Alex Paul
Linn County can be prepared for emergency disasters, Anne Stein told representatives of local organizations Thursday morning, if private citizens can be trained to assist professionals in time of need.
Stein outlined the Linn-Benton Neighborhood Emergency Training program, the area’s version of F.E.M.A.
“The Citizen Corps was launched by presidential initiative after 9/11/01,” Stein said. “It is coordinated by F.E.M.A. under Homeland Defense. The local Citizen Corps are meant to help the citizenry…