# 4810
A brief reminder that September is National Preparedness Month (NPM10), and Ready.gov, FEMA, The Citizen Corp, the Ad Council, and a host of other preparedness organizations urge you, your family, and your business to take part.
As you can see by the widget atop my sidebar, I’m a coalition member myself. Joining is free, easy, and most of all . . . important.
Some of the details include:
National Preparedness Month 2010
What is National Preparedness Month (NPM)?
September is National Preparedness Month! This awareness month is sponsored by the Ready Campaign in partnership with Citizen Corps and the Ad Council. NPM is designed to encourage Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses, and communities.
How do I register my organization?
You can register to become a NPM Coalition Member by visiting http://ready.adcouncil.org.
In the past we have had as many as 3,200 NPM Coalition Members who worked to create a culture of preparedness in the United States. We hope your organization will join us in spreading this emergency preparedness message in 2010!
What does it mean to be a NPM Coalition Member?
By joining the Coalition, your organization would agree to promote emergency preparedness in any way that it can during September.
Who can sign up to be an NPM Coalition Member?
NPM Coalition membership is open to all public and private sector organizations at no cost.
What do I get for being a Coalition Member?
Once you register you will receive access to the NPM Website where you can find a toolkit that includes templates, resources, and tips to assist you with promoting emergency preparedness. You will also find an NPM calendar where you can post your events and see what other organizations are doing in your community. In addition, you can share your success stories and read about the successes of others.
Your organization will also be listed on our Web site!
Community resilience, along with building individual and family preparedness is something I’ve stressed often in this blog, because frankly, I’ve seen what happens when people are unprepared to deal with an emergency.
You can click on the PREPAREDNESS link in my sidebar to dozens of my essays on the subject, but a few recent ones I’d call your attention to include:
In An Emergency, Who Has Your Back?
NPM10 And Building A Culture Of Preparedness
All next month I’ll be running preparedness columns. Some new, and some repeats. But all of them designed to get people thinking about how they will deal with an emergency.
And it needn’t be a hurricane or an earthquake. Emergencies come in all sizes. Even a `little’ emergency can be costly if you are unprepared.
For those of you on Twitter, look for the hash tag #NPM10 for tweets relating to National Preparedness Month.
I would strongly urge you to follow FEMA online at www.twitter.com/fema, www.facebook.com/fema, and www.youtube.com/fema.
Also, follow FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate's activities at www.twitter.com/craigatfema.
And as far as bloggers are concerned, I’d recommend following John Solomon’s In Case Of Emergency blog, and Jimmy Jazz’s Break Glass blogs.
Both deal heavily with preparedness and security issues.
