The Alabama Fire College trains thousands of firefighters each year. Some of that training became necessary after many cities and states recognized the need for firefighters in a mass casualty event similar to the September 11th attacks. Wednesday, one group of firefighters learned how to drill a hole in concrete to drop a tiny camera in it if someone might be trapped under rubble. That’s just one-way search and rescue changed after 9/11 “The state of Alabama is so much better prepared than we were in 2003. They developed the Alabama mutual aid system,” Matt Russell, executive director of the Alabama Fire College explained. That system created 40 teams around the state trained and equipped to help in the most serious emergencies.