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GET PREPARED. |
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NATIONAL
PREPAREDNESS MONTH EVENT
PLANNING SHEET |
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USE
THIS SHEET TO HELP PLAN EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER FOR YOUR FAMILIES,
PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. |
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Activities for Individuals: ·
Have a Family Preparedness Night: Over dinner, discuss your evacuation
and emergency communications plans. ·
Help a friend or relative assemble a Go Bag, a collection of items you
may need in the event of an evacuation. ·
Place Ready
New York guides in
lobby of your building. ·
Sign up to receive FREE emergency preparedness tips. (see reverse side for details) ·
Be a Ready New Yorker – submit your preparedness story to the Ready New
Yorker of the Month contest at www.NYC.gov/readyny
to win 2 free Go Bags. ·
Are you Ready? Test your Readiness IQ at whatsyourrq.org/survey.htm or take the American Red Cross quiz at www.nyredcross.org
to see how prepared you really
are. Activities for Organizations: ·
Schedule an afternoon with your staff to review your insurance policies
and discuss business continuity plans. Download Emergency Planning:
Disaster and Crisis Response Systems for Jewish Organizations at www.jcrcny.org/html/security.html
or visit the Ready
New York or Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New
York websites to download business
continuity planning worksheets. Share these resources with colleagues,
partners and private stakeholders. ·
Register with CorpNet to receive notification of incidents that may
affect business in your area at www.NYC.gov/corpnet. ·
Place a link from your homepage to the Ready New York homepage at www.NYC.gov/readyny
to help promote preparedness
throughout September. ·
Email employees NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene fact sheets,
encourage them to learn more about helping people react during a disaster. ·
Host a “Preparedness Day/Fair” at the office: conduct fire drills, review
crisis management plans, promote disaster volunteerism, and/or raffle off a
Go Bag. ·
Schedule CPR/First Aid training for interested employees; ensure your
agency has an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and training. (www.nyredcross.org) ·
Schedule a Activities for Community Groups: ·
Network: share the Citizen Corps Council Directory with colleagues and partners.
Create links by exploring other places that your information and services can
be listed such as Coordinated Assistance Network (CAN), Voluntary Organizations
Active in Disasters (VOAD), Human Services Council (HSC) or New York Disaster
Interfaith Services (NYDIS). (www.NYC.gov/citizencorps) ·
Get trained - become a volunteer. Promote local volunteer groups. (see reverse side for ideas) ·
Distribute emergency preparedness information at local events. For
example, focus on preparedness at your local PTA back-to-school night. WEBSITES AND RESOURCES PRINTED RESOURCES: American Red Cross: www.nyredcross.org/page.php/prmID/328 Coordinated Assistance Network (CAN): Citizen Corps Council Resource Directory: www.nyc.gov/html/oem/downloads/pdf/ccc_member_resource.pdf DOHMH Mental Health Fact Sheets: www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/mhdpr/mhdpr-fact.shtml www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/mhdpr/mhdpr_res.shtml Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of Disaster Planning, Emergency Preparedness
& Business Continuity www.npccny.org/info/Disaster_Planning.doc NYC Office of Emergency Management (OEM): Ready www.nyc.gov/readyny or call 311 JCRC Security and Emergency Planning Page: www.jcrcny.org/html/security.html Readiness IQ: www.whatsyourrq.org/survey.htm PREPAREDNESS
TRAINING/ E-MAIL TIPS: American Red Cross: Prepare
New York Training: (www.nyredcross.org/getprepared.php or 1-877 RED CROSS
(1-877-733-2767) NYC Office of Emergency Management: Ready New York Training, CorpNet, Tip of the Week, emergency
alerts: (311 or www.nyc.gov/OEM) Jewish Community Relations Council of VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES: American Red Cross: www.nyredcross.org Boy Scouts of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT): www.nyc.gov/cert Community Service Society/ RSVP: www.cssny.org/rsvp/index.html Department of Health and Mental Hygiene– Medical
Reserve Corps: www.medicalreserve.org New York Police Department– Auxiliary: www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/pct/aupdhow.html Salvation Army: www.salvationarmy-newyork.org September Space/ |
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