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Be Ready Camp Graduates 50 Sixth Graders

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Sep 17, 2007, News Report

As part of National Preparedness Month, 50 Youth Preparedness Delegates graduated from Be Ready Camp, an educational experience for sixth graders focused on building preparedness skills for natural and man-made disasters. During a full-scale disaster exercise, the delegates assumed the role of public safety professionals. The curriculum introduces survival and first aid, disaster psychology and terrorism awareness, as well as how to create a family disaster plan and kit. Alabama Homeland Security Director Jim Walker describes the program as a "responsible investment in the future leadership of our state." Read more at Ready.gov.

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