Rescue how-to taught in training
■Studentsare learning
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BY MARGARET BEHM
Do you know how to put out
a fire, get out of a collapsed
building or rescue people
buried by debris?
A program is available that
will teach anyone the necessary
survival skills for a disaster.
Mike Burnett, a Community
Emergency Response Team
instructor, said the course
teaches people how to live
through a disaster.
“The class was originally
designed to help the average cit
izen survive the first 72 hours of
a major disaster without help
from professionals,” said
Burnett, a liaison officer for the
Lincoln-Lancaster County
Department of Emergency
Management.
Amy Olsen, who went
through CERT training last fall,
said she is glad she completed
the training.
“The fact that you’re just an
ordinary citizen and knowing
you could help in an emergency
is amazing,” said Olsen, a senior
exercise science and athletic
training major.
Disaster training is especial
ly important for areas such as
college campuses, Burnett said.
“History has shown that in
larger populated areas it could
be several hours or days before
help arrives,” he said.
The focus is not just to teach
participants how to help them
selves but to help others,
Burnett said.
“The emphasis for the class
is doing the greatest good for the
greatest number of people,”
The training for the program
is 20 hours during one weekend.
The date of this year’s training
course has not been set.
“The training was really
intense, but it was really thor
ough,” said Olsen. “It was really
easy to learn.”
Training includes search and
rescue, fire suppression and
medical training.
Disaster first aid is taught to
participants along with disaster
rescue techniques.
Participants also learn how
to tag people for medical assis
tance as either immediate treat
ment, delayed treatment or
dead.
Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation is not taught dur
ing the course because, during a
disaster, there’s not going to be
time to perform CPR, Burnett
“If you’re seeing pieces of people with guts
hanging out, it’s going to get to you.”
Mike Burnett
Community Emergency Response Team instructor
said.
There also is training for par
ticipants dealing with the psy
chological aftermath of a disas
ter for victims and rescuers.
“If you’re seeing pieces of
people with guts hanging out,
it’s going to get to you,” he said.
The best part of the weekend
is on Sunday when a disaster is
actually simulated, Olsen said.
“We got all dressed up in our
gear and they set-up fake inci
dents, and that was really fun,”
she said. "It puts you in their
shoes to see how you’ll react.”
Some communities, such as
Grand Island, have an organized
CERT team.
In a disaster, the team meets
at a set location and organizes
how it will disperse aide.
Even though Lincoln doesn’t
have an organized team, the
training still is helpful, Burnett
said.
“Even if they aren't a part of a
team, it's going to be a huge
asset to responders," he said.
“It’s going to be one less family
or group of people that the
responders have to worry
about.”
There is no fee for participat
ing in the program. But, partici
pants must purchase the gear
needed to complete the activi
ties.
Gear includes safety glasses,
a hard hat, leather gloves and
leather boots. Everything but
the boots can be purchased dur
ing the program for $14.
Money for the course was
provided by a grant to fight ter
rorism that was given to
Nebraska Emergency
Management Agency. The
course costs $1,300 to run.
Because of a lack of funding,
the course will be taught only
once this year. To sign up for the
course call Mike Burnett at (402)
441-7441.
Norton stays at UNL
NORTON from page!
didn’t mean he would stay at UNL.
“He's a high-profile dean,” Goff
said. “This doesn’t mean someone
else won’t want him. I’d suspect
he’d be on three or four other lists.”
Norton is president of the
Journalism Education Association
and has been involved with the
Freedom Forum in Washington,
D.C.
Despite the threat of Norton’s
leaving UNL, Goff said it was good
he decided to stay.
“He’s a tremendous leader,”
Goff said. “You’d be hard-pressed
to find anyone who wouldn’t want
him to stay here.
"For the moment, we're happy.
We want to keep him here."
News-Editorial Professor
George Hick agreed.*
“I’m very pleased he's going to
remain here,” Tuck said. "He’s
done a lot for the college.”
Tuck said Norton had been
instrumental in raising money for
the college and in helping move
the school to its new building.
“He’s pushed and pulled us
along with that,” Hick said.
In September, Linda Shipley,
associate dean of the College of
Journalism and Mass
Communications, said she was
unsure how interested Norton
would be in the position at South
Carolina.
“My assumption is that it'll
have to be a really good offer (for
Norton to leave UNL),” she said
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Moore heads to Union Pacific
BY JOSH FUNK
After 20 years of working in
the chambers and offices of
Nebraska’s state capitol,
Secretary of State Scott Moore
decided he was ready for a
change of scenery
Moore announced Thursday
that he will resign Dec. 15 to
become a lobbyist for Union
Pacific Railroad.
“I've spent my entire life
working in state government
here," Moore said. “This will
allow me to go to other states
and learn how they work.”
Moore said he will handle
the company's government rela
tions in Nebraska and the
Western United States.
“Obviously, it's a decision
that doesn’t come lightly,"
Moore told a room packed with
lobbyists, reporters, staff mem
bers and supporters.
“It's a proper career move for
me, and I’m excited about the
challenges."
The 40-year-old, two-term
secretary of state has spent the
past 20 years in politics and said
he plans to spend the next 20 in
the private sector.
“It’s not a mid-life crisis by
any means," he said.
The new job matches
Moore’s interests in government
and history while giving him the
opportunity to sample life in the
private sector, he said.
“I'm someone that enjoys
history, and the railroad is one
of the few companies that has a
history longer than the state’s,”
Moore said.
Gov. Mike Johanns will
appoint Moore’s successor after
he returns Nov. 21 from a trade
mission to Korea, Malaysia,
Singapore and Taiwan.
Moore said he told Johanns
of his intentions Tuesday. He
had made up his mind about
leaving office during a vacation
to Africa in August and after
talking with Democratic U.S.
Sen. Bob Kerrey about the two
term senator's decision to leave
office.
In a statement, Johanns
commended Moore and
thanked him for his service to
the state. <
“Scott Moore has served the
citizens of Nebraska with dedi
cation, integrity and class,”
Johanns said. “He is a trusted
colleague and a good friend,
and he will be missed by all
those with whom he has
worked.”
Moore said losing last
spring’s Republican U.S. Senate
primary to Don Stenberg - his
first electoral loss - was a factor
in his decision and said it was
time for a change. Former Gov.
Ben Nelson defeated Stenberg
in a close race Tuesday.
Although Moore had been
talking with Union Pacific about
the job since September, he
waited until after the election to
announce his decision.
Moore said he wanted to ful
fill his duties as the state’s chief
election official, and he did not
want to overshadow any politi
cal races with his announce
ment.
Moore grew up in York and
got his first taste for politics as a
legislative errand boy 20 years
ago while pursuing his political
science degree at the University
r
of Nebraska-Lincoln.
He went on to serve as a leg
islative aide to Sen. Harold Sieck
of Pleasant Dale and then for
Sen. Rod Johnson of Sutton.
In 1986, at the age of 26,
Moore decided to run for the
Legislature while the state was
suffering from a farm crisis.
He won the 241*1 District
seat, representing York and
Seward counties and part of
Polk County, by beating busi
nessman Bill Hartman with 57
percent of the vote.
Moore served two terms,
fighting for property-tax breaks
and leading an effort to increase
state sales and income taxes to
bolster funding for education.
When he left office in 1994,
Moore had risen through the
ranks to become chairman of
the Appropriations Committee,
which crafts the state budget.
He was elected secretary of
state in 1994 with 63 percent of
the vote.
He pondered running for
governor in 1998, but instead
ran for re-election and won with
65 percent of the vote.
The Associated Press con
tributed to this report.
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