[Ccarc] SEPT is National preparedness month

[Tom Murray]

 Fifth Annual National Preparedness Month Coming in September 





The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
announced in July that more than 1200 national, regional, state and
local businesses and organizations -- including several Amateur Radio
groups -- have pledged their support and joined the 2008 National Preparedness Month Coalition. Sponsored by the department's Ready
campaign, National Preparedness Month helps to raise awareness and
promote action by Americans, businesses and communities on emergency
preparedness.
"As we approach our fifth National Preparedness Month, I want to
thank the hundreds of coalition members who are making a difference in
their communities by helping raise the basic level of preparedness in
our country," said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
"Individual preparedness is the cornerstone of emergency preparedness.
Experience shows that if Americans take steps ahead of time, they stand
a much better chance of coming through an emergency unharmed and
recovering more quickly."
"The Ready campaign and Citizen Corps
are specifically encouraging individuals across the nation to take
important preparedness steps," said ARRL Public Relations and Media
Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP. "These steps include getting an emergency
supply kit, making a family emergency plan, being informed about the
different emergencies that may affect them, as well as taking the
necessary steps to get trained and become engaged in community
preparedness and response efforts."
National Preparedness Month Coalition members have agreed to
distribute emergency preparedness information and sponsor activities
across the country that will promote emergency preparedness. Membership
is open to all public and private sector organizations. Sign up your
club or ARES group now! Groups and individuals can register to become
members by visiting the Ready Web site
and clicking on the National Preparedness Month banner. Information is
also available by phone at 1-800-BE-READY or 1-888-SE-LISTO (in
Spanish).
According to Pitts, linking up with the Ready.gov people and
participating in September's National Preparedness Month is "an easy
win. The federal people are already doing all the hard work. All you
really have to do is sign up. Most clubs and ARES groups are already
doing activities which fit into their structure, so why not get credit
for your actions? Of course, if you do something more with this
opportunity, so much the better! But you have to sign your group in and
no one can do that for you. There are hundreds of ARES groups and clubs
in the country. Wouldn't it be fun to have even 70 percent of them sign
up and get noticed?"
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