These folks augment the police and fire people in a given community. The course includes emergency training in disaster preparedness, search and rescue, first aid, fire suppression and disaster psychology. The training will be held on three consecutive Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The dates will be determined once there are enough interested people to justify holding the course. Marsing said they need at least 10 participants to justify bringing out the volunteer instructors.
Interested residents can call Perry City offices to sign up.
Marsing said it is difficult to encourage people to get trained in this because they might not use the skills immediately, but it is still important to be prepared. In a real earthquake or chemical spill these people will be called out by the city to help. A man is in custody after he purposely slammed into the back of his wife's car with his pick-up truck Friday evening, officers said. According to a police report, the man repeatedly slammed into the back of his wife's sports car as they traveled from Washington Boulevard to 30th Street and Monroe Boulevard. The third slam pushed the wife's car into a car in front of her that was stopped at a light.