Training Announcement April 1,2010 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Emergency Responders and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community: Taking the First Steps to Disaster Preparedness
This course is designed to provide deaf and hard of hearing (including deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing, late-deafened and other individuals with hearing loss) and emergency responders with the basic skills they need to communicate with each other in the event of emergencies such as terrorist attacks and natural and biological disasters. The course will also instruct participants how to respond to a variety of emergency situations.
All key members of emergency response agencies involved in the planning of and response to a disaster would benefit from this course including:law enforcement, fire, EMS, public health, community advocates, special needs populations representatives, elected officials, homeland security officials and others who may be indirectly or directly affected.
Training Site: Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services 602 South Lawrence Montgomery, AL
