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PARTICIPANTS in the DCPA Phase /I civil preparedness career development program May 7 - 11 at the DPS Academy in Austin included:
Bottom Row (L to R) Rosemary Gerdsen, Dallas Office of Emergency preparedness; John Pickett, Dallas Office of Emergency
Preparedness; Robert M. Hopkins. Weslaco Civil Defense; Anthony Moreno, i 3ns officer, DCSOPS. 5th US Army, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas;
Jan K. Wheelis. Goliad City /County Civil Defense: Rudy Olivarez, Mercedes Civil Defense: David Davis. Marion County Emergency Ser-
vices; Gordan Terrill. Galveston County Civil Defense: Lena Crawford, Dilley Civil Defense: and Don Goforth, Amarillo /Potter County and
Randall County Civil Defense; Second Row (L to R) Ralph D. Benson, MOBDES. Orleans Parish Civil Defense, New Orleans, LA: David Stall,
El Lago Civil Defense: Frank Patryn, Fort Bend County Civil Defense; Col. Ralph Erchinger, Disaster Preparedness, 10 Air Force,
Bergstrom AFB, Austin: Ernest Perez, MOBDES, Office of Emergency Preparedness. Baton Rouge, LA: Mattie Treadwell, DCPA Regional
Field Officer: Ralph Crawford, Frio County Civil Defense: and Charles Montgomery. MOBDES. Orleans Parish Civil Defense, New Orleans,
LA: Third Row (L to R) Jack Goolsby, Brownsville Civil Defense; Luther Boswell, MOBDES, Corsicana Civil Defense, George Grant, Ar-
lington Civil Defense, Larry Springer, Governor's Division of Disaster Emergency Services, Austin; Vernon Kirkpatrick. Universal City Civil
Defense; Stanley Hicks, DCPA instructor, Denton; and Thomas Creaghan, Louisiana State Office of Emergency Preparedness. Baton
Rouge LA: Top Row (L to R) Jack Edgar, Cuero /DeWitt County Civil Defense: Hector Reyes. Robstown Civ,/ Defense, Paul Lewis,
MOBDES, Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Office of Emergency Preparedness, NM: Feliberto Garza, San Juan Chw Defense; Roel Rosa,
Elsa Civil Defense: Robert Schenebeck, Lonoke County Office of Emergency Services. AR, John C/oyes. Texas Adjutant General's Office,
Austin: and E. C. Herber, MOBDES. Round Rock Civil Defense. (DPS Photo)
Disaster Rescue, RM Courses Offered
The Fire Protection Training Division of the University System, F. E. Drawer, K, College Station,
Texas Engineering Extension Service has set its 50th TX 7 843 or call (713) 845 -2122 or 845 -3752.
annual Firemen's Training School for July 22 -27. 1979
at Texas A &M University in College Station. Approx- EDULATIO
imately 2,300 individuals engaged in fire prevention control and safety are expected to participate. O PPORTUNITIES 0 1(4 -
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Instruction includes courses in basic, in- ' C �� v
termediate and advanced firefighting and prevention,
public safety emergency service dispatcher, fire
department pump maintenance, fire department The National Registry of Emergency Medical
pump operations, state agency fire prevention and Technicians has agreed to award 25 points or 16
control, specialized fire protection, methods of hours for completion by EMTs of the Defense Civil
teaching fire service subject, training center and Protection Agency 16 -hour, field Radiological
classroom organization and management, instruc- Monitoring Course (activity No. 4).
tional aids and fire department disaster rescue train- No credits will be awarded for completion of the
ing. Officer or Instructor courses.
Communities can receive key rate credit under At the time of normal re- registration, each EMT
certain circumstances for the successful completion must submit to the National Registry some form of of-
of these courses by firemen. For further information, ficial vertification that he /she has successfully com-
contact the Fire Protection Training Division, Texas pleted the RM course. For this purpose, a photocopy
Engineering Extension Service. tine Texas A &M of the RM certificate is acceptable.