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Recovery Exercise | 2004 - Foster City, CA Photos

2004 Q3—Foster City, California

Trailer arriving in Foster City, CA.
Overview of the Foster City, California recovery exercise
site on Friday morning, July 16, 2004. The recovery equipment
was brought on to the site and positioned following a plan
developed by NDR's command team.

Trailer arriving in Foster City, CA.
One of the technology trailers arriving on site in Foster City
on July 16.

Attaching a grounding cable to a trailer.
An NDR Operations Team member attaching a grounding cable
to one of the equipment trailers on July 16. After the
equipment is positioned and leveled, it is connected to a
common ground ring that is built by the Ops Team. The common
ground protects the team members and the equipment.

Overview of the Foster City exercise site.
Overview of the Foster City site on Friday afternoon,
July 16, after all of the equipment had been positioned
and leveled.


Connecting power cables to a technology trailer.
NDR Ops Team members connecting power cables to a technology
trailer on Saturday morning, July 17. Power for this exercise
was provided by a 135KW generator trailer. That power feed
was distributed to the site through a 500KW power trailer,
simulating how NDR would work with a commercial power source.

Connecting comm cables in a trailer bulkhead.
Connecting communications cables in a bulkhead on one of
the technology trailers. The trailers are interconnected
with fiber optic and electrical communications cables.
Saturday, July 17, 2004.


Overview of the tech trailers at the Foster City site.
Overview of the technology and power trailers at the
Foster City site on Saturday afternoon, July 17.

HIT Team member practicing during the Foster City exercise.
An NDR Hazardous Incidents Team member practicing an equipment
routine while wearing a full-face respirator, a protective
suit and gloves. The team is developing the skills to respond
in areas that have been contaminated by spills or other
environmental hazards. July 18, 2004.

Search and rescue dog demonstration in Foster City.
A demonstration by the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
during the customer tours on July 19, 2004 in Foster City.
AT&T gave the City of San Francisco a $40,000 grant
to develop four search and rescue dog teams.

Winding up cable at the end of the exercise in Foster City.
The team began breaking down the site and winding up
cables on Tuesday afternoon, July 20, following the
customer tours.