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Yesterday, DHS Secretary Napolitano visited two pillars of the ‘new’ New York City-based national television establishment — she first appeared on “The View” and then was a guest on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart”.
It was part of the Secretary’s effort to engage a broader audience, particularly as part of the H1N1 flu public information [...]

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In a speech concluding National Preparedness Month, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano urged Americans — when they are in their workplaces and social organizations — to ask a simple question:
“…we’re asking you to raise your hand and ask whenever you are in one of those groups, ‘What’s our plan? You know, the next time your group [...]

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Michael Coston at the Avian Flu Diary had another helpful post today in which he highlighted a good citizen H1N1 prevention idea from Seattle’s Carol Dunn (also a terrific preparedness resource).
She suggests that when it comes to the flu every American should make this commitment: “If you get sick, pledge to yourself: ‘This germ stops [...]

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In a recent post ‘An Appropriate Level Of Concern’ on his very helpful blog Avian Flu Diary (AFD), Michael Coston, asks and answers a key question a lot of people have about the H1N1 flu:
“Just how concerned should the average (insert your nationality here, AFD gets visitors from more than 100 countries) be about this [...]

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This edition of the “What Should We Tell The Public?” video series features Lt. Erica Arteseros, the coordinator of the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) in San Francisco, the city’s equivalent of CERT.
In the video, Arteseros encourages citizens to consider volunteering for NERT or CERT because “getting involved is one of the most empowering things [...]

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As September’s National Preparedness Month activities end, we move directly to National Cyber Security Month in October. It’s an appropriate transition. With cyber threats increasingly a central part of the nation’s homeland security portfolio the special months have some things  in common, particularly when it comes to the public. In fact, it may be time to consider integrating [...]

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In recent posts, I have highlighted a couple of major California preparedness events occurring in mid-October — “The Great California Shakeout” and “The Great Rumble”. I wanted to mention another one, the “Ojai OK Drill,” which takes place next week.
Organized by the Ojai Valley CERT, the “OK Drill” aims to improve the community’s emergency readiness. [...]

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I had the great pleasure to be a guest on the latest episode of the “Ready Radio” show co-hosted by Robin Parker and Lise Harwin. Parker and Harwin are the impresarios (or as they might say it, imprep-e-sarios) behind the terrific Cross Blog of the Oregon Trail Red Cross.
In the segment, we discuss how I got [...]

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In Denver yesterday, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano helped unveil a new video, “Recognizing 8 Signs of Terrorism” narrated by former NFL star quarterback John Elway to help citizens identify signs of terrorist activity.
The 8-minute video can be seen below or found online at www.thecell.org.

“RECOGNIZING 8 SIGNS OF TERRORISM” VIDEO (ABOVE)
Napolitano has spoken often about using the public as [...]

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With the start of H1N1 vaccine distribution yesterday, there were a number of useful articles (and one webinar) I thought I would post and excerpt:
* “Swine Flu Reaches An Anxious Nation” – (New York Times)
“The fear of swine flu is being compounded by new worries, this time among primary care doctors who say that they [...]

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