallway.
Mr. Charles Harrison, left, Defense Civil Preparedness Agency Training Specialist,
discusses E.O.C. Drill with Chief Joe Ellison of Bryan.