Mock Disaster Training

During my summer employment at Gentz and involvement the mentoring program, I had the opportunity to be involved with the Youth Connection Career Academy. They are a nonprofit that helps Detroit public school youth with career training, academic program involvement and service projects to prevent youth violence and delinquency. This organization is also the one who placed the kids at our company to be mentored.

During the summer program, the kids go through what is called cert training. They learn lifesaving emergency procedures and at the end are qualified to be first responders if there is a calamity or disasterous event. The final part of their training is called the "mock disaster" and is sponsored by the department of homeland security. The kids are invited to what they think is a rally to hear a speaker and graduate from their program, only for a dramatized disaster to take place without their prior knowledge. They are asked to use their newly learned skills on how to respond. Some of the kids know what is happening and participate in their roles, others are taken by surprise. They did a great job!!!








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