Guardian Centers, the most realistic disaster training center in the United States, will host the Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security and Georgia’s Urban Search and Rescue teams in a multi-team training exercise culminating in a joint exercise held Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2015 with the FDNY All Hazard Incident Management Team.

“We are proud to host our home state of Georgia for a rigorous training exercise that will conclude with these experienced first responders serving as part of the FDNY All Hazard Incident Management Team”

The Georgia teams will ultimately serve as part of the FDNY All Hazard Incident Management Team in a 48-hour training exercise that will challenge 400 of the most experienced first responders in the nation, orchestrating an effective response to a major earthquake at local, state and federal levels.

“We are proud to host our home state of Georgia for a rigorous training exercise that will conclude with these experienced first responders serving as part of the FDNY All Hazard Incident Management Team,” said Geoff Burkart, founder and CEO of Guardian Centers. “At Guardian Centers we will be able to simulate the challenging environment created by a major earthquake in a metropolitan city enabling the multi-state, multi-agency team to quickly test and orchestrate an effective response before lives are ever on the line.”

Guardian Centers was conceived, designed and purpose built to help first responders from different agencies work together to act swiftly and decisively in times of crisis. The 830-acre disaster preparedness and tactical training campus offers a realistic and modern 75-acre dynamic metroplex, creating a single site to test plans, people and equipment, eliminating the need for multiple drills and multiple sites.