WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue Extension is helping to provide training in January so that Indiana communities can organize to better prepare for and recover from disasters.
The free, one-day training is designed to encourage communities to form a COAD, an acronym for community organization active in disaster. The training will be conducted by leaders of the umbrella Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, of which Purdue Extension is a member.
The first two meetings, under the title of “Building Blocks of a COAD: Forming a COAD in your Community,” will be held Jan. 28 in Rochester and Jan. 29 in Seymour, both from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Rochester meeting will be at the Fulton County Extension Office on the county fairgrounds at 1009 W. 3rd St. The Seymour meeting will be at the Community Foundation of Jackson County office, 107 Community Drive. The training in Seymour is limited to 30 participants. The meetings are open to the public.
