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The CORE I course will be offered at Sudo Room on Thursday, Feb. 21st from 6:30-9:30pm. | The [http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/OFD/s/CORE/index.htm CORE] I course will be offered at Sudo Room on Thursday, Feb. 21st from 6:30-9:30pm. | ||
The CORE I class teaches students how to prepare a family disaster plan, reduce common household hazards, create emergency supply kits, and respond to a number of possible emergencies, including earthquakes and fires. | The CORE I class teaches students how to prepare a family disaster plan, reduce common household hazards, create emergency supply kits, and respond to a number of possible emergencies, including earthquakes and fires. | ||
From the [http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/OFD/s/CORE/index.htm website]: | |||
:"CORE is a free training program for individuals, neighborhood groups and community-based organizations in Oakland. The underlying premise is that a major disaster will overwhelm first responders leaving many citizens on their own for the first seven to 10 days after the emergency. | |||
:CORE teaches self-reliance skills and helps neighborhoods establish response teams to take care of the neighborhood until professional emergency personnel arrive." | |||
This is the first in a series of three classes. In the CORE II class, folks learn how to organize a neighborhood command post and create emergency response teams, (i.e. communications, damage assessment, hazard reduction/utilities, search and rescue, disaster first aid, shelter and special needs). | This is the first in a series of three classes. In the CORE II class, folks learn how to organize a neighborhood command post and create emergency response teams, (i.e. communications, damage assessment, hazard reduction/utilities, search and rescue, disaster first aid, shelter and special needs). | ||