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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Ready campaign is currently recruiting coalition members for “National Preparedness Month” (NPM) in September. Below is an email I just received from the Ready office:

September is National Preparedness Month (NPM) and 436 organizations have already registered as Coalition Members! If you have not yet signed up to be a 2009 Coalition Member, visit http://ready.adcouncil.org/ to register. Becoming a Coalition Member means you pledge to promote emergency preparedness during the month of September. This can be done either by providing information, hosting events and/or sponsoring activities for your customers, members, employees, stakeholders, and communities. Please remember, even if you were a Coalition Member last year, you still need to re-register this year if you intend to participate.

 

National Preparedness Month Coalition membership is open to all public and private sector organizations for free. Once you register you will receive access to the NPM Web site where you can find a toolkit full of templates, resources, and tips to assist you with promoting emergency preparedness.

 

As we mentioned during the Webinar, Ready brochures are limited. So, for those of you who are interested in obtaining more than the maximum order quantity of brochures, we encourage you to use our two-page printer-friendly versions that may be printed out and duplicated as needed. You can download these at http://www.ready.gov/america/publications/allpubs.html. These two-page versions are perfect for distributing to your employees, colleagues, members, or stakeholders to help spread the preparedness message. We are looking forward to a successful NPM this year! As always, if you have any questions or need assistance, please write us at npm@dhs.gov.

As I wrote about recently, this year’s National Preparedness Month comes as the Ad Council has found that citizen preparedness is “leveling off”. Though the H1N1 outbreak has definitely raised the profile of the emergency readiness issue.