BOTHELL, Wash. – The deadline for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 10’s inaugural Youth Preparedness Camp is only two weeks away. Applications will be accepted through March 15.
This August, FEMA will bring 40 youth in grades 8 through 12 from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska to Stanwood, Wash. to participate in a six-day, five-night camp. The inaugural camp, hosted and staffed by camp and emergency management professionals, will teach students how to safely assist in the immediate aftermath of a disaster when a professional response may be delayed or limited. Subject matter experts and local emergency responders will support curriculum delivery and introduce participants to various emergency response professions.
“Young people want to lead and plan, and this camp is a way to empower them to do that,” said FEMA Region 10 Administrator Michael O’Hare. “Working as a team, they will be building partnerships, learning about how to help respond in a disaster and developing the confidence to know that, as individuals, they can make a difference.”
Youth participants will identify and develop a concept for a give-back project where they will utilize the skills they developed during the camp to improve preparedness in their communities.
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The ten-member Region 10 Youth Preparedness Council will participate in the camp and help lead their peers throughout the week.
Application information is available at: www.fema.gov/region-x/community-preparedness. Applications will be accepted through March 15, 2019.
For further information regarding the camp, please contact FEMA Region 10, Individual and Community Preparedness staff at fema-r10-communityprep@fema.dhs.gov or 425-487-4943.
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