Training program available for first responders

The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium is providing first responders and others with the planning and management-level skills needed to develop and implement resource management strategies for rural communities in a free Department of Homeland Security-certified course.

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The course is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 21 at Area 14 State Fire Rescue Training Center, 385 Old Greensburg Road, Campbellsville. The course gives participants basic competencies associated with resource management and providing enough information to ensure rural areas can effectively plan for the worst.

MGT 339 is designed as a planning/management level course for practitioners in the emergency services sector, public health, local and state government, emergency management and others in the first response community. The training introduces basic principles and skills associated with resource inventory management for small communities and rural areas.

Registration is required. The deadline is Feb. 7. To register, contact Kyle Smith at (270) 465-6811 or firechief@campbellsville.us.