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Issue date: 9/15/06 Section: News
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PEMA looks for victims
The Providence Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) seeks volunteers to participate in a Public Safety Drill on Saturday, Oct. 1, in downtown Providence.
The purpose of the drill is to exercise a response to a mass causality accident, in this case, an explosion, said Todd Manni, the Homeland Security liaison for the PEMA. Volunteers will be asked to act as victims of the simulated explosion so that the appropriate officials can practice working together to manage a crisis. The Providence Police and Fire departments will be working with the Transportation Security Administration, federal partners, local hospitals, and emergency departments from surrounding towns including Warwick, Cranston, and East Providence to assess the situation.
This is the largest drill that Rhode Island has ever held, said Manni.
Students interested in volunteering should attend a briefing on Thursday, Sept. 28, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at 325 Washington St. in Providence. Volunteers will learn techniques for imitating an emergency situation, including how to position their bodies in a way that is indicative of bodies affected by a real explosion, and how to position cut plastic soda bottles to look like broken glass.
Beginning at 6:00 a.m., volunteers will prepare for the event with moulage procedures: Making participants look like they have real injuries. Volunteers should wear old clothing and should not have an allergy to latex. The simulation will begin at 8:00 a.m. next to Kennedy Plaza. Please call 228-8000 for more information.
- Kerry Bergin '08
PC's credit card policy "nothing new"
According to a Sept. 2 article in The Providence Journal, colleges around the nation are reducing the ability of students to pay their tuition with a credit card. Jacqueline M. White, associate vice president and assistant treasurer of Providence College, said that PC's credit card policy has been in place for many years and is "nothing new." She said that the College allows graduate and School of Continuing Education (SCE) students to pay for their classes with a credit card because many of these students do not have the loans undergraduate students do.
The Providence Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) seeks volunteers to participate in a Public Safety Drill on Saturday, Oct. 1, in downtown Providence.
The purpose of the drill is to exercise a response to a mass causality accident, in this case, an explosion, said Todd Manni, the Homeland Security liaison for the PEMA. Volunteers will be asked to act as victims of the simulated explosion so that the appropriate officials can practice working together to manage a crisis. The Providence Police and Fire departments will be working with the Transportation Security Administration, federal partners, local hospitals, and emergency departments from surrounding towns including Warwick, Cranston, and East Providence to assess the situation.
This is the largest drill that Rhode Island has ever held, said Manni.
Students interested in volunteering should attend a briefing on Thursday, Sept. 28, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at 325 Washington St. in Providence. Volunteers will learn techniques for imitating an emergency situation, including how to position their bodies in a way that is indicative of bodies affected by a real explosion, and how to position cut plastic soda bottles to look like broken glass.
Beginning at 6:00 a.m., volunteers will prepare for the event with moulage procedures: Making participants look like they have real injuries. Volunteers should wear old clothing and should not have an allergy to latex. The simulation will begin at 8:00 a.m. next to Kennedy Plaza. Please call 228-8000 for more information.
- Kerry Bergin '08
PC's credit card policy "nothing new"
According to a Sept. 2 article in The Providence Journal, colleges around the nation are reducing the ability of students to pay their tuition with a credit card. Jacqueline M. White, associate vice president and assistant treasurer of Providence College, said that PC's credit card policy has been in place for many years and is "nothing new." She said that the College allows graduate and School of Continuing Education (SCE) students to pay for their classes with a credit card because many of these students do not have the loans undergraduate students do.