The hospital, Fire Department and Police Department have joined with the American Red Cross to provide free disaster preparedness training to 200 adults and 100 children in Los Banos.</p><p>Red Cross officials said they will provide the course in both English and Spanish, and would like to divide the 300 spots between the two languages.</p><p>Karen Chisum, a public support officer from the Red Cross' Central Valley Chapter, said registration for the course is required and will be on a first-come, first-served basis.</p><p>"We've created a family-friendly preparedness day, with entire families in mind," Chisum said.</p><p>Adults and teenagers, according to Chisum, will be trained in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, disaster preordains and first-aid training.</p><p>"We're not focusing on one particular disaster," Chisum said. "What we're focusing on is how to give families and members of the community everything that they would need to be prepared for a disaster."</p><p>The course will teach what to have in a disaster kit, what to do in a medical emergency, what to do for shelter during an emergency and many other scenarios.</p><p>Meanwhile, children will participate in a class called "When I'm in Charge."</p><p>"['When I'm in Charge'] provides basics in emergency preparedness, along with preparing them to stay home alone," Chisum said.</p><p>Chisum said children can expect to learn what to do in case of a fire, in case strangers are at the door, if strangers telephone and other skills for coping with being home alone.</p><p>Chisum said registration is important in order to have the correct number of Spanish and English texts.</p><p>Diane Hambley, marketing and communications coordinator for Memorial Hospital Los Banos, said the hospital is sponsoring the Red Cross training. She declined to state how much money the hospital contributed.</p><p>Hambley said the hospital got involved because its mission is to support the well-being of the community. She said, during disasters, people tend to congregate to hospitals, and that's not always the best course of action.</p><p>Chief Chet Guintini said the Los Banos Fire Department will be helping in fire safety training and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation training. He said the training is important and the more people who are trained in disaster preparedness, the better the community will fare in case of a disaster. </p><p>Guintini said some people want to be prepared, and will seek out preparedness training, like CPR. He said September's training will give others, who have not sought out the training, an opportunity to get important training.</p><p>The training is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 25 at Pacheco High School. The Red Cross will provide free child care for children 6 and younger. All participants will also be entered into a drawing.</p><p>Members of the community who want to participate in the training can register online at www.arccentralvalley.org, at the Los Banos City Fire Station, 333 Seventh St., or by calling (209) 383-2150 or (559) 455-1000.