WICHITA, Kansas Sept. 25, 2007 -  A major explosion, a full-scale rescue mission and just about every emergency responder in the area.  It's all part of a drill that rivals any conducted across the country and it's coming to Wichita next month.

Tuesday, a backhoe takes out windows and walls getting a deserted downtown building ready to be the site of a full scale disaster training.

In Mid-October, first responders from the entire South Central Kansas area will be in downtown Wichita training in a real life situation.

"The hardest training we have to get in America is the multi-disciplined training," Major General Tod Bunting, Kansas Adjutant General, said.  "A lot of agencies can train individually, but multi-disciplined training is very had to come by."

Firefighters, police, EMS, public works and hospital officials will face real explosions, fires and victims trapped inside burning buildings.  The exercise will last for a continuous 48 hour period.

"This is an unprecedented opportunity to have real time training in a scenario that's as realistic as you can get," Bunting said.

But before that scenario, responders will go through a week of classroom and skills training.  What they learn there will then be put to the test during the drill.

"In a few weeks, we'll be back here simulating explosions to test the resources of this community to see how well they do work together," John Holgerson, Rescue Training Associates, said.

Officials say this mock disaster will be based on a terrorist incident, but the skills learned will cross over to natural disasters. It will provide education in dealing with future disasters like the Greensburg tornado and the Coffeyville floods.