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America’s PrepareAthon! will host a
Periscope on Wednesday, April 6 at 2:00 p.m. ET, as part of
Financial Literacy Month. Financial and insurance industry professionals will discuss ways to get prepared
for a natural disaster, including documenting and insuring property, and
safeguarding financial information.
Periscope is a live video streaming
mobile application that is compatible on the Apple (iOS) and Android (Google)
platform. To join the Periscope conversation, the mobile application must be
downloaded and enabled on your device.
Use
the Emergency
Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK), a joint publication of FEMA Citizen Corps and Operation Hope,
to help you identify your important documents, medical records, and household
contracts.
Follow @PrepareAthon on Periscope
and share this announcement with your family and friends.
There
are just four days left to apply or nominate someone for the 2016 FEMA Individual and Community Preparedness
Awards! If you, or someone you know, took action to
prepare your community for disasters, this is the opportunity to receive
national recognition.
Applicants, or those nominating others, must email
their application form and supporting materials to citizencorps@fema.dhs.gov with the subject line:
2016 FEMA Individual and Community Preparedness Award Application by Monday, March 28 at 11:59
p.m. ET. It is important to read the Awards Application Guidance
before starting the application to ensure you meet the criteria.
Apply today! The awards are a great way to highlight
all of the work you do to make your community safer, better prepared, and more
resilient.
Got questions about the awards? Check out the list of FAQs for more
information. You can also listen to a recording of the awards webinar
that provided an overview of the program and highlighted benefits of receiving
this prestigious award.
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Tsunami Preparedness Week
will be recognized on Sunday, March 27 – Saturday, April 2 to coincide with the
Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami, which occurred on March 27, 1964.
The 1964 earthquake in Alaska registered a 9.2 magnitude. It caused more than $2.3 billion in property loss. Due to
the severity of a tsunami, everyone should know how to prepare for an earthquake,
and resulting tsunami especially if you live, work, or play on the coast.
Many of the actions to prepare for a
tsunami are the same as preparing for other hazards such as developing a family communication plan and creating a disaster supply kit.
The National Weather Service also provides recommendations
to help protect you and your loved ones in case a tsunami ever strikes your
community:
- Find out
from your local emergency management office if there are evacuation routes
identified for your community;
- Plan to
evacuate to high ground or inland, away from the coast and outside of the
tsunami zone;
- Map out
evacuation routes to your safe place from your home, workplace, or other
places you visit frequently;
- Practice
walking your evacuation routes, including at night and in bad weather; and
- Find out
about your children’s school evacuation plans.
Check out the National Weather
Service website to learn more about tsunamis and how to protect your family.
America’s PrepareAthon! (@PrepareAthon)
will host a Twitter chat on Wednesday, March 30 at 2:00 p.m. ET to
discuss common preparedness myths and provide facts on how the public can
prepare for disasters.
A common preparedness myth is, “It’s safe to drive
through a small amount of floodwater.” The truth is, it’s not! During a flood,
seek high ground and avoid driving through any amount of water.
Join the chat by following #SafetyFacts.
We also encourage you to tell others about the chat
using the following tweet on your social media channels, "Myth or Fact? FACT: 3/30 at 2 PM ET I am joining a #SafetyFacts
#Twitterchat to debunk preparedness myths.
Join me!"
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On Thursday, April 7, FEMA’s Individual
and Community Preparedness Division and Office of External Affairs, Tribal
Affairs invites you to a webinar focusing on disaster preparedness and
resilience efforts serving tribal communities. The webinar will provide an
overview of America’s PrepareAthon! and offer ways tribal communities can
participate in this national preparedness campaign. The webinar will also
showcase preparedness efforts from a few tribal communities.
Title:
Discussing America's PrepareAthon! with Tribal Communities
Date:
Thursday,
April 7, 2016
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
ET
Featured Speakers:
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Teresa Gregor, InterTribal
Long Term Recovery Foundation
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Kaleigh Good, Eastern
Shoshone Tribe
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Helen Bonner, Sherman Indian
High School
How to Join the Webinar:
We hope that you will be able to join us on April 7!
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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