Free training day in honour of National Preparedness month

Published: 25 September, 2009

Environmental Tectonics Corporation (ETC) to host free training day for first responders in honour of President Obama's declaration that September is National Preparedness Month.

The day will give first responders the chance to see the Advanced Disaster Management Simulator (ADMS) and staff from multiple organisations will be running live exercises on the ADMS. The ADMS is a Virtual Reality Simulation Training Stage that provides a true to life experience to train, assess and exercise Incident Command and Vehicle Operation for first responders and military personnel. If requested ETC will also be able to provide footage, pictures, screenshots, demonstrations, interviews and answers to any questions related to this area.

The day is taking place at the Environmental Tectonics Corporation - 2100 N. Alafaya Trail, Suite 900, Orlando, FL 32826 on Wednesday, September 30th from 9am to 4pm. For more information contact Karen Delos Santos on 407.282.3378 X3033 or email: kDelosSantos@etcsimulation.com

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