Description
Communications Academy 2002 is a non-profit coalition of volunteer communications teams to provide a high quality, professional-grade training opportunity for the various emergency communications teams around the Pacific Northwest. By providing a once-a-year large-scale venue for training, volunteer communicators are exposed to topics in emergency management, communications techniques and protocols, real-life emergency responses, and other pertinent subjects, which might not otherwise be available to them. In the past three years the academy has been able to attract several nationally known speakers for the keynote sessions. This year's keynote speaker, Tom Carrubba, KA2D, was instrumental in coordinating the communications response following the attack on New York's World Trade Center. The Communications Academy is open to anyone with an interest in emergency communications, volunteer or professional. The presentations are designed to promote the development of knowledgeable, skilled emergency communicators who will support their local communities during a disaster or emergency response.