This paper describes how some technical aspects of structural engineering can be redesigned, modified and transferred for operation by civil engineering students for emergency preparedness training by the community. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers and SP faculty members from the Civil Engineering Division of its School of Architecture & the Built Environment (ABE) collaborated and conceived the Mobile Tremorlator. The Tremorlator is a room fitted with home appliances and is mounted on an Earthquake Simulator to simulate earthquake ground motion accelerations. This simulator is in turn mounted on a truck to bring the Tremorlator to the community. The Tremorlator has been deployed on weekends at various grass-root communities to help them learn emergency preparedness and other civil defence skills.
