Texas School Safety Center Co-Hosts Youth Preparedness Camp

This year’s camp brought in representatives from six different states including Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Washington as well as five teams from across Texas.

SAN MARCOS – The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) at Texas State University has partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to host the Texas Youth Preparedness Camp June 17-21.

The Texas Youth Preparedness Camp is designed to increase emergency preparedness in Texas communities by providing youth with emergency response, action planning and leadership skills that enhance their capacity to assist local communities in creating a culture of preparedness.

This year’s camp brought in representatives from six different states including Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Washington as well as five teams from across Texas.

The Youth Preparedness Camp is designed and delivered using a youth-led, adult assisted process that allows students to be the decision makers with adults acting in a supportive role.

Throughout the week, students and their sponsors received the full 20-hour Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) basic training, developed a community action plan and acquired the leadership skills to address emergency preparedness when they return home by implementing their action plan.

To learn more about TxSSC and the Texas Youth Preparedness Camp, visit the website at http://txssc.txstate.edu.

About Texas State University

Founded in 1899, Texas State University is among the largest universities in Texas with an enrollment of 38,694 students on campuses in San Marcos and Round Rock. Texas State’s 188,000-plus alumni are a powerful force in serving the economic workforce needs of Texas and throughout the world. Designated an Emerging Research University by the State of Texas, Texas State is classified under “Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity,” the second-highest designation for research institutions under the Carnegie classification system.