During hurricane season and National Preparedness Month, state and local emergency management offices in communities around the U.S. will often work with private businesses to promote public readiness. Typical is North Carolina County Emergency Management Services hurricane project with the United Way in which:
Stores across the area are hosting a Hurricane Preparedness and Awareness event throughout the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Preparedness Incentives'
It’s Time To Get Business Far More Into Citizen Preparedness: A Win-Win-Win-Win Plan To Raise Public Readiness Using Incentives, Product Marketing Techniques
September 27th, 2010 · 10 Comments
Tags: Business Preparedness · Preparedness Advertising · Preparedness Events · Preparedness Ideas · Preparedness Incentives · Preparedness and Business · Red Cross
Get Some Inexpensive Culture (& Prepare Your Family For An Emergency At Same Time) — NYC Offering Museum Discounts If You Fill Out A Family Communications Plan
September 15th, 2010 · No Comments
I’m always on the lookout for clever preparedness ideas and have found one in my own backyard.
New York City’s Office of Emergency Management (NYC-OEM) has organized an interesting partnership with several museums. Any New Yorkers who visit the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, the Museum of Art and Design, or the FDNY Fire Zone [...]
Tags: Preparedness Ideas · Preparedness Incentives
As Nation Marks 9/11 Anniversary, 20 Ideas To Improve Citizen Preparedness & Engagement
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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Tax-Free Preparedness Supplies Bill, Suggested By The Blog, Under Consideration By NY State Legislature To Mark 9/11, Katrina Anniversaries — Why Aren’t Other States Considering It?
September 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment
A bill which would create a ‘tax holiday’ for preparedness supplies including “Go-Bagsâ€, which was suggested by this blog, is now under consideration by the New York State Legislature. I would like readers around the U.S. to consider asking their elected officials about introducing similar legislation in their states.
Under the New York bill, citizens would be able [...]
Tags: City Preparedness · Preparedness Ideas · Preparedness Incentives
Letters From My Landlord On Window Guards, Fire Safety Plan Underscore Value Of Compulsory Social Behavior ‘Reminders’
June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments
I recently received two letters from my landlord, which have reminded me that if you want to accomplish social goals there is nothing like having the law as an incentive.
The first letter was a “second notice” that I had “failed to return the Annual Window Guard Notice form previously sent you…failure to complete and return [...]
Tags: Fire Safety · Preparedness Incentives
Try Ready Georgia’s New Online Family Preparedness Planning Tool & (Maybe) Win One Of 200 NOAA Weather Radios
June 11th, 2010 · No Comments
On the subject of preparedness ‘carrots’, the Georgia Emergency Management Agency’s Ready Georgia campaign is working with the private sector to provide a free or discounted NOAA Weather Radio for residents who use its new online family preparedness planning tool.
According to the agency’s press release:
…Through July 19, Georgians who visit ready.ga.gov and sign up to [...]
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VA Red Cross Emergency Kit, NYC Bike Helmet Giveaways Underscore Role Of ‘Carrots’ To Increase Citizen Preparedness
June 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments
I wanted to mention two events from this past weekend, which I think offer a lesson for citizen preparedness:  The first was a family preparedness event held by the American Red Cross at Fort Belvoir just outside Washington in which free readiness kits and other emergency supplies were distributed to 1100 military families. At the other [...]
Tags: Preparedness Events · Preparedness Ideas · Preparedness Incentives · Red Cross
Louisiana Tax Free Preparedness Supplies Weekend Begins Tomorrow Joining Virginia; Why Don’t Other States, Feds Follow Suit?
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Louisiana’s Hurricane Preparedness Tax Holiday begins tomorrow. During the weekend, state residents can purchase preparedness-related products without paying sales tax. Virginia’s preparedness tax free week also wraps up on Sunday.
As these holidays are viewed as successful by Louisiana and Virginia, I do not understand why other states do not adopt the idea (and that the [...]
Tags: Preparedness Incentives
Success Of New York City Nicotine Patch/Gum Giveaway Program Underscores Role Of Incentives To Change Social Behavior On Smoking (& Preparedness)
May 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments
New York City’s Nicotine Patch and Gum Giveaway Program enrolled more than 40,000 smokers in 2010, nearly one and a half times more than last year’s enrollment of 28,000 smokers (and the most successful giveaway since the program’s inception in 2003), the City’s Health Department reported today.
As was discussed in the previous post, incentives can be [...]
Tags: Preparedness Incentives
Virginia’s Top Preparedness Advisor Says 3rd Annual Tax Free Supplies Holiday Starting Today Has Been ‘Win-Win-Win’ Success For Govt./Business/Public — Question Is What’s Keeping Other States, Feds From Trying Similar Incentives?
May 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments
With Virginia’s third-annual tax-free preparedness supplies holiday week starting today, the Governor’s top preparedness adviser told me in an interview that the idea has been a win-win-win’ success increasing focus on disaster readiness among the public, business and the media. ”The holiday gets people’s attention, says Terrie Suit, assistant to Governor Bob McDonnell for Commonwealth Preparedness, “before [...]
Tags: Hurricane Preparedness · Preparedness Incentives · State Preparedness