{"id":14644,"date":"2018-09-14T18:03:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T18:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/ner\/?p=14644"},"modified":"2018-09-14T18:03:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T18:03:30","slug":"national-preparedness-month-resources-you-can-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2018\/09\/14\/national-preparedness-month-resources-you-can-use\/","title":{"rendered":"National Preparedness Month: Resources You Can Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September is National Preparedness Month and there\u2019s still time to make and practice your plan, learn life saving skills, check your coverage and save for an emergency.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14645 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/ner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/09\/disasters_happen_0605_onwhite_medium-300x269.png\" alt=\"National Preparedness Month 2018 Logo. Disasters Happen Prepare Now Learn How. FEMA, Ready.gov\" width=\"252\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/09\/disasters_happen_0605_onwhite_medium-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/09\/disasters_happen_0605_onwhite_medium.png 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Week 1\u2019s theme was<strong> Make and Practice Your Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No one knows when an emergency will happen, but making and practicing your plan now will help you during and after.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some planning resources to get you started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To learn about making plans, putting together evacuation and shelter in place kits and other emergency preparedness basics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/\">visit the Department of Homeland Securities ready.gov page<\/a>. Ready.gov has information available in 13 languages.<\/li>\n<li>Children, older adults, people with disabilities and pregnant women may have different needs during an emergency. <a href=\"https:\/\/disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov\/\">Visit NLM\u2019s Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC)<\/a> to learn about planning for populations with unique needs.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t forget your pets when making your emergency plans. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/healthypets\/emergencies\/index.html\">Visit the CDC\u2019s Pet Safety in Emergencies page<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Week 2\u2019s theme was <strong>Learn Life Saving Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Knowing basic first aid and other life skills means that you can help your family and community during an emergency.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/take-a-class\">Visit the Red Cross online<\/a> to find a first aid or other lifesaving class in your area.<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer with local response partners to learn more skills and help your community during an emergency response. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/community-emergency-response-team\">Learn more about Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)<\/a> or find <a href=\"https:\/\/community.fema.gov\/Register\/Register_Home\">your local CERT team here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Week 3\u2019s theme is <strong>Check Your Coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep your insurance information, including all policy numbers and phone numbers, in your shelter in place and evacuation kits.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floodsmart.gov\/\">Learn about flood insurance by visiting floodsmart.gov<\/a> an initiative of FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Week 4\u2019s theme is <strong>Save for an Emergency<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep important financial, medical and legal documents in a safe place.<\/li>\n<li>Keep some cash on hand with your emergency supplies. ATMs won\u2019t work if the power is out.<\/li>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/financial-preparedness\">Ready.gov\u2019s Financial Preparedness page<\/a> for more tips on preparing records and finances for emergencies.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/media-library-data\/1524144185649-5dd9736e7ff89b5997182396f4e13fee\/Emergency_Financial_First_Aid_Kit_(EFFAK)_signed_04.09.18_508.pdf\">Learn about Emergency Financial First Aid<\/a> with the free kit from FEMA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And always make sure you\u2019re following trusted sources for resources and updates on social media to avoid scams and hoaxes.\u00a0 On twitter, follow @nnlmner, @fema, @femaregion1 (New England), @nws, local news outlets, and local and state government accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September is National Preparedness Month and there\u2019s still time to make and practice your plan, learn life saving skills, check your coverage and save for an emergency. Week 1\u2019s theme was Make and Practice Your Plan No one knows when an emergency will happen, but making and practicing your plan now will help you during&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2018\/09\/14\/national-preparedness-month-resources-you-can-use\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[248,84,193,194],"class_list":["post-14644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-health-review","tag-community-engagement","tag-emergency-preparedness-epp","tag-public-health","tag-public-safety"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14644"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14653,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14644\/revisions\/14653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}