[CVRC] Free Emergency Preparedness Webinar Thursday Feb.18

[Dick Flanagan]

From: "joen7xxx" <n7jeh at arrl.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:39:47 -0000
Subject: Free Emergency Preparedness Webinar Thursday Feb.18

Received from ARRL HQ:

FEMA is excited to announce the next webinar in the Community
Preparedness Webinar Series. This webinar series provides up-to-date
information on community preparedness topics and resources available
to citizens, community organizations, and Citizen Corps Councils. This
LIVE webinar is scheduled for Thursday, February 18th at 2:00-3:00pm
EST and will provide information on Earthquake Preparedness: Lessons
Learned from Haiti and California hosted by FEMA. It will feature a
presentation followed by a question and answer period.


LIVE Webinar: Earthquake Preparedness ­ Lessons Learned from Haiti and
California - Feb 18 @ 2pm ET http://tiny.cc/PrbGo


The Community Preparedness Webinar Series focuses on bringing together
government and community leaders to involve citizens in all-hazards
preparedness and resilience. The recent 7.0 earthquake that shook
Haiti less than 800 miles from Miami, FL, has raised awareness that
such an event could occur in America. Presenting on the topics of
education, preparedness, training, and community involvement will be
Mark Benthien, Director for Communication, Education and Outreach
(CEO) for the Southern California Earthquake Center and Executive
Director of the Earthquake Country Alliance, and Steve Willey, a
member of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team (Virginia
Task Force 1) and a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
instructor for Fairfax County, VA.

The Community Preparedness Webinar Series features new community
preparedness topics several times each month and is free to the
public. Registration is not required to attend. Each webinar will
accommodate the first 500 visitors that enter the website at the time
of the webinar. In addition to airing live, the webinar will be
recorded and viewable after it completes at your convenience.


If you need special accommodations or require additional assistance to
view or listen to this webinar, please email us at
citizencorps at dhs.gov no later than 5pm EST on Tuesday, February 16th
and we will provide you with additional resources so you may participate.


"FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to
ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and
improve  our capacity to prepare for, protect against, respond to,
recover from, and mitigate all hazards."