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A Citizen’s Eye View of Public Preparedness

Business Roundtable/Red Cross Employee Disaster Volunteer Workshop

April 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments

On Wednesday, I had the terrific opportunity to be the moderator at a very interesting and spirited workshop held at the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The workshop, “Training Your Employees to Volunteer During A Disaster” was sponsored by the Business Roundtable’s Partnership for Disaster Response along with the Red Cross.
The Partnership for Disaster [...]

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Tags: Preparedness and Business

New York City Faith-Based Preparedness Forum

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I attended an emergency preparedness forum yesterday for local religious leaders held at the Queens Museum. It was organized by the New York City Citizen Corps Council along with the American Red Cross of Greater New York, the NYC Office of Emergency Management and the NYC Department of Health. Approximately 75 people, representing many different denominations, listened to presentations and took [...]

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Tags: Faith-Based Preparedness

Interesting Survey on New Yorkers’ Emergency Preparedness

April 4th, 2008 · No Comments

While doing some research last week, I came upon a survey commissioned by New York City’s Office of Emergency Management regarding the level of citizen preparedness. I had seen the survey when it was released in September, 2007, but had not — as I should have — really looked closely at the results. It turns out that the poll [...]

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Tags: Public Opinion

Government Preparedness Websites

April 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

I have added a number of government preparedness websites to my Resources section.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
www.ready.gov

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov/disasters/

U.S. Centers for Disease Control
www.bt.cdc.gov/
New York City Office of Emergency Management 
www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/ready/ready.shtml

 
I think that there is a lot of good information on these official sites, and they are worth looking at for citizens interested in preparing for emergencies. [...]

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Tags: Government Web Sites