>> Y'ALL WERE CALLED TO
ASSIST IN EMERGENCY
DISASTER OPERATIONS.
>> WHEN DISASTER STRIKES...
(wind, fire crackling)
>> THIS IS THE PARTICULAR AREA
THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
>> ...GAME WARDENS FROM ALL
ACROSS TEXAS RESPOND
TO THE EMERGENCY.
>> A CRASH NEAR FORT HOOD AREA
(plane crash)
>> 150 CESSNA
>> A TERRORISM ACT
>> AN ORGANIZED MASS ATTACK
ON U.S. ASSETS
>> FORTUNATELY THIS EVENT
IS ONLY A TEST
>> IT HAS THIS
STRONTIUM 90 IN IT...
>> THIS DRILL, SIMULATING A
PLANE CRASH AND TERRORIST
ATTACK WILL HELP WARDENS
RESPOND TO ALL DISASTERS
BY TRAINING THEM IN THE VERY
LATEST MAPPING AND GLOBAL
POSITIONING TECHNOLOGY.
>> BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.
WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY HURT.
>> NOW WE SHOULD HAVE A GRID
ONCE WE GET OUT THERE AND GET
POSITIONED, SO IF YOU JUST
KIND OF WANT TO MOVE IT
OVER A LITTLE BIT...
>> GPS TECHNOLOGY CAN BE
USED FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY
FACET OF OUR BUSINESS.
SO WE FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME
THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND GOT
MORE GAME WARDENS TO EXPERIENCE
IT IN A DRILL BEFORE THEY
REALLY HAVE TO USE IT.
IT'S A TECHNOLOGY USEFUL TO
MANY, BUT IT CAN BE VITAL
TO THOSE DOING RESCUE
AND RECOVERY WORK.
>> YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN
THIS GRID RIGHT HERE.
>> RIGHT.
>> USING ADVANCED GPS UNITS,
RESPONSE TEAMS CAN BE SURE
THAT SEARCH AREAS OR GRIDS
ARE COVERED COMPLETELY.
>> THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
>> IT'S A WAY OF KEEPING TRACK
OF WHERE YOU'RE ASSIGNED
TO GO AND WHERE YOU'VE
BEEN SO YOU CAN DO A
MORE SYSTEMATIC SEARCH.
>> IT MAY SOUND SIMPLE...
>> ...BUT IT REQUIRES
SOME PRACTICE.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A BRAND
NEW EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.
>> ...NOW WE NEED TO
GO THIS WAY.
>> IT'S A LITTLE SCARY.
>> WELL DO WE JUST GET OUT
AND START WALKING?
>> WE'LL GET YOU IN THE
RIGHT VICINITY.
>> THEY'RE TRYING SOME
NEW UNITS THAT THEY'VE
NEVER USED BEFORE
(unit dings)
>> QUIT IT!
>> IT JUST WON'T LET ME DO IT.
>> AHHH.
(unit dings)
>> IT'S A LITTLE TROUBLESOME
AT FIRST...
>> THIS ONE'S GOT US CONFUSED.
>> ...BUT ONCE YOU GET TO KNOW
THE EQUIPMENT, UH, IT'S EASIER.
>> I'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO.
BUT IT IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
>> THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
INCLUDES NOT JUST GPS,
BUT ALSO GIS, OR GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEM.
>> GIS IS A WAY OF PUTTING
DATA THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED
INTO A VISUAL FORM THAT WE
CAN MAKE SENSE OF.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF IT
AS COMPUTER MAPPING.
IT ALLOWS US TO OVERLAY MAPS
WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AT HOW
THINGS RELATE TO EACH OTHER,
SEE IF THERE'RE CORRELATIONS.
GPS AND GIS WORK REAL
CLOSELY TOGETHER.
>> BECAUSE COMPUTERS ARE
INVOLVED, THERE ARE A FEW
BUGS TO WORK OUT.
>> THAT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE WHAT WE WANT.
>> IT'S TAKEN SOME
GETTING USED TO.
>> WE'VE GOT OURSELVES A
PROBLEM WITH THAT IMAGE THERE.
>> BUT WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF
HELP TO FIGURE IT OUT.
(rustling grass)
>> GIS AND GPS TECHNOLOGY
CAN'T REPLACE THE LEGWORK...
>> THEY'RE GETTING PRETTY
FAR DOWN THERE.
>> ...BUT THEY CAN HELP SEARCH
TEAMS WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY.
>> THERE'S SOME DEBRIS
>> WE FOUND UH, A COUPLE OF
PIECES OF PLASTIC FROM THE
AIRPLANE AND WE'RE GONNA BE
MARKING THEM WITH THE
TRIMBLE UNIT HERE.
>> PIECE BY PIECE, THE MOCK
DEBRIS IS PINPOINTED
ELECTRONICALLY AND FLAGGED
FOR RETRIEVAL.
>> WE'RE GETTING THERE.
>> BACK AT THE COMMAND CENTER,
THIS DATA BEGINS TO YIELD MAPS,
RICH WITH INFORMATION THAT
WOULD BE VITAL TO HAZMAT CREWS
OR FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS.
>> I SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL
FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY.
>> SO MUCH DATA TO COLLECT,
AS YOU FIND ALL OF THAT
AND YOU CAN MAP IT OUT,
YOU CAN KIND OF LAY OUT A
PATTERN OF WHAT TOOK PLACE.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
>> I WISH WE'D HAD THIS
TRAINING AND THIS
TECHNOLOGY WHEN THE
SHUTTLE CAME APART.
>> WHEN THEY HAD THE SHUTTLE
EVENT HAPPEN IN EAST TEXAS...
>> ...ARE CONFIRMED PIECES.
>> ...THERE WAS A LOT OF
GAME WARDENS THAT
PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
>> IT'S LIKE ONE PIECE OF TILE
>> COLLECTING THAT DEBRIS
AND USING SOME OF
THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT.
THEY KNOW LANDOWNERS,
KNEW THOSE WOODS,
HOW TO GET INTO THEM.
>> JUST STAND UNDER IT
AND MARK IT
>> ALSO GAME WARDENS, IN THE
EVENT THAT SOMETHING DOES
HAPPEN, WE'RE USUALLY THE
PEOPLE IN A RURAL AREA
THAT HAVE THE EQUIPMENT
THAT CAN GET THERE.
FOUR-WHEEL DRIVES, ATVS, BOATS.
SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE WOULD
PROBABLY BE THE FIRST ONES ON
THE SCENE, AND THIS TECHNOLOGY
WOULD HELP US A LONG WAY AS FAR
AS BEING ABLE TO USE OUR
MANPOWER AND OUR EQUIPMENT IN
THESE TYPE OF EMERGENCIES.
(helicopter starts)
>> 93-13 PARRIE HAYNES
>> SOME TEAMS GO IN BY AIR,
BY HELICOPTER, SOME BY ATV,
BEGIN WORKING FOOT SEARCH GRIDS.
THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF
COVERING THE AREA AND DOING THE
SEARCHES, THEY'RE PICKING UP
ALL THE DEBRIS POINTS,
SO WE'RE FINDING WHAT WE NEED
TO FIND OUT IN THE FIELD.
>> AHA!
WE HAVE SOMETHING.
>> COORDINATING SEARCHES
WITH THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY
IS GOING WELL
>> A BLUE BRIEFCASE
>> ACCIDENT DEBRIS IS LOCATED,
WHICH, IN A REAL SCENARIO
MIGHT DETERMINE THE
CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT
OR UNRAVEL A TERRORIST PLOT.
>> WE'VE LOCATED A POSSIBLE
EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE DEVICE...
>> BUT THE BIGGEST SUCCESS OF
TODAY'S DRILL MAY BE IN HOW
DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE COMING
TOGETHER AND COORDINATING
THEIR RESPONSE.
>> TEAM Y HAS UNCOVERED
SOME HAZMAT MATERIAL.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO SEND
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO SEE
HOW HAZARDOUS IT IS.
>> 10-4, WE'RE CLEAR.
WE'LL HAVE A UNIT IN ROUTE.
>> THE DRILL IS AMAZING HOW
MANY AGENCIES, TO GET US
ALL TOGETHER IT WOULD
HAVE TO HAPPEN THIS WAY.
THE KNOWLEDGE FROM ONE GROUP
CAN SAVE ALL THE OTHER GROUPS.
>> A LOT OF TIMES ONE AGENCY MAY
NOT HAVE EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED
BUT ANOTHER ONE MIGHT,
SO YOU CAN MINGLE TOGETHER
AND YOU CAN GET IT ALL DONE.
>> PC028, ENDED AT 10:48
>> I THINK THIS TRAINING WILL
REALLY BE USEFUL IN,
IN OUR CRIME SCENES
AND INVESTIGATIONS, LOST CHILD,
ANYONE THAT'S MISSING.
BASICALLY ANYTHING
THAT WE'RE SEARCHING FOR,
WE CAN USE THIS TRAINING.
>> ABOUT 60 FEET THIS WAY
AND GOES BACK
>> AS TEAMS WRAP UP A
LONG DAY OF SEARCHING,
>> ALMOST THERE.
>> THEY'RE STILL FINDING WAYS
THAT GIS AND GPS WILL
HELP THEM IN THE FUTURE.
>> IT'S TAKEN SOME TIME,
BUT SOME OF THIS
TECHNOLOGY IS AMAZING.
>> THIS TECHNOLOGY MAKES OUR
WORK MORE EFFICIENT,
WHETHER IT'S WORKING A
WILDLIFE CRIME OR WHETHER IT'S
CONDUCTING SEARCH AND RESCUE,
THE DRILL WAS A BIG SUCCESS.
>> AND I'M LIKE, 'UH, IT'S
WORKING NOW, NEVER MIND.'
(laughs)
>> AND AS TEXAS
GAME WARDENS KNOW...
>> COME LOOK AT THE SCREEN
>> ...YOU CAN ALWAYS HOPE
FOR THE BEST...
>> IT SHOWS THE EXACT TRAIL
THAT THEY WALKED BACK AND FORTH
THROUGH THE WHOLE GRID.
>> ...BUT YOU ARE NOT TRULY
PREPARED UNTIL YOU CAN MAP
OUT A PLAN FOR THE WORST.
>> THEY COVERED SOME GROUND!
WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING
AND CERTAINLY YOU HOPE YOU
NEVER HAVE TO USE MOST OF IT,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S
TIMES WHEN WE USE IT.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE PREPARED
IN THIS SAME SITUATION, BECAUSE
IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
TEXAS HOMELAND SECURITY.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE CAN REALIZE
THAT THEY DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS,
NOT JUST THE URBAN AREAS,
AND THAT THERE WILL BE PEOPLE
THAT CAN COME INTO THOSE RURAL
AREAS AND HELP THEM, WHETHER
IT'S A TEXAS GAME WARDEN
OR MANY OF THE OTHER AGENCIES,
WE'LL ALL BE THERE
WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.