- An insider’s list of preparedness resources worth sharing
- http://www.ready.gov/ – for easy to follow business and family preparedness plans, even how to “shelter in place”
- www.sba.gov – preparedness resources specifically for small companies
- National Organization on Disability – especially helpful for caregivers
- Humane Society – you treat them like family, you can protect them like family
- Administration for Children & Families & Department of Health & Human Services – access a “model designed to guide child- and youth- serving organizations.
- Operation Hope – financial counseling resources available to help individuals and families prepare for disasters and recover in the shortest possible time
- www.bt.cdc.gov/cdc – public health and emergency preparedness
- Use the power of communication to make being prepared a hot topic, part of everyday discussion, messaging that’s on milk cartons to Sunday sermons. Ask local media for public service announcements include it in community newsletters, billboards, t-shirts, – go “old school and high tech” communications.
- Partner, collaborate, innovate – repeat. Invite safety professionals to partner with Mom & Pops, give youth-groups a seat at the table, leverage large networks of associations to spread the word. Strong public/private collaborations can influence funding, public policy and make preparedness a greater priority.
- Prepare for tomorrow by bonding today. Create strong bonds of community trust with first responders which can ease tensions when events happen, keeps the lines of communication open, both sides have the tools and awareness to take appropriate action, side-by-side.
4 Phases of Emergency Management
