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DHS and FEMA
Updates
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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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National PrepareAthon! Day is September 30
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Tomorrow is National PrepareAthon! Day.
Millions of Americans will take action in support of the America's PrepareAthon! campaign which helps individuals, families, and communities prepare for natural disasters like earthquakes , floods , hurricanes , tornadoes , wildfires , and winter storms . The campaign also prepares communities for active shooter incidents.
Everyone is encouraged to participate including businesses, faith-based organizations, and schools. Download customizable logos, checklists, surveys, and certificates of completion to show your support. You can also use the hazard-specific How to Prepare guides, Playbooks, and other resources to maximize your events.
Remember, when you complete an activity, please add it to the America's PrepareAthon! website. You can also share pictures of your PrepareAthon! activities and events with us using #PrepareAthon on Twitter and Facebook.
Happy National PrepareAthon! Day! |
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Join the #DisasterSimWY Facebook Live Broadcast
Join Prepare Wyoming and its partners on Facebook for a live broadcast tomorrow at 2 PM MT/ 4 PM ET . The broadcast will share the value of taking action around preparedness and feature a disaster simulation. Partners will offer preparedness tips that are easy to replicate and practice at home, leveraging the 10 Ways to Participate in America's PrepareAthon! . Partner agencies will also answer viewer questions asked during the broadcast. Viewers can access the broadcast on the America's PrepareAthon! Facebook page.
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America's PrepareAthon! Highlights
Many communities have held preparedness events and activities throughout the years in support of America's PrepareAthon! If you need ideas for organizing a community-wide event or activity, check out the “News” page on the America's PrepareAthon! website for stories from houses of worship, community organizations, and businesses that took specific actions to prepare for disasters.
For example, The Potter's House , a megachurch near Dallas, TX held a tabletop exercise to prepare thousands of members for a tornado. Participants used the America's PrepareAthon! Tornado Playbook to guide the exercise and ensure everyone knew how to respond if a tornado struck near the church.
And in New Jersey, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Center of Essex and Hudson Counties , a program of Jewish Family Service of MetroWest, NJ collaborated with the United Way of Hudson County and the Secaucus Senior Center to assemble 200 disaster kits for local homebound seniors to use in the event of future emergencies. RSVP hosted this event in support of America's PrepareAthon!
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Coming Soon: Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills
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Earthquakes may happen where we work, live, or travel. Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills are an opportunity for everyone, everywhere, to practice earthquake safety and other aspects of emergency plans. The goal of ShakeOut is to prevent earthquakes from becoming major catastrophes, by encouraging the whole community to take preparedness actions together. That's why ShakeOut is a major partner of America's PrepareAthon!
The 2016 International ShakeOut day is October 20, when millions of people worldwide will hold earthquake drills in schools, organizations, communities, and households. Hold your ShakeOut drill on 10/20 or any other day of the year.
Visit ShakeOut.org to register your participation, find resources, and learn more. Then invite friends, family, and colleagues to participate in #ShakeOut too! |
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Dates for Your Calendar
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Disclaimer: The reader recognizes that the federal government provides links and informational data on various disaster preparedness resources and events and does not endorse any non-federal events, entities, organizations, services or products. Please let us know about other events and services for individual and community preparedness that could be included in future newsletters by contacting: citizencorps@dhs.gov
About FEMA
FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
Follow FEMA online at www.fema.gov/blog, www.twitter.com/fema, www.facebook.com/fema, and www.youtube.com/fema. Also, follow Administrator Craig Fugate's activities at www.twitter.com/craigatfema.
The social media links provided are for reference only. FEMA does not endorse any non-government websites, companies or applications. |
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