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Are you prepared? National PrepareAthon! Day
is finally here and now is your time to take action! The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) is encouraging individuals, families, workplaces,
schools, and organizations across the nation to take part in National
PrepareAthon! Day on September 30, 2015. Extreme weather is occurring more
often across the United States, which is increasing the costs of natural
disasters. According to a recent survey conducted by FEMA,
fewer than half of Americans have discussed and developed an emergency plan
with their household.
As part of National Preparedness Month and National
PrepareAthon! Day, FEMA is encouraging everyone to take these simples steps to prepare
for disasters:
To learn more about National PrepareAthon! Day and
how you can participate, please read the full
press release.
On Wednesday,
September 30, 2015 at 1PM ET, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Administrator Craig Fugate and National Hurricane Center Director Dr. Rick
Knabb will host FEMA’s first Periscope video chat to discuss ways to
participate in America’s PrepareAthon! and how to prepare your family for disasters.
You don’t want to miss this exciting preparedness conversation!
Just follow these
steps to participate:
1. Follow @CraigatFEMA on Twitter;
2. Download the
Periscope mobile application for your Apple or
Android
device; and
3. Tap the hearts
located on the right side of the video if you like the chat.
Get ready! The CDC Thunderclap
goes ‘live’ on September 30, 2015 at 12 PM ET. The Thunderclap message
encourages people to meet their neighbors and start building a strong community
that can help each other during disasters.
This year’s message is:
“Build your community & Meet your neighbors today! Neighbors are usually
first on the scene in an emergency. #NatlPrep.”
If you see this message on your social media accounts, we encourage you
to retweet or share it.
Nearly 8 million people
will receive the message on their Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr accounts. With
your help, the CDC can spread the preparedness message even further, so be sure
to register
today!
Disclaimer: The reader recognizes that the
federal government provides links and informational data on various disaster
preparedness resources and events and does not endorse any non-federal events,
entities, organizations, services or products. Please let us know about other events
and services for individual and community preparedness that could be included
in future newsletters by contacting citizencorps@fema.dhs.gov.
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