Two students at Liberty Ridge Elementary in Sumner recently were awarded $500 for their school’s disaster-preparedness efforts.
Two students at Liberty Ridge Elementary in Sumner recently were awarded $500 for their school’s disaster-preparedness efforts.
They took part in a disasters and catastrophes preparedness competition sponsored by Puget Sound Energy. The contest theme, “What to do to make it through,” was based on a new public education campaign developed by emergency management agencies across the region.
PROSSER -- The Prosser School District is one of 35 school districts working with state education officials todetermine how schools and districts respond to natural disasters.
The state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction received a two-year, $1.1 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to identify risks and develop a mitigation plan for natural disasters, according to a news release.
District and state education officials have already developed an online survey seeking input from parents, teachers, school boards, state organizations and the general public on how natural disasters affect schools.
The 11th annual Real Heroes Breakfast will be March 7 at TRAC in Pasco. The event honors community heroes for their selflessness and service to the Tri-Cities in 2012.
The breakfast is organized by the Benton Franklin Chapter of the American Red Cross. This year's event will include a mock fire disaster scene where attendees can witness volunteers and emergency personnel helping disaster victims.
There is no charge, but donations are accepted. The money helps pay for relief efforts in the Tri-City area.
Economic losses from disasters since 2000 are in the range of $2.5 trillion, a figure at least 50 percent higher than previous international estimates, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday.
Toyota put more distance between it and a year racked by natural and man-made disaster, releasing a profit forecast triple that of what it earned in the previous year.
Moody's says garment factory disasters in Bangladesh and frequent, increasingly violent strikes pose risks to the country's credit rating.
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