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| This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners. |
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DHS -FEMA Updates
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Preparing Your Business and Employees for a Disaster or Emergency Event
Did you know up to 40 percent of small businesses affected by a disaster never re-open? How prepared is your business? FEMA and its partners have many resources to help you prepare in the workplace including webinars and other online tools:
Upcoming Webinars hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration:
Archived Webinars from FEMA's Community Preparedness Webinar Series:
FEMA Disaster Resources:
Check out these resources to make sure you're on the right track with preparing your workplace for emergency events!
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Bringing CERT to Your Workplace
Whether you are a business owner, a manager or an employee, disaster preparedness is critical to your bottom-line and to the welfare of your fellow employees. One of the best ways to ensure your business or organization is prepared for any emergency event is to introduce FEMA's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program to your workplace . During the initial hours following a disaster, emergency personnel may be overloaded and unable to reach your office or business. CERT training provides you and members of your organization the decision-making and physical skills to offer immediate assistance to colleagues and associates in an efficient and effective manner without placing yourself in unnecessary danger.
To learn more about CERT training in the workplace, visit our 2011 Individual and Community Preparedness Award winner for Outstanding CERT Initiatives : NBC Universal CERT. The NBC Universal CERT program consists of 250 employee volunteers who have completed the standard CERT training. Led by one full-time Emergency Manager and a group of volunteers who act as a CERT advisory council, the NBC Universal CERT has developed a staging and accountability system for its members, created a Rapid Intervention Team, conducted numerous preparedness fairs and assisted in important drills and exercises.
Locate your local CERT Program and get started today!
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Workplace Disaster Preparedness Tools and Resources
Looking for other team building exercises for your office? FEMA and its partners offer many tools and resources to strengthen your preparedness, awareness and resilience in the workplace such as:
IS – 909 – Community Preparedness: Implementing Simple Activities for Everyone . This online course helps organizations conduct simple preparedness activities to educate individuals about creating a no-cost or low-cost disaster kit, planning for and practicing an evacuation, staying safe when evacuation is not an option, preparing for power outages and developing a communications plan.
Additional resources include:
- FEMA's Ready.gov website provides a multi-faceted preparedness program specifically for businesses to mitigate against disruption in operations, as well as to protect their most valuable assets, their employees. It's five step program includes details on: Program management, Planning, Implementation, Testing, and Exercises
Program Improvement
- Prepares My Business is a comprehensive program for disaster planning and preparedness for small businesses. Provides education, planning, testing, and disaster assistance tools to help ensure your business remains open and recovers faster following a disaster.
- Ready Rating provides businesses with a vulnerability assessment and the tools to develop and implement a preparedness plan.
- FEMA's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program teaches employees about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills.
And don't forget to sign your organization up for the October 18 Great ShakeOut earthquake drill. Register your organization today to participate!
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FEMA Fire Management Assistance Declarations Update
- Karney Fire
Fire Management Assistance Declaration number 5019 on Sep 18, 2012
FEMA Fire Management Assistance Declarations Update
- Washington Table Mountain Fire
Fire Management Assistance Declaration number 5020 on Sep 20, 2012
FEMA Major Disaster Declarations Update
- Alabama Hurricane Isaac
Major Disaster Declaration number 4082 on Sep 21, 2012
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