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Disaster Prep Training Session Scheduled in Poughkeepsie
The county wants its residents to know how to react in a disaster and quickly recover.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — Dutchess County will hold a Citizen’s Preparedness Training Program Monday, Nov. 21.
Led by the departments of Emergency Response and Behavioral and Community Health, the session will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Boardman Road Branch Library, 141 Boardman Rd. in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
Organizers said the two-hour training is designed to provide participants with the tools and resources to better prepare for any type of disaster.
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Those who participate will learn how to respond in a disaster and to recover as quickly as possible to pre-disaster conditions.
The free event is open to the public.
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Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
Each family will receive a free Citizen Preparedness Corps Response Starter Kit.
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