State legislator signs up to help save lives

April 25, 2008

For immediate release

Normandy Park - This week, the City of Normandy Park hosted its first ever Emergency Preparedness Fair where more than 200 residents learned how to keep their families and community safe.

Rep. Shay Schual-Berke joined in the festivities and signed up to become a volunteer emergency worker. Volunteers help local officials respond to disasters in numerous ways and help ensure that communities can count on swift action during emergencies.

In 2007, Rep. Schual-Berke sponsored legislation that would expand certain "Good Samaritan" protections to volunteer emergency workers. People interested in signing up for Washington’s Volunteer Emergency Worker Program should contact their county’s emergency services department for information. King County residents can go here for an application.

Rep. Schual-Berke displaying her newly-signed volunteer emergency worker card with police chief Rick Kieffer.

(In front of the King County Air Search and Rescue Helicopter) Emergency workers come in all shapes and sizes – some even have four feet!