Lessons from Joplin: How to Stay Safe in Severe Weather

Program Type:

Developing Skills, Health & Wellness, Home & Garden, Special Events, Authors

Age Group:

Adults

Program Description

Event Details

Severe weather season is upon us; are you prepared?

Join us for an informative presentation with nationally known safety educator Marty Augustine, who will offer valuable tips on how to keep you and your family safe when severe weather strikes.

Topics will include:

·         Learn about local threats

·         How to prepare and respond to threats

·         How to make an emergency kit

·         How to develop an emergency plan

This presentation is based on lessons learned from the tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011.

Augustine is the author of Disaster Planning Made Easy, a book about emergency preparedness. He is also a public safety supervisor and emergency preparedness expert with over 25 years of disaster preparedness experience.


 

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