Local training focuses on disaster readiness
The National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC) will offer Federal Emergency Management Agency training in Presque Isle and Caribou Jan. 11-13. Planned are classes on using social media for disaster response and on natural disaster awareness for senior caregivers.
In Presque Isle, Social Media for Natural Disaster Response and Recovery (PER-304) will be held at Northern Maine Community College Monday, Jan. 11, and again on Tuesday, Jan. 12, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
This daylong course will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to integrate social media into their current communication plans. The course defines social media and its uses and identifies the tools, methods, and models to properly make use of social media, which can provide rapid and real-time information about events
On Wednesday, Jan. 13, Natural Disaster Awareness for Senior Caregivers will be held at the Northern Maine Development Commission Conference Room in Caribou from 8 a.m.-noon and again from 1-5 p.m.
This four-hour course is designed to enhance the caregiver’s awareness of vulnerability factors associated with senior citizens, who particularly vulnerable to natural hazards. Factors such as physical limitations, mental ailments and medication requirements should be addressed in preparedness plans for these at-risk citizens.
Participants will learn how to identify, prepare and perform a number of support activities that will ensure the safety and security of senior citizens when a natural hazard event occurs.
For assistance in registering for these courses, contact Leah Buck at NMMC, 768-2768 or lbuck@nmcc.edu for the social media class, or for the senior caregiver class, contact Joella Theriault at NMDC, 543-1802 or jtheriault@nmdc.org. Registration can also be done onling at https://ndptc.hawaii.edu/training.
There must be 20 registered participants for each course, or they will likely be rescheduled.
