 What is Citizen Corps?
Citizen Corps offers volunteer opportunities to support local fire, law enforcement, emergency medical services, community public health efforts, and to contribute to the four stages of emergency management: preparedness, prevention, response, and recovery. With the added support of citizen volunteers, emergency service providers have more time to fulfill their highly skilled responsibilities to make our communities safer, stronger and better prepared.
The Texas Association of Regional Councils, a public entity, administers the Citizen Corps programs in Texas through councils of governments (COGs).
This September, organizations and citizens from across the nation will come together for the seventh annual National Preparedness Month (NPM), designed to encourage Americans to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses, and communities.
This year will focus on encouraging Americans to work together to take concrete actions toward emergency preparedness. FEMA’s Ready.gov and the National Office of Citizen Corps are encouraging all Americans to join the National Preparedness Month Coalition and help themselves, their neighbors, and their communities to be ready. Coalition members will be listed on the NPM website and receive a toolkit with templates, tools and ideas.
For more information about NPM, visit www.ready.gov.
For more information about Citizen Corps, visit www.citizencorps.gov
To register as a coalition member, visit http://ready.adcouncil.org.
To see a full list of NPM Coalition Members, visit http://www.ready.gov/america/npm10/members.html.
But hurry… the start of NPM 2010 is only a few days away!
Take the preparedness pledge. Make preparedness a priority in your organization and increase confidence in the citizens of your jurisdiction!
When your organization registers as a Coalition member, NPM Educational Tools will be available to you. Below is a snap-shot of what you will receive access to.
Sample of National Preparedness Month Educational Tools Available
- Website Widgets
- Ready campaign Widget: inform how to get a kit, make a plan and be informed
- National Preparedness Month widget
- Popular Links & Downloadable Materials
- Instructional Videos
- Public Service Announcements
Guadalupe County CERT Team Activated for Central Texas Flooding
 The call, when it came, was unexpected. The Guadalupe County Emergency Manager, Dan Kinsey was on the phone asking for assistance from the newly formed and trained County CERT Team. Rising flood waters on the Guadalupe River and tributaries on 9 June 2010 had pushed debris unto key surface roads used by residences along low lying areas of Lake McQueeney and along the Guadalupe River. Removing the debris and opening the roads was the only way to get to residents after the flood waters crested 30 feet above flood stage.
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 Volunteers Trained to Aid First
Responders
WESLACO — Mauricio Valles hopes to never have to use his emergency response training.
The 63-year-old Edinburg retiree joined a community readiness class a year ago to learn the basic skills he needs to aid first responders during a crisis.
“I wanted to be prepared on my own and then to help the community,” Valles said in Spanish. “When something happens, I want to be ready.”
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Community Preparedness Webinar Series
The Community Preparedness Webinar Series provides up-to-date information on community preparedness topics and resources available to citizens, community organizations, and Citizen Corps Councils. A webinar is a web-based informational or training seminar (a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar) that is transmitted over the internet. These webinars will feature new community preparedness topics several times each month and are free to the public. Each webinar will accommodate the first 500 visitors that enter the website at the time of the webinar. In addition to airing live, each webinar will be recorded and viewable after it completes at your convenience.
For information on upcoming webinars, or to view archived Community Preparedness Webcasts and Webinars, click here.
Information on Homeland Security, Both in Texas and Nationwide
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