Training conference would prepare Chenango for the worst
NORWICH – The National Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) has granted a scholarship for a multidisciplinary team from Chenango County to attend the 2012 OVC Mass Violence and Emergency National Training Conference in Jacksonville, Fla.
The national scholarship will pay for four members of a Chenango County emergency response team to attend the five-day event for training to coordinate an incident response plan during acts of terrorism or in the event of mass violence and injury in the area.
In response to the offer, David Auwarter, director of the crime victims program at Catholic Charities, has helped compile a team of four stakeholders in the area to attend the conference. Attendees will include himself, Sgt. Patrick Blenis of the Norwich City Police Department and Chenango Memorial Hospital employees Kim McCarthy and Donna Faber.
To qualify for this scholarship, Auwarter explained that a team must have at least four members, two of which must be a law enforcement official and a victim services provider. McCarthy – who is a social worker at CMH – and Faber offered to be part of the team so they could focus on the health aspects of victims in the event of mass injury while Catholic Charities would provide other essential and emotional support.
“OVC felt that this is something that localities nationwide would benefit from,” explained Auwarter. “Because we are a large but rural area, it’s important that we coordinate should something terrible happen,” he said. As each municipality in Chenango County is separated by miles of farmland, he emphasized the challenge of coordinating an emergency response plan in such a rural area. “We have resources but they’re spread out across the county,” he added.
A limited number of scholarships was available to communities nationwide, making Chenango County incredibly fortunate to have the privilege of attending the conference, said Auwarter.
No one agency or office can handle the needs of everyone during such a catastrophic time, Auwarter said. Those who attend the conference will be key players during such an event, ensuring that an emergency response plan is put into action and different departments are able to effectively handle different tasks, including tending to the physical ailments of victims, reassuring the emotional needs of community members and allowing police to take other necessary measures.
“These things are so important that responding to them sequentially may not have the best result,” said Auwarter. “The basis of this conference is not to teach specific disciplines how to do their job better. It’s how to use those services at the same time.”
The team will attend the conference from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. All expenses will be reimbursed through the U.S. Office for Victims of Crime.
The national scholarship will pay for four members of a Chenango County emergency response team to attend the five-day event for training to coordinate an incident response plan during acts of terrorism or in the event of mass violence and injury in the area.
In response to the offer, David Auwarter, director of the crime victims program at Catholic Charities, has helped compile a team of four stakeholders in the area to attend the conference. Attendees will include himself, Sgt. Patrick Blenis of the Norwich City Police Department and Chenango Memorial Hospital employees Kim McCarthy and Donna Faber.
To qualify for this scholarship, Auwarter explained that a team must have at least four members, two of which must be a law enforcement official and a victim services provider. McCarthy – who is a social worker at CMH – and Faber offered to be part of the team so they could focus on the health aspects of victims in the event of mass injury while Catholic Charities would provide other essential and emotional support.
“OVC felt that this is something that localities nationwide would benefit from,” explained Auwarter. “Because we are a large but rural area, it’s important that we coordinate should something terrible happen,” he said. As each municipality in Chenango County is separated by miles of farmland, he emphasized the challenge of coordinating an emergency response plan in such a rural area. “We have resources but they’re spread out across the county,” he added.
A limited number of scholarships was available to communities nationwide, making Chenango County incredibly fortunate to have the privilege of attending the conference, said Auwarter.
No one agency or office can handle the needs of everyone during such a catastrophic time, Auwarter said. Those who attend the conference will be key players during such an event, ensuring that an emergency response plan is put into action and different departments are able to effectively handle different tasks, including tending to the physical ailments of victims, reassuring the emotional needs of community members and allowing police to take other necessary measures.
“These things are so important that responding to them sequentially may not have the best result,” said Auwarter. “The basis of this conference is not to teach specific disciplines how to do their job better. It’s how to use those services at the same time.”
The team will attend the conference from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. All expenses will be reimbursed through the U.S. Office for Victims of Crime.
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