March 8, 2010

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Spanish 4 Emergencies hopes to save lives with new Spanish language training courses for law enforcement

(Anderson, IN) – Spanish 4 Emergencies, a company dedicated to improving communication between Spanish-speaking residents and public safety professionals, has made another giant leap for the law enforcement community with their release of a new line of certificate courses. The Tactiguistics line of certificate courses was designed to take a complete Spanish beginner and equip them with the ability to communicate effectively with a Spanish-speaking individual in several law enforcement situations.

The Basic Spanish Certificate Course and the Law Enforcement Spanish Certificate Course are currently available with several more courses already in the works, including courses for emergency dispatchers and firefighters. The Basic Spanish Certificate Course is available for $75.00 and the Law Enforcement Certificate Course is available for $125.00. A combo package is available that includes both courses and is only $175.00.

Each course package includes a professionally printed course manual that can be kept as a reference book after the course has been completed, and a final certificate exam. Upon completion of the final certificate exam, it is submitted back to Spanish 4 Emergencies for grading. If a passing grade is achieved (75% or higher), an official Certificate of Course Completion with the student's name on it, signed by Spanish 4 Emergencies president Brady Lewis, will be sent back to the student.

The growing Hispanic population is being dangerously underserved due to the inability of many public safety professionals to communicate effectively with them. This lack of communication puts everyone at risk.

“We took a vast amount of desperately needed training information, put it together in a nice course manual, and are offering it in hopes that departments realize how important this is,” says Spanish 4 Emergencies founder Brady Lewis. He continues, “Learning Spanish for emergency workers is not an option, it’s an absolute necessity these days. Many lives do and will continue to depend on it.”

Spanish 4 Emergencies was founded in 2002 by Brady Lewis, now 28, a 5-year reserve police officer and 7-year emergency dispatcher. Lewis vows to continue developing new products to help break down the communication barriers. The company plans to develop more certificate courses and is in talks to develop training seminars.

Spanish 4 Emergencies also has several practical products already in its catalog. They offer CPR Cards to assist in giving CPR instructions in Spanish ($5.99), Miranda Rights Cards in Spanish ($5.99), and DUI Cards to aid in conducting sobriety tests in Spanish ($5.99). These join their other popular products including Quick Reference Cards ($12.99), Hospital Helper Sheets ($9.99), and Traffic Accident Cards ($5.99). All products are available on the Spanish 4 Emergencies website at http://www.spanish4emergencies.com . Also included on the website is a free language training center for law enforcement, fire/EMS and emergency dispatchers.

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Local Press Release - March 5th, 2007

Local Dispatcher Breaks Communication Barriers and Sparks National Buzz

(Anderson, IN) - An Indiana resident is garnering national attention for helping police and fire personnel across the country break down language barriers that have become so prevalent in the past decade. Spanish 4 Emergencies, founded in 2002, is a small company that has developed several products to aid police officers, firefighters, EMS personnel and emergency dispatchers in communicating safely and effectively with Spanish-speaking individuals.

The company has recently released the Spanish 4 Emergencies Training Center, which can be found on their website at http://www.Spanish4Emergencies.com. The Training Center contains a complete Basic Spanish section, which teaches grammar, the alphabet, sentence structure and much more. After learning the ins and outs of the language users can continue on to sections designed specifically for law enforcement, fire and EMS, and emergency dispatchers. Each of these sections contains thousands of pertinent terms, phrases and questions tailored to each area of work. The training center is completely online, completely free and available to anyone with a computer.

The Spanish 4 Emergencies Training Center is just the latest tool developed by the company. They also offer products for emergency workers to use while on duty. These include Quick Reference Cards, Picture Books, Sobriety Tests Cards, Miranda Rights Cards, CPR Cards and many more. All are designed for English-speaking workers to easily and effectively communicate with Spanish-speaking residents. Products range in price from $5.99 to $16.99 and are all available through the company’s website.

Spanish 4 Emergencies was founded in 2002 by Brady Lewis, a 25-year old Anderson resident. Lewis spent four years as a reserve police officer with the Edgewood Police Department and is currently in his third year as an emergency dispatcher with the City of Anderson. In the past six months the company has started to gain national attention, landing on the front page of two very popular police and fire websites. Spanish 4 Emergencies has received praises from first responders all across the country for taking steps to alleviate the communication problems faced by America’s emergency personnel.

“The Hispanic population is growing at a very fast rate in America. Emergency personnel must be able to communicate with Spanish-speaking residents in order to insure the safety of everybody involved,” says company founder Lewis. He vows that Spanish 4 Emergencies will continue to develop new products and lead the fight to break through the communication barriers.

Speaking the Language of Safety

Emergency personnel find it increasingly necessary to communicate in the Spanish language

ANDERSON, IN – July 23rd, 2006 – In a life and death situation, are you prepared to deal with the fastest growing segment of the American population? New company Spanish 4 Emergencies has arrived on the scene to save the day!

Spanish 4 Emergencies is a company dedicated to providing new on-duty tools and teaching/learning products to help police, fire/EMS, dispatchers and other emergency personnel effectively communicate with the Spanish speaking American population.

The US Census Bureau advises that there are approximately 40 million people of Hispanic origin currently living in the United States. This number is expected to balloon to 102.6 million by 2050. At that time Hispanics will constitute 24% of the nation’s total population. People of Hispanic origin are already the largest ethnic minority in the United States, currently making up 13.7% of the total American population.

“All officers will soon be, or more likely already are, dealing with Spanish speaking subjects on a regular basis in the line of duty. It is an enormous safety issue to not properly prepare yourself for these situations,” says Spanish 4 Emergencies founder Brady Lewis.

Having a background in computers, Lewis started out by putting together a CD-Rom to introduce important terms and phrases for emergency workers, along with a detailed basic Spanish section to teach the ins and outs of the language. Since then Spanish 4 Emergencies has increased its catalog to include Quick Reference Card Books and Picture Books for on-duty incidents. All of the products were designed to not require any prior knowledge of the Spanish language, but are also great tools for someone who does know Spanish.

The Spanish 4 Emergencies CD-Rom Full Version, which includes the Basic Spanish, Law Enforcement, Fire, Paramedics and Dispatch sections carries a small price tag of $35.99. Also available is a Police Version, as well as a Fire/EMS Version CD-Rom which are $24.99 each.

The Quick Reference Card Books are compact and perfect for on the spot Spanish. They are comprised of six pages, approximately the size of business cards, and contain pertinent terms and phrases dealing with on-duty incidents. These books are weatherproof and comfortably fit in a uniform shirt pocket. The Quick Reference Card Books require a small investment of $12.99 each, and are available for Police, Fire/EMS and Dispatch.

The Spanish 4 Emergencies Picture Book was developed with a simple principle in mind: almost everyone understands and can point to pictures. The Picture Book is made up of 5 different categories, with several types of images for each one (i.e. the Weapons page has pictures of a pistol, a shotgun, a knife, etc). This allows personnel to communicate visually with someone when verbal communication is not an option. The Picture Book is available for only $16.99.

Brady Lewis, 24, is a 4-year reserve police officer and a 3-year emergency dispatcher in his hometown of Anderson, Indiana. “I decided I needed to learn some emergency Spanish for my own safety, as well as the safety of the subjects with whom I was coming into contact,” Lewis says. Upon searching for information and products aimed at emergency personnel, Lewis was surprised to find very little that proved to be helpful. Determined that this was a substantial problem that needed to be addressed, Lewis decided to address the problem on his own. He has since employed his wife Angel to help him in starting Spanish 4 Emergencies.