Photo Caption2 (screen): Engineer John Goodness with Orange County Fire Rescue demonstrates the technological resources in the Mobile Command Center.
Photo Caption3 (helicopter): Students glimpse inside the helicopter used by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office as part of search operations.
Video Description: Federal, state and local first responders gather in Memory Mall as part of the University of Central Florida’s fourth annual KnightS.H.A.R.E Expo to emphasize safety and emergency preparedness.
While Chad Jones pursues his goal to don baby blue medical scrubs as a psychiatrist, he also wants to aid his community in a …show more content…
“I’ll be helping out my community, medically and through law enforcement,” said Jones, who plans to change his major to psychology and hopes to attend the UCF College of Medicine.
Jones, who graduated from the police academy program at Santa Fe College’s Kirkpatrick Center in Gainesville in June 2014.
The fourth annual event, held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., is part of KnightS.H.A.R.E, which stands for Students Helping Advocate Resiliency in Emergencies.
Sponsored by the UCF Office of Emergency Management, KnightS.H.A.R.E. is a week-long campaign of training courses and public outreach events focused on campus safety, violence prevention and emergency preparedness.
The expo was designed to bring attention and awareness to first responders, the life-saving services they provide and the tools they employ to ensure safety.
“The bigger picture is safety in general,” said Hayley Markman, the Plans and Programs Coordinator for the Office of Emergency Management. “Having the tools and knowledge to keep yourself safe on and off