FEMA is kicking off a new grassroots-style campaign for preparedness with a new program called “PrepareAthon”.<\/p>\n
According to a press release, “America’s PrepareAthon! is an opportunity for individuals, organizations, and communities to prepare for specific hazards through drills, group discussions, and exercises.”<\/p>\n
The website FEMA set up for PrepareAthon<\/a> is pretty straightforward. The first section called TAKE ACTION goes over several pre-made promo kits FEMA has prepared for community organization and discussion.<\/p>\n The sections are…<\/p>\n Clicking on each section will take you to a detailed view, where you can download an overview of topics for the “attendees” discussion, and also a “playbook” for the “presenters”. (FEMA has also provided the materials for all sections in Spanish and Chinese as well.)<\/p>\n The second section of the website, titled BE COUNTED,<\/a> lets you search cities for presentations already set up or planned, and the last section, titled SPREAD THE WORD,<\/a> lets you download logos, promo materials, surveys and checklists for the presentation.<\/p>\n This is one of those things that sounds like it would be a homerun for a local police department, church, chamber of commerce, school organization or civic-minded group to set up and pitch to the community one weekend. Everything is available pre-packaged online ready to go. Just pick a topic, download, review, print and go.<\/p>\n The PrepareAthon campaign is also set up on Twitter @PrepareAthon<\/a> and has an email address for questions at prepareathon@fema.gov<\/a> if volunteers have any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FEMA is kicking off a new grassroots-style campaign for preparedness with a new program called “PrepareAthon”. According to a press release, “America’s PrepareAthon! is an opportunity for individuals, organizations, and communities to prepare for specific hazards through drills, group discussions, … Continue reading \n