I called TESC this morning to ask some basic questions about the Emergency Management program and the practicum. They told me that I would have to already be doing emergency management (fire dept, police, fema) to even be accepted into the program. When I questioned them about volunteer work such as the American Red Cross he told me that I would have to have 500 hours of service and then the practicum could be some of project that the area director would approve that I could run. It seemed like they are trying to keep people out of the program and overwhelming.

I am going to continue my studying and testing out then revisit this again once I get more credits but I hope this information helps someone. I was encouraged that they did talk about volunteering as an option.

Kelley