Are You Really Prepared? 

New Community Preparedness Toolkit Available on Serve.gov

July 14, 2009

Research conducted by FEMA on disaster preparedness shows that many people who believe themselves "prepared" for disasters often aren't as prepared as they think.  Our nation's emergency managers, firefighters, law enforcement officers, EMT/paramedics, and other emergency responders do an incredible job of keeping us safe, but they can't do it alone.  We must all embrace our individual responsibility to be prepared, as well as assist our family and friends.

This new Community Preparedness Toolkit helps citizens create a service project to prepare their family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues for disasters in their local community.  For more information and to download the toolkit, visit http://www.serve.gov/toolkits/disaster/ 

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