The National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR), conceptualized and founded by Mark E. Gebhart, MD provides medically oriented education, training, product testing, and research opportunities for medical, public health, public safety, and civilian and military personnel at its 52-acre tactical training site, Calamityville, located in
Fairborn
Fairborn is a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 34,620 at the 2020 census. Fairborn is a suburb of Dayton, and part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It is the only city in the world named Fairborn, a port ...
, Ohio. NCMR is a division of
Wright State University
Wright State University is a public research university in Fairborn, Ohio. Originally opened in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University, it became an independent institution in 1967 and was named in honor of aviation ...
.
Key original concepts included development and concept implementation of the State of Ohio surge capacity response, known as "MEMS." MEMS was adapted from a
US Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...
program by Dr. Gebhart with extensive input from Tish Miller, Peter Savard and Jack Smith.
Calamityville
The National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR) has created a self-sustaining, all-hazard, actual conditions training environment for first responders (Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS), first receivers (physicians, nurses, mid-level providers, hospital staff), Department of Defense (DoD) Special Operations and tactical combat medical specialists, and civilian populations. NCMR maintains existing classroom and office facilities set on approximately 52 acres in Fairborn, Ohio, and uses unique props and realistic simulated settings to duplicate the full range of hazardous environments seen in both man-made and natural disasters. These include flooding, debris fields, hazardous materials, confined spaces, and transportation-oriented wreckage. These environments provide a training and research platform for a wide market of potential users. They also serve as an actual usage test bed for private industry development and commercialization of disaster preparedness-related equipment and materials. The Calamityville site was donated by
Cemex
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., known as Cemex, is a Mexican multinational building materials company headquartered in San Pedro, near Monterrey, Mexico. It manufactures and distributes cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates in more than 50 countries. ...
a cement-producing company.
The facility bridges the gap between medical readiness and disaster response through the creation and implementation of training programs that offer solutions to dynamic emergency rescue challenges.
In 2011, the strategic planning became focused upon research and development.
*Providing a high level of pre-hospital trauma life support in the most austere of environments;
*Gaining access to trapped and missing persons;
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Evacuating victims in the safest and most effective way possible, to receive the utmost care and recovery.
References
External links
National Center for Medical ReadinessCalamityville
{{Wright State University
Disaster preparedness in the United States
Economy of Dayton, Ohio
Healthcare in Dayton, Ohio