Houston Community College is launching a new program to ensure that citizens, businesses and emergency responders are better equipped to respond to catastrophic events.
Houston Community College Chancellor Cesar Maldonado spoke at a press conference Tuesday after his state of the college address., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
On Tuesday, HCC leaders unveiled their plans for the program that includes a $30 million resiliency operations center equipped with a 39-foot-wide swift water rescue channel, a 15-foot-deep dive area, and a 100-foot-long “rocky gorge” of boulders that are above and below the water surface to provide additional obstacle training.
The center will include training in rescue vehicles and will be used year round to replicate various emergency situations. The Texas Legislature approved nearly $5 million to design the training center. Another $10 million has come to HCC in private donations, Maldonado said. So far, the two-year community college has developed a 20-hour non-credit basic preparedness and recovery program that includes public rescue, medical triage, debris removal or facility construction.
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