PENSACOLA, Fla. (WALA) – Sixty West Florida High School students responded to a tornado Thursday, a simulated one, but the skills they used are very real.
The drill is part of the Disaster Defenders program, which is funded by the Escambia Children’s Trust and run by Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies, or BRACE.
“This is a FEMA based program that was created and written by FEMA. It’s community emergency response team. It started out as an adult program, but FEMA realized that kids need to be exposed to it as well,” said Carolyn Gray, VISTA team leader for BRACE…