Meade County Family and Consumer Sciences is hosting a Disaster Preparedness Awareness event at the Meade County Extension Office Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Meade County Extension Agent Jennifer Bridge says area responders will have more than 20 booths set up at the event.
“Those are primarily service agencies, people that you would contact in the event of a disaster,” Bridge said. “We’ll be giving away a lot of just helpful items that you can put in your disaster preparedness kit, and then they will have information on who to contact and what their role is.”
At 6:30 p.m. a panel discussion will be held on how the community responds to a disaster.
“Let’s say a disaster has happened,” Bridge said. “What happened, what are the next steps? And as a consumer, what do you need to do? Like, do not call RECC or LG&E if you don’t have electric. Who do you get your information from? So we’ll talk about our community response to disaster.”
All are welcome to attend and admission is free.
“We are giving away some really nice door prizes, two of those which are really, really nice disaster preparedness kits,” Bridge said. “There’s all kinds of things in there that you might need.”
Find the Meade County Family and Consumer Sciences Facebook page for more information.
