Olathe Emergency Management is sponsoring a Damage Assessment class for Olathe CERT and ECS members on Wednesday June 30th at Olathe Fire Admin, 1225 S. Hamilton Circle starting at 6 PM.  The class should be over by 10 PM. 

The class will be composed of two parts:

(1) a presentation on the EF Scale and how National Weather Service (NWS) does damage assessments after storm damage is reported. This portion will be taught by Andy Bailey, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, from the NWS Office in Pleasant Hill, Mo. and

(2) a presentation on how to do Rapid Assessment of damages that will assist local government in sizing up the scope of a disaster.  If you are interested and able to attend please register via email at  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or call 971-7943. 

Thanks for all you do for our communities!!! Stay Safe!!!