CERN Urges Community To Be Responsible...Be Ready

The Community Emergency Response Network (CERN) held its 2005 Annual Retreat, "Be Responsible... Be Ready" on May 9. The keynote speakers were Joseph Herr, Chief of Howard County Fire and Rescue, and Horizon President & CEO Richard M. Krieg, who is Chairman of CERN.

A wide assortment of community leaders attended from government, education, business and local nonprofits. Breakout sessions focused on Public Information Planning, Identifying School Risks, Building Community Resilience, Citizen Responsibility and Education and Awareness efforts about Emergency Disaster Planning.

Among the attendees were (top row from l.) Sid Baccom, Computational Epidemiologist with Innovative Emergency Management, Howard County Economic Development Authority President & CEO Richard Story, K. A. Burnett of the Howard County Police Department, (second row from l.) Howard County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Pam Klahr, Grassroots Executive Director Andrea Ingram, Howard County Fire and Rescue Chief Joseph Herr.

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