The Warren County Emergency Management Agency (WCEMA), Missouri State Emergency Management Agency, and the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawai'i will be bringing a Winter Weather Hazards class to Warren County at the Warren County Emergency Management Office located at 101 Mockingbird Lane in Warrenton on Oct. 6. 

This eight-hour awareness-level course is designed to prepare participants to understand the basics of winter weather science, the winter weather forecasting process, how winter weather forecasts are communicated, and the fundamentals of winter weather safety and preparedness. Since winter storms can strike every state in the United States, it is important that every community be ready for the hazards associated with them, WCEMA said in a news release.

This awareness-level course will fulfill the goals of the “whole community” approach to emergency management by reaching a broad sector of the community, the release said. Multiple core capabilities will be addressed, with particular emphasis on “public information and warning” and “threats and hazard identification.” Participants who represent sectors such as mass care services, health and social services, operational communications, critical transportation, and planning would further expand the discussions in this course to other corresponding core capabilities, the release said.

Anyone who feels this training would benefit their agency or organization can attend the training, although only six spots remained open as of Sept. 10. Those interested in the training can go to https://SEMATraining.com and search for AWR-331: Winter Weather Hazards: Science and Preparedness.