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| Bungay School students and teacher Chris Cummings pose with Seymour Schools Security Director Richard Kearns and Security Officer Ron Barnard./ Contributed photo |
SEYMOUR - Fourth graders at Bungay Elementary School took part Sept. 23 in the Federal Emergency Management Administration’s “Students Tools for Emergency Planning” program, also known as STEP.
September is National Preparedness Month.
This is the 13th year Seymour students have participated in the “STEP Program,” which was piloted in Seymour in 2008.
Seymour Public Schools Director of Security Rich Kearns received national recognition from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and FEMA when FEMA modeled Seymour’s adaptation of the program nationally.
The “STEP Program” is sponsored by FEMA and the Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
Seymour School Security Officers Ron Barnard and Officer Kevin Pimpinelli have joined Kearns in teaching students the steps on how to prepare their families in the event an emergency or disaster was to strike.
Each student was given a backpack to take home.
The backpacks contained items to help start building their own family emergency kit that included an emergency blanket, flashlights, whistle, activity books, and information to share with their families to better prepare them in the event of an emergency or disaster.
It is found that if people are better prepared to deal with a crisis before it strikes, the outcomes and recovery process will be that much easier for them.
For questions or information on how to prepare your family for a disaster or emergency you may contact Kearns at 203-888-2561 ext. 1003.
This is a press release from Rich Kearns.
