Free Emergency Preparedness Available To Harford County Residents

HARFORD COUNTY, MD — A free Prepare Because You Care class available to Harford County residents will help them be ready for an emergency.

Hosted by the Harford Department of Emergency Services, this series of four classes will teach participants how to respond to a wide range of incidents or disasters. The next four-week session will be held on Wednesday evenings starting Oct. 11 through Nov. 1 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Edgewood Recreation & Community Center, 1980 Brookside Drive in Edgewood.

Each class session will cover a different topic:

• Making a disaster supply and emergency preparedness kit;
• Fire safety for your home;
• Basic crime prevention strategies and active assailant training;
• Train to save a life-stop the bleed and CPR/AED training.

“Whether an act of Mother Nature or some other type of disaster, it’s not a matter of if but when an emergency is going to happen,” Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly said. “These free classes will help citizens stay safe and be better prepared to handle a wide range of disaster and emergency situations.” For more information and to register, visit www.harfordcountymd.gov/1721/Prepare-BecauseYou-Care.