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Now only two weeks away, National Preparedness Month (NPM) 2011 is set to run throughout the month of September. Starting in June, Ready.gov, FEMA, and the Citizen Corps began their campaign to recruit 6,000 coalition members to help spread the message.
Progress as of 8/15/11 - Photo Credit FEMA
It isn’t too late for you to join, either as an individual, organization, or business. Follow the link below to learn more and to sign up.
National Preparedness Month Coalition
Welcome! Join this community to:
1. Download the coalition members toolkit
2. Add your event to the calendar
3. Participate in national preparedness discussions
4. Connect with fellow coalition members by posting in the Community Forum for national or general topics or in a Regional Forum for regional topics.
September is National Preparedness Month (NPM)! This awareness month is sponsored by the Ready Campaign in partnership with Citizen Corps. NPM is held each September and is designed to encourage Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses, and communities.
As you might expect, Avian Flu Diary has already signed up, and will devote considerable blog space to the subject of preparedness during the month of September.
Not sure how to participate?
You can view Highlights from Last Year's Events to get some ideas, and the NPM website will provide you with many toolkits that you can customize for your own use – including sample blogs, emails, tweets, and other promotional materials.
The goal of NMP11 is to foster a culture of national preparedness, and to encourage everyone to plan and be prepared to deal with an event where they can go at least three days without electricity, running water, local services, or access to a supermarket.
And in order to do that, Ready.gov wants you to:
I hope you’ll join us this year in making NPM 2011 the most successful national preparedness campaign to date and to promote the idea that individual, family, and business preparedness is a year-round priority.
