The parking garage of a high-rise building collapses. Thousands of gallons of water flood local streets. Miners become trapped in underground tunnels. Such real-life disaster scenarios will be an everyday occurrence when the National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR) at Calamityville offers its first training courses in 2010. The NCMR will transform nearly 60 acres [...]

Heidi Abraham, 25, of Springfield, Ohio, is a medical student who is working with the National Center for Medical Readiness. Abraham has provided training for and helped plan for disaster response, educated local officials, and worked on integrating medical students into helping respond to disasters. “The ultimate goal of these activities is to equip members [...]

Director Mark Gebhart discusses how the National Center for Medical Readiness will serve as a one-of-a-kind training facility for medical, public health, public safety, and civilian and military disaster-response decision makers from around the world. National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR) Video Transcript “The National Center for Medical Readiness goes historically back about five years [...]