On Tuesday, April 9th, 2013, FEMA is offering a free webinar entitled "Starting Early: Financial Preparation for Disasters and Emergencies" at 3:00 PM EDT. Do you have your finances ready in case a disaster strikes your family, community or business? Starting early to protect your finances is an important step in all financial elements of your life; preparing for emergencies is no different. FEMA has been working with its federal partners and whole community organizations to bring you new and revamped tools to be financially prepared. FEMA, the Ready Campaign, the U.S. Department of … [Read more...]
Emergency Management Enhanced by Public-Private Partnerships
January 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
By: Ben J. Carnevale, Editor This website has promoted the benefits of the Private Sector Preparedness (PS-Prep) program from the beginning of its existence, and continues to believe that the private sector is also a vital part of our country’s emergency management team response and disaster recover capabilities. Along with FEMA and DHS, we also believe that the nation's vast network of business, industry, academia, trade associations, and other non-governmental organizations are equal - and equally responsible - partners in nearly every phase of dealing with potential threats --- … [Read more...]
Disaster Preparedness Myths Still Prevail
September 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In a recent article, written by Paul Purcell, and entitled “Disaster Dozen: 12 Myths of Disaster Preparedness”, and, supporting this month as the National Preparedness Month 2012, our staff would like to recommend our readers look at these disaster preparedness myths and review where those myths are still present in your family, the community where you live and the organization where you work. By addressing these obstacles you will be improving the awareness and preparedness levels of individuals, families, communities and employees – but, even more importantly, you will help dispel … [Read more...]
National Preparedness Month 2012 Free Webinar Offerings
September 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As mentioned in an earlier posting regarding National Preparedness Month 2012, many resources are being offered this month of September to better understand and improve disaster preparedness capabilities for yourself, your family, your community and where you work. You can get help with your own business preparedness planning through a series of free webinars hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Agility Recovery. This September series of free webinars is presented in collaboration with FEMA’s Ready Campaign, as part of National Preparedness Month 2012. The SBA wants … [Read more...]
PS-Prep Continues Ongoing Opportunity Battles
August 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Since the recent announcement by ATT becoming the first company to certify under the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Program (PS-Prep) --- many readers have been requesting more information updates regarding the progress of the PS-Prep program. To attempt to address those requests, our staff would like to focus on one of the major areas currently under a lot of discussion in various PS-Prep related blogs. Most of the postings reviewed center around an issue very well addressed in a recent article written by Luke Simpson, Continuity … [Read more...]
Business Continuity Planners Looking for Table Top Exercises — Check-Out FEMA’s Free 2012 Offerings
May 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As mentioned in a prior posting, FEMA’s Private Sector Division / Office of External Affairs began a new series of tabletop exercises in 2010 as a tool to help private sector organizations advance their organization’s continuity, preparedness and resiliency. FEMA has continued to present new offerings into this series as a part of the Division’s vigilant efforts to incorporate the private sector across all stages of FEMA’s emergency management mission, to support FEMA’s capabilities, and to enhance national preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation of all … [Read more...]
National Severe Weather Preparedness Week – April 22-28 2012
April 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As the nation marks the first anniversary of one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are teaming up by naming the week of 22-28 April 2012 “National Severe Weather Preparedness Week.” NOAA and FEMA encourage the public nationally to "know your risk, take action, and be a force of nature" by taking proactive preparedness measures and inspiring others to do the same. While the type and severity of threats vary across FEMA's 10 Regions, the need to be prepared is … [Read more...]
Join FEMA and NCP Free Webinar on Gaining Leadership Buy-in at the Executive Level
March 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For those risk management and business continuity planning teams having difficulty getting upper management to buy-in to company BC/DR planning and support efforts, our staff recommends joining National Continuity Programs (NCP) and FEMA on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 and participate in a webinar titled “Gaining Leadership Buy-in at the Executive Level”. This webinar will focus on leadership buy-in as a critical element of effective and successful continuity planning. We will be introducing two speakers from the state level to share their effective experiences in gaining leadership buy in … [Read more...]
ATT Becomes First U.S. Private Sector Company Certified to a DHS-Selected Standard under the PS-Prep™ Program
March 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The DHS PS-Prep™ program has been on this website’s radar screen for quite some time, and, with the announcement of this press release by DHS regarding ATT’s certification to one of the standards selected by DHS under the Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Program (PS-Prep™) an important step has been taken, as Secretary Napolitano states “…to further enhance the readiness and resiliency of our Nation." AT&T's certification is the first under the PS-Prep™ program, administered by DHS' Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The PS-Prep™ program enables private … [Read more...]
Disaster Recovery Efforts to Gain from New FEMA – AmeriCorps Partnership
March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
So many organizations and communities across the United States need assistance to more effectively prepare for, respond to, and recover from all types of disasters. To that point, many business continuity planning groups have a strong reliance on help from organizations like DHS and FEMA in their primary and contingency plans. Therefore, it is a positive bit of news recently released where and when the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) announced an innovative new partnership … [Read more...]
