Registration is open during July ONLY for the upcoming NW Citizen Corps Expo, to be held from 7:30 AM to 5 PM on August 20th at the Washington State Fire Training Academy (east of North Bend on I-90).

Begun in 2003 as the CERT Expo, the scope was broadened in 2008 to be a Citizen Corps Expo. The intended audience is trained and registered CERT volunteers, MRC medical professionals, and ham radio operators. The cost is $30, and includes a full-day of training and exercise, light breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages. The NW Citizen Corps Expo 2011 is operating under Mission Number 11-T-336, which provides liability coverage to locally registered Emergency Workers.

Learn more about the Citizen Corps at www.CitizenCorps.gov

Agenda

The day begins with an 7:30 a.m. check-in. Including both indoor and outdoor sessions, the expo runs until 5:00:

• Staging Area Check-In Process
• Breakfast, Lunch & Snack
• Activation Simulation
• Mass Casualty Exercise
• Advanced and Refresher Skills Training
• Field Traumatology
• Collaboration of Disaster Response Volunteers
• Review of Lessons Learned
• Exercise Keepsake
• Networking
• Team Building

Based on the photos of previous years, be sure to bring your gear and be ready for some hands on exercises! Register at the official NW Citizen Corps Expo 2011 web site: www.nwcitizencorpsexpo.com