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Article: San Jose as the city most ready: California city is touted as national leader in planning for emergencies.(USA)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 9, 2001
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Byline: Mark Sappenfield Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- Somewhere amid the tawny mountains of this sprawling metropolis, there is a secret facility that holds a cache of antibiotics designed to counter biological threats from anthrax to smallpox.
In police precincts and firehouses here, almost every officer and firefighter has received training on what to do in a nuclear or chemical emergency - and when rescue crews respond to calls, they bring along sensors that detect hazardous materials.
This is San Jose, considered by many to be the city best prepared to deal with a terrorist attack. In many ways, ...