TRANSCRIPT: Texas - DAWG HAUS - Build Stronger/Build Safer DATE: March 5, 2009 LENGTH: 3 minutes, 13 seconds PARTICIPANTS: Don Jacks, FEMA Dr. Morcese Beaseley, Port Arthur Deputy Superintendent of Schools Matthew Thompkins, Building Trades Instructor at Stillwell Technical School Dr. Johnny Brown, Port Arthur Superintendent of Schools Elizabeth Mitchell, Student Adrian Green, Student ABBREVIATIONS: [U/I] = Unintelligible [PH] = Phonetic Spelling Speaker Transcription Don Jacks: A recent morning at the Port Arthur, Texas Stillwell Technical School and a few words from PA Deputy Supt. Morcese Beaseley. Morcese Beasely: [Applause]���. [U/I] see our students connect with what they are learning in their real lives. We happen to live in a hurricane prone area and all of us understand the value of having structures that are well built. And we appreciate FEMA. And I do believe that this is where learning meets the road. So I would just say, ���build some dog houses; is that ok? applause���. Don Jacks: And the charge from Dr. Beaseley: build some dog ���but not the canine variety. This Dawg Haus is spelled D-A-W-G H-A-U-S ��� a FEMA mitigation community education project. Matthew Thompkins Hello, I���m Matthew Thompkins [PH] I���m the building trades instructor here at Stillwell. We are real excited today. We have FEMA, and members of the community & Sutherland here, donating the supplies to build what they call a DAWG HAUS--a model that has been built to code that FEMA and the county has requested for people to build a house. We are going to build a model that can be put in a store, displayed throughout the community to show people this is how you should be building in this county. Don Jacks: Disaster Avoidance With Good Home Attenuating Unionization Systems���. A 6 feet by 8 feet by 7 feet high wooden structure that teaches tech school students how to build safer and stronger houses ��� houses to withstand hurricane force winds. Dawg Haus materials are supplied by local home improvement stores���in this case, Sutherlands Lumber Company. Port Arthur Superintendant of Schools���Dr. Johnny Brown. Dr. Johnny Brown: This kind of reach out is a kind of model for us all, in terms of sharing of ideas and resources. We applaud FEMA, we applaud Sutherlands. And we certainly are thankful for our teachers and parents and others who have come together���and our principal���for coming together in providing students with an opportunity to literally build a house similar to the kind of house you build in your community except just smaller. Don Jacks: Students Elizabeth Mitchell and Adrian Green were ready to start building their school���s Dawg Haus������������.. Elizabeth Mitchell [PH]: I felt like this is a very constructive way for us to build a home for other people who are needed and for those who are living here at the moment. Adrian Green [PH]: When he first said, ���Are ya���ll ready to build a dawg haus?���---what project? it kinda surprised us. It���s like a FEMA dawg haus. I said, ���OK��� He told us what kind of structures we would be using, then he showed us the plans. I looked at it in a lot more detail. Don Jacks: The Dawg Haus is an unusual acronym, but a catchy way to turn lumber and nails and building skills into life-saving build-stronger and build safer messages we hope the students will take home���and when they become homeowners, we hope they will remember���disaster avoidance with good home attenuating unionization systems���.and that spells Dawg Haus. For FEMA Web Radio���.I���m Don Jacks.