http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/09/17/two-good-examples-of-govt-surveying-citizen-capabilitiespreparedness-before-disaster-strikes/ A Citizen’s Eye View of Public Preparedness Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:57:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/09/17/two-good-examples-of-govt-surveying-citizen-capabilitiespreparedness-before-disaster-strikes/comment-page-1/#comment-43736 William R. Cumming Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:05:25 +0000 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/?p=5171#comment-43736 The oldest, in the past best run, NGO that relied on Volunteers known as the ARC [American Red Cross] is now breaking down under the stresses of having to rely on a post-disaster contribution system. So any volunteers that need preparedness training and not just notification and call-up well again raise the same issues identified as causing the organizational collapse of the ARC. Money, money, money. It costs money to be prepared and volunteers are great but the real evidence is that there are limits to effectiveness of volunteers. Yet the more volunteers hoping there will be fewer victims as per dialectic of Craig Fugate, FEMA Adminstrator. Not everything worthwhile in life is FREE! The oldest, in the past best run, NGO that relied on Volunteers known as the ARC [American Red Cross] is now breaking down under the stresses of having to rely on a post-disaster contribution system. So any volunteers that need preparedness training and not just notification and call-up well again raise the same issues identified as causing the organizational collapse of the ARC. Money, money, money. It costs money to be prepared and volunteers are great but the real evidence is that there are limits to effectiveness of volunteers. Yet the more volunteers hoping there will be fewer victims as per dialectic of Craig Fugate, FEMA Adminstrator. Not everything worthwhile in life is FREE!

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