Americans who make New Year’s resolutions are 11 times more likely to report continued success in achieving a goal than individuals who have not made a resolution, according to the Journal of Clinical Psychology. This holiday season, please join FEMA’s Ready Campaign in promoting Resolve to be Ready in 2011 and encourage members of your […]

The Ready Campaign, FEMA, Citizen Corps, American Red Cross, and The Humane Society of the United States have come together to develop an emergency preparedness toolkit that can assist you in your planning efforts as you work toward keeping your community, and specifically, the pets and people who care for them, safe from disasters. This toolkit […]

 As all Americans turn their clocks back an hour on November 7th, FEMA asks us to have ourselves and our families prepared for emergencies. “As we all get ready to turn our clocks back this Sunday, it’s important for families to use this opportunity to get ready for possible emergencies,” said FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate. […]

In response to some inquiries from our readers requesting information regarding the topic of disability and other special needs preparedness, our staff would like to recommend a document to add to your library of personal preparedness reading entitled, “Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and other Special Needs”.  This document was organized in a […]

As part of our website’s mission to deliver to its readership, any information about personal and community preparedness, and its relevancy to organizational and community resilience, our staff would like to have you view a video presentation by Karen Marsh, the Director of FEMA’s Community Preparedness Division.  This presentation was given at the “National Conference […]

In conjunction with FEMA’s Community Preparedness division, the Citizen Corps’ grassroots model of community preparedness has rapidly spread from city to city, county to county and state to state within the U.S. More than perhaps ever before, Americans have been asked to become fully aware. trained, and practiced on how to respond to potential threats […]

In 2009, Department of Homeland Securiyt (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano closed National Preparedness Month by stressing the important role that individuals play in building a national culture of readiness and resilience. She states, “When families are prepared—when communities stand together and stand tall—so does our nation,” said Secretary Napolitano. “United, we send a powerful message […]