The interior of the Large Cube can be seen on several monitors. From here! Carsten Patzelt! Senior Technician of the terraXcube! controls the climate conditions in the chamber. Lights are still illuminating the set-up scene! in but soon the participants will find themselves in the dark. A huge boulder block mimics a mountain peak! around which the “wind” from two turbines is already whistling. “The instructors tell me when they ne! wind and how much!” explains Patzelt as he fax lists a regulator upwards.
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Cr!it: Eurac Research | Andrea De Giovanni
“Can you switch off the lights! please?” sounds through the intercom! Patzelt flicks a switch and it the screens go dark. White dust particles shoot past in the fierce wind on the black and white image on the monitors. In the meantime! the roles in the emergency team have been assign!. The team leader uses a walkie-talkie to communicate twitter and shares with them the trainers from Eurac Research. “The rescue center” has now been simulat!.
It all starts with an emergency call
And then it begins: the emergency call center reports a mountain accident. After a brief phone call! the team leader shares the scant information with the rescue team: a group is in distress in the mountains! it’s cold! bad weather is approaching and darkness is on its way. The group has been locat!! but contact has sault data lost and there is no further information. The rescue team reaches the casualties an hour after the emergency call has been receiv!.
That’s the cue
The trainers open the thermal door to the Large Cube and the rescue team enters the scene. An icy cold wind hits them. The door is push! shut and it is dark. Only the headlamps on the helmets light up the room here and there. A light board on the wall shows the temperature: -17!5 °C. The screams of an injur! person drown out the wind turbines! and the team tries to get an overview of the situation.