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Seacoast Public Health Network Offers Free Class

October course will help better prepare the community for emergencies.

The Seacoast Public Health Network is offering a free 20-hour course in emergency preparedness starting on October 23, 2015 from 6pm-8:30pm. & Sat. Oct 24th & Sat. Oct 31st 8am-5pm at Epping Fire Dept 37 Pleasant St Epping 03042.

This course offers participants hands-on training that will be useful in personal and family emergencies or if you are interested in joining our Seacoast Medical Reserve Corps that helps our local Fire and Police Departments during disasters to set up a shelter, assist with traffic control, or coordinate a family assistance center.

This course is approved by the NH Fire Academy.

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Topics include:

•Family and Workplace Preparedness

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•Disaster Psychology

Fire Safety•

Search & Rescue/disaster triage

•Incident Command Systems•

First Aid/CPR (certification from the American Heart Association)

•Safety Strategies Involved in a Terrorist Incident

Call Nancy Parker, Seacoast Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator at 603-793-0786 orr email Nancy at npccmrc@hotmail.com to register and for more information.

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