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Sedgwick County To Offer Severe Weather Awareness Classes

Niccolò Ubalducci
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Sedgwick County Emergency Management will offer free severe weather classes to county residents beginning this month.

Sedgwick County Emergency Management will hold severe weather safety classes throughout the county.

Classes will begin Feb. 25 and run through April 11. Classes are free to residents of Sedgwick County.

The classes teach participants about the basics of severe weather safety, including thunderstorms, tornadoes, winter weather and floods.

At each class, Emergency Management officials will give away a starter disaster kit.

The class is held in conjunction with the state’s Severe Weather Awareness week, which is March 3-9. The statewide tornado drill is scheduled for March 5.

Here is the list of classes in Sedgwick County:

Feb. 25, Valley Center Community Center, 314 E. Clay

Feb. 26, Viola City Building, Main and Wilson

Feb. 28, Mount Hope Community Building, 105 S. Ohio St.

March 2, 10 a.m., Mulvane Fire Station, 910 E. Main St.

March 4, Clearwater Fire Station, 319 W. Ross

March 5, Wichita Central Community Church Activity Center, 6100 W. Maple

March 6, 10 a.m., McConnell AFB, Emergency Operations Center, Building 643

March 6, Colwich City Building, 310 S. Second St.

March 7, City of Sedgwick Senior Center, 107 W. 5th

March 11, Maize City Hall, 10100 W. Grady

March 13, Goddard City Building, 118 N. Main St.

March 19, Derby Public Library Community Room, 1600 Walnut Grove

March 25, Cheney Fire Department, 525 N. Main St.

March 26, Bel Aire City Building, 7651 E. Central Park

March 27, Oaklawn Community Center, 2937 E. Oaklawn Dr.

April 2, Kechi City Hall, 220 W. Kechi Road

April 4, Wilbur Middle School, 340 N. Tyler

April 10, Park City, City Hall, 1941 E. 61st North

April 11, Haysville Police Department, 200 W. Grand Ave.

Classes will begin at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Michael Brown is an intern in the KMUW News Lab.