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The Safe America Foundation will again be holding its “9/11 Drill Down For Safety” campaign on September 11th. The Foundation is hoping to more than double the 400,000 people from 127 cities/drill sites in 27 states who participated in last year’s inaugural effort.
The campaign will include a special focus on the importance of the use of [...]

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During 2010’s National Preparedness Month (NPM) this September, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) will be asking Americans to accept their responsibilities as part of the country’s emergency preparedness and response effort. It echoes a major theme of FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate’s tenure which marks its first anniversary today.
FEMA’s Ready Campaign held a NPM kickoff webinar [...]

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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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In a proclamation declaring September as National Preparedness Month (NPM), President Obama declares that preparedness is “a top priority” of his Administration and emphasizes a “more resilient nation” as “our goal”. The statement begins:
“Preparedness is an essential element of a resilient and secure Nation. My Administration has made preparedness a top priority, and we are [...]

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With the launch of National Preparedness Month (NPM) today, below is a video featuring Becky Marquis, the Acting Director of Ready.Gov. as part the blog’s “What Should We Tell The Public?” series.
In the video, shot at FEMA headquarters, Marquis says National Preparedness Month is the “perfect time to think about preparedness”, and she outlines some steps every American [...]

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With “National Preparedness Month” (NPM) a little more than a week away, the H1N1 flu could make September a real-life ‘teaching moment’ on the importance of emergency preparedness, according to Ready.Gov’s acting director Becky Marquis. I spoke to Marquis at FEMA headquarters on Thursday to preview some of Ready’s plans for the Month.
The NPM’s kickoff [...]

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Ready campaign is currently recruiting coalition members for “National Preparedness Month” (NPM) in September. Below is an email I just received from the Ready office:
September is National Preparedness Month (NPM) and 436 organizations have already registered as Coalition Members! If you have not yet signed up to be a 2009 [...]

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At a webinar promoting September’s National Preparedness Month activities, officials from The Advertising Council and the U.S. Homeland Security Department’s Ready.Gov program said that their most recent tracking polls indicate that citizen emergency preparedness is “leveling off”. (The webinar took place earlier this month before Swine Flu was diagnosed in the U.S.) Some of the results that underlie the [...]

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With the fifth-annual National Preparedness Month now over, I wanted to point out an encouraging statistic regarding corporate and non-profit interest in citizen preparedness both on a national and community level. 
The Department of Homeland Security’s public preparedness efforts have received a good deal of criticism over the past few years. And, in fact, no one has [...]

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National Preparedness Month is now over, but you can make a last minute preparedness ‘commitment’ through the American Red Cross’ Pledge To Prepare checkoff here.
Among the possible pledges:
I will start gathering the supplies I need for my emergency preparedness kit.
I will make copies of important information for my emergency preparedness kit (insurance papers, proof of home ownership, lease, [...]

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