With the help of a $19,700 grant from the Adirondack Foundation and Waterwheel Foundation, Paul Smith’s College will purchase a trailer to serve as a mobile emergency operations center. The unit will be used for hands-on training for students in local communities before and after disasters.
For instance, in two weeks the college students will work with Saranac Lake high school students on first-aid training. In the future, the mobile center will help support those exercises.