News Release: Stevens Point Fire Chief in Emergency Preparedness Campaign

Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs sent this bulletin at 08/29/2011 03:42 PM CDT

     

For more information contact: Tod Pritchard, WEM Office: (608) 242-3324, Cell: (608) 219-4008
For Immediate Release, August 29, 2011

 

A Time to Remember. A Time to Prepare.

Stevens Point Fire Chief in emergency preparedness campaign 

 

(MADISON) – Stevens Point Fire Chief Tracey Kujawa and other members of the department are featured in a public service announcement (PSA) which will air on TV stations across the state in September. This September marks the ten year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In a new public service announcement, Kujawa and first responders from around Wisconsin are urging individuals and families to remember the 9/11 victims and honor them by preparing for future disasters and emergencies. The public service announcement is produced by Wisconsin Emergency Management through its program, ReadyWisconsin. The PSA is part of a statewide campaign this September called “A Time to Remember. A Time to Prepare.”

“When disaster strikes, the time to prepare has passed,” says Kujawa. “We are all responsible for what happens to us and need to be self reliant and prepared so we can act in the event of a disaster. Remember...preparedness is the antidote to panic.”

Preparing for emergency events requires individuals and families to be self reliant for up to three days without utilities and electricity, water service, access to a supermarket or local services, or maybe even without response from police, fire or rescue. Preparing can start with three important steps:

- Get an emergency supply kit
- Make a plan for what to do in an emergency
- Be informed about emergencies that could happen in your community and identify sources of information that will be helpful before, during and after an emergency.

Chief Kujawa is also asking everyone to visit the ReadyWisconsin website for more information. You can also sign up for a chance to win an emergency kit. The website is: http://readywisconsin.wi.gov or simply search “ReadyWisconsin.”

Copies of the PSA are available. Please contact Tod Pritchard at 608-242-3324 or 608-219-4008 or tod.pritchard@wisconsin.gov.

 

Text of the PSA:
September 11, 2001…our lives changed forever.
This September…we remember the victims…
To honor them, we all need to prepare for future disasters and emergencies.
Bad things can happen anywhere at any time.
Are you ready? Is your family ready?
Make an emergency supply kit and create an emergency plan.
It’s A Time to Remember...A Time to Prepare…
Visit ReadyWisconsin for more information and a chance to win an emergency supply kit.
That’s readywisconsin.wi.gov.

 

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