Entries Tagged as 'Government Education Programs'
September 16th, 2010 · No Comments
FEMA and the Ad Council today are releasing a new series of bilingual PSAs aimed at encouraging Americans to prepare for emergencies. The Spanish PSA’s direct viewers to Listo.Gov, the Spanish version of Ready.gov and the English to Ready.
One of the FEMA/Ad Council Listo.Gov Spanish PSAs.
One of the FEMA/Ad Council Ready.Gov English PSAs.
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September 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments
As the U.S. marks the ninth anniversary of 9/11, I wanted to post some ideas that I think would help raise citizen preparedness and engagement. The recommendations come from discussions that I have had with people involved in all aspects of the issue, my own experiences as a parent and CERT member in New York [...]
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I had the opportunity to attend Thursday’s U.S. H1N1 Flu Preparedness Summit held at the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The all-day event was organized by the Obama Administration to focus attention on preparation for and response to a possible more serious H1N1 outbreak in the Fall. Five hundred [...]
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It’s “NYC Quits Day” here in New York. The day is part of a major anti-smoking effort, which has been a major priority of Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
And why am I mentioning this in a citizen preparedness blog? Because I believe that there are a couple key financial and publicity elements in the City’s anti-smoking initiative that I think are instructive for developing effective campaigns for public emergency preparedness. [...]
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