During National Preparedness Month, the blog will be highlighting interesting, innovative and fun readiness events and ideas that are going on around the nation. One of those is the “30 Days, 30 Ways” Contest created by Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA) in Vancouver, Washington. According to its website:
Each day in September, CRESA is going to [...]
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Play “30 Days, 30 Ways” — An Informative, Fun Contest From Clark County (Washington) — Throughout National Preparedness Month
September 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments
Tags: City Preparedness · Preparedness Ideas
LAFD’s Brian Humphrey, Emergency 2.0 Pioneer, Urges Responder Agencies In Video “To Get In The [Social Media] Pool” — “If It Works In LA, It Can Work In Your Town Too”
August 27th, 2010 · 5 Comments
A major highlight of the Red Cross Emergency Data Summit earlier this month for me was meeting in person someone I have known — and have learned from — remotely for the last several years, Brian Humphrey from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). Brian has been a pioneer in the use of personal technology [...]
Tags: City Preparedness · Preparedness 2.0 · Preparedness Models
On 9/11, Palo Alto Will Become “Quakeville” For Extensive Disaster Drill Involving Public
August 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment
Readers of this blog know how excited I get about creative, well-planned emergency exerrcise that involve the public. So, I wanted to bring your attention to “Quakeville,” an two-day earthquake drill in Palo Alto, California that begins on September 11th. As described in an article at Palo Alto Online:
The ground is shaking violently. Family heirlooms [...]
Tags: City Preparedness · Earthquake Preparedness · Preparedness Events
Empire State Building Will Be Lit In “READY New York Yellow” To Kickoff National Preparedness Month
August 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment
You know you’ve made it in New York City when the Empire State Building’s lights promote your cause. So, maybe preparedness is catching on in the Big Apple.
The City of New York’s Office of Emergency Management must be thrilled that the Empire State Building will be lit up in “READY New York Yellow” on the [...]
Tags: City Preparedness · Preparedness Events · Preparedness Ideas
‘Seeing Something & Saying Something’ Friday Night On Amtrak: National Anti-Terror Tips Program Asking Public For Help Begins Rollout On The Rails With New Posters
August 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments
On the Amtrak train back to New York City Friday night from Washington, I saw something and said something — but this tip was good news.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has just begun rolling out a national “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign, and I saw its new advertising posters in many of [...]
Tags: City Preparedness · County Preparedness · Department of Homeland Security · See Something/Terrorism Tips · State Preparedness · Transportation Preparedness
In Reporting Recent Incident, Los Angeles Fire Department Adds A Human Touch To Its Pioneering Emergency Response Alerts
August 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment
I was doing some research on separate blog posts for next week on the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) and the need for government to better personalize citizen emergency preparedness communications. I happened to see a small example that actually involves both subjects and thought I’d pass it on.
As I’ve discussed before, the LAFD is [...]
Tags: City Preparedness · Emergency Alerts
It’s Time To Better Define What “Ready” Means For Public — To Help Do So, FEMA/State/Local Officials Should Hold Series Of Forums To Solicit Citizen Input, Answer Questions On Preparedness
July 26th, 2010 · 7 Comments
On its Facebook page, the very active Medical Reserve Corps of Greater Kansas City posted some photos of a day-long class it held Saturday using FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute’s Independent Study curriculum, “IS-22: Are You Ready? An In-Depth Guide To Citizen Preparedness”.
The Facebook post piqued my curiosity about the FEMA course whose introductory Overview explains:
“has been [...]
Tags: City Preparedness · Education · Federal Emergency Management Administration · Preparedness Events · Preparedness Resources
“Evacuteers” Volunteering To Assist In New Orleans’ Future Emergency Evacuations
June 1st, 2010 · No Comments
Thanks to Sara Estes Cohen’s Twitter feed I found out about a new group in New Orleans, Evacuteer.org, that is recruiting volunteers to help in the event of an emergency evacuation of the city (an eventuality whose chances increased today with the announcement by Mayor Mitch Landrieu that he might order a full evacuation before [...]
Tags: City Preparedness · Volunteer Opportunities · Volunteering
EPA Expands Public Participation On Hazardous Waste Cleanup With “Community Engagement Initiative”
May 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an initiative to help communities more effectively participate in government decisions related to land cleanup, emergency preparedness and response, and the management of hazardous substances and waste. According to the press release:
The Community Engagement Initiative (CEI) plan lays out specific steps EPA is taking to provide communities [...]
Tags: City Preparedness
Social Media Increasingly Part Of Local Government/Media Hurricane Preparedness Efforts
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments
SunSentinel.com in South Florida has an article, “Social Media Likely To Play Role During Hurricane Season,” which describes how local government and media are increasingly using the new information distribution platform in their disaster preparedness plans:
Before a storm hits, the Internet-driven sites will allow people to monitor a tropical system’s progress, receive evacuation orders and [...]
Tags: City Preparedness · Hurricane Preparedness · Media · Preparedness 2.0