The University of Findlay’s All Hazards Training Center, in partnership with the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC), will host a training course, at no cost to participants, for rural responders and community stakeholders who may need to adopt the role of a public information officer working with the media.            

The course, AWR 209: Dealing with the Media: A Short Course for Rural Responders and Community Stakeholders, will be held 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, in Croy Gymnasium, Room 216, on The University of Findlay campus. Class size is limited to 20 participants.

Contact Liz Goodman at goodman@findlay.edu or 419-434-4353 to register for the course. Registration deadline is Aug. 6.            

Topics to be covered include:

• Utilizing the media in emergency and public awareness situations
• Working with the media at the scene of an emergency
• Anticipating what news agencies want from first responders at the scene of an emergency
  
• Giving interviews that work
• Writing effective news releases that will be read
  

The All Hazards Training Center’s mission is to develop and deliver effective and practical educational, training and consulting programs across the United States through a combination of practical “hands-on” training; varied instructional techniques in classroom, lab and field settings; state-of-the-art, distance-learning opportunities; and internships and cooperative work experience programs.

To learn more about the center, visit www.allhaztraining.com. 

RDPC is a federally funded consortium whose mission is to develop and deliver training tailored for emergency responders and community stakeholders in rural communities. For more information on RDPC, visit www.ruraltraining.org.