OPEN HOUSE FOR NEW REGIONAL EMERGENCY CENTER RESPONSE
TRAINING CENTER PLANNED

An open house will be held this Saturday at the new Regional Emergency Response Training Center at the Emmetsburg campus of Iowa Lakes Community College.

The event will start in the student center/cafeteria on the campus at 3 p. m. Organizers will make a few comments at 3:30 p. m. Following the ceremony – tours will be given of that new facility, until 4:30 p. m.

The Regional Emergency Response Training Center was built thanks to funding from the state of Iowa. It will be used by area firefighters and paramedics as a training facility which simulates the risks emergency personnel face in a fire.

The event is being held in conjunction with the annual fire school and EMS conference at the Emmetsburg campus. Some 200 fire and EMT personals are attending two days of training Saturday and Sunday to qualify for the continuing education credits needed to maintain official certifications.