CRANBERRY TWP — The same day as the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, operators of hotels, meeting spaces and campgrounds in the county were learning how to identify terror risks and what to do about them.

The seminar was put on by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and municipal law enforcement.

At the Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau meeting Thursday, Jack Cohen, bureau president, said the hospitality industry should meet with emergency services every year.

“What they brought across, I wish more of our hotels would have come and more of our members would have paid attention and come to this event,” he said. “This was probably the best eye-opening experiences I have seen in the realm of the way the world is today.”

The concerns from Homeland Security were across the board — cyber security, child trafficking and shootings.

“They want us to be aware of it and pay attention to the people who walk through the front door and look for those things,” Cohen said.

Stephen Catt, a member of the tourism board, said any business with at least 10 employees needs an emergency action plan.

Catt, executive director of work force development at Butler County Community College, said the school offers businesses the use of the school’s Advanced Disaster Management Simulator to show how to react to a fire, bomb, active shooter or a biological contamination.

“We can have you and your staff and your first responders that you would work with come in and simulate that,” Catt said. “We can help you with those emergency action plans, so your business is set and ready to deal with these kinds of things.”