The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WAITSBURG – Nearly two dozen people gathered at the Waitsburg Christian Church to spend last Saturday learning how faith-based organizations can help in preparing for and dealing with disasters. The FEMA course was hosted by the Waitsburg Resource Center and sponsored by the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium.

Instructor Chris Herring traveled from Durham, North Carolina to facilitate the course that he initiated and helped develop. The Mobilizing Faith-Based Community Organizations (FBCO) in Preparing for Disaster course was developed to help communities understand and tap into the...