FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 6, 2005
Contact: Michael Corby
904.632.3310

Florida Community College offering P²R² training for small businesses
Workshops teach Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery

Florida Community College at Jacksonville is offering P²R² workshops during June, July and August to small businesses. The six-hour workshops will teach how to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies, such as the tropical storms that battered Florida in 2004.

“In the span of six short weeks from August 10 to September 25, five tropical systems affected Florida, with damages in billions of dollars,” says Workforce Education Coordinator Susie Pontiff at the College’s Kent Campus.

The workshops are designed for small business owners, business and office managers, and anyone responsible for making decisions, developing a plan, or communicating a plan in the event of an emergency; weather, fire or crime. Participants in these workshops will be provided the ability to complete an emergency preparedness plan that will help protect their businesses. They will also receive information for personal preparedness in emergencies.

The cost of the workshop is $99. Chamber members and non-profit organizations may attend at the discounted rate of $79. There are three options to attend the six-hour workshop at Florida Community College: June 1, from 8 a.m.–3 p.m. at Kent Campus, Room D120; a two-part session July 20 and 21, from 6–9 p.m. at South Campus, Room G101; and August 13 from 8 a.m.–3 p.m. at Kent Campus, Room D120.

For more information or registration call 904.381.3785.