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susie
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FEMA offers independent (free) study on how to prepare for natural and man made disasters as well as how to participate in preparation and resolution of such emergencies at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb
I forgot to add when you get to the web page click on Independent Study.
You can enroll online and receive certificates of completion once you finish each course. My husband and I are doing these using the hard copy course (so we can carry them to idle places-bathrooms and doctors offices to name a few) for study and completion. Once we do the hard copy we take the exam online and get the results in about 24 hours. It usually takes about a week to get the certificate and new course in the mail. They offer college credit for a fee. Military Reservists may be able to earn points for completing these and others may receive CEU's if you check with your employer.
Some of the courses are Emergency Program Manager, Emergency Preparedness, Radiological Emergency Management, Hazardous Materials, Emergency Response to Terrorism, A Citizen's Guide to Disaster Assistance to name a few.
***There's a difference between living and living well!***
Edited by - susie on 08/20/2002 16:32:33
I forgot to add when you get to the web page click on Independent Study.
You can enroll online and receive certificates of completion once you finish each course. My husband and I are doing these using the hard copy course (so we can carry them to idle places-bathrooms and doctors offices to name a few) for study and completion. Once we do the hard copy we take the exam online and get the results in about 24 hours. It usually takes about a week to get the certificate and new course in the mail. They offer college credit for a fee. Military Reservists may be able to earn points for completing these and others may receive CEU's if you check with your employer.
Some of the courses are Emergency Program Manager, Emergency Preparedness, Radiological Emergency Management, Hazardous Materials, Emergency Response to Terrorism, A Citizen's Guide to Disaster Assistance to name a few.
***There's a difference between living and living well!***
Edited by - susie on 08/20/2002 16:32:33
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Life is Tough!It's Tougher if You're Stupid
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who dont.
Gun Control is Hitting Your Target!
I did two years in Saudi Arabia. I would rather have been two years locked in a broom closet with a Toyota salesman. Basically, it's like living and working in an asylum. You'll either go crazy or spend a lot of that $75K on personal indulgences and getting out of there every chance you get (there are two long holidays--Ramadan and Haj--and when you know you can be in Rome or Switzerland in seven hours, the temptation is overwhelming). You'll buy the best tv and stereo possible, and have them on constantly to drown out the five daily prayer calls. Phone calls to the States run $9 a minute (my average phone bill was $1500 a month). Alcoholism is rampant among expatriates, many of whom would be unemployable drunks anywhere else (Riyadh alone had six "AA" meeting places, this in a country where alchohol is illegal). Almost every compound has one of more stills cooking "sid" (moonshine). Most important, as an American you would be subjecting yourself to extreme danger by going anywhere in that part of the world. I was there just after the Gulf War, and it sucked then. I can't imagine what danger there is now, following 911 and now talks of attacking Iraq.
Why does man kill? He kills for food. But not only for food; frequently, he must have a beverage.