September is National Preparedness Month

National Preparedness

NAPO-NC has joined with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in sponsoring the fourth annual National Preparedness Month (NPM) this September. It is designed to encourage Americans to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and communities. Below you will find connections to information to help you organize things in your own lives so you are better prepared. Be sure you are ready!!

Ready America

Checklist - What you need to have on hand!
www.ready.gov/america/_downloads/checklist.pdf

Brochure & General Information - What you need to know!
www.ready.gov/america/_downloads/Ready_Brochure_Screen_EN_20040129.pdf

Family Emergency Plan - What you are going to do!
www.ready.gov/america/_downloads/familyemergencyplan.pdf

Ready Kids

A complete guide for kids to ready themselves in a kid friendly way!
www.ready.gov/kids/home.html

Ready Business

Brochure & General Information - What you need to know as a business!
www.ready.gov/business/_downloads/readybusiness-brochure.pdf

What does it cost? A list of what you can do to prepare and how much it generally runs to do it.
www.ready.gov/business/_downloads/cost.pdf

Insurance Discussion Form - What do you need to talk about with your insurance agent!
www.ready.gov/business/_downloads/insuranceform.pdf

Computer Inventory - Will you remember exactly what you had?
www.ready.gov/business/_downloads/computerinventory.pdf

Other Resources

www.ready.gov - At this site you can find information for:

Older Americans
People with Disabilities or Special Needs
A list for Pets
Plus a complete list of the documents above

www.citizencorps.gov - Uniting Communities and Preparing the Nation

www.eden.Isu.edu - Extension Disaster Education Network

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