Learn
what you need to know to help yourself and your family be ready for an
emergency. In addition to some great info on how to be ready for emergencies,
there will be live music, ground/aerial response vehicles, games, prizes, and
food.
Hour-long
seminars include:
Stop
the Bleed
(10 a.m. and 3 p.m.) Today we live in a world where terrorism, the actions of
unstable people, and the dangerous impulses of friends and relatives are very
real and becoming increasingly more frequent. Massive bleeding from any
cause, but particularly from an active shooter or explosive event where a
response is delayed can result in death. However, anyone at the scene can
act as immediate responder and save lives if they know what to do.
CRASE
– Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (11 a.m.) This course, developed at the
ALERRT (Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training) Center, teaches the
Avoid, Deny, Defend (ADD) strategy for surviving an active shooter event. Learn
what you should do to protect yourself and minimize your risk.
Firewise (1 p.m.) National Fire
Protection Association’s (NFPA) Firewise USA® program teaches people
how to adapt to living within the Wildland Urban Interface and encourages
neighbors to proactively work together to prevent losses from wildfire
events. We will discuss some simple steps that homeowners can take to reduce
their risk of loss and provide information on how their neighborhood can become
recognized as a Firewise community in cooperation with the Texas A&M Forest
Service.
Standard
Response Protocol
– SRP (2 p.m.) Developed in 2013 by local public safety partners based on the I
Love You Guys Foundation guidelines, the SRP is taught in every
public and private school in Hays County and many businesses and government
organizations. The program teaches standardized vocabulary – Lockout, Lockdown,
Shelter, and Evacuate – and what each requires of the people involved in a
dangerous situation, whether it be an active shooter, hazardous material spill,
fire, or weather emergency.
