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FEMA Reports::

Make your neighborhood safer this October during National Crime Prevention Month by joining or starting a CERT or Neighborhood Watch Group in your community.

Community Emergency Response Team

• Find nearby CERT Programs -- locate CERT programs by zip code and inquire about disaster training and volunteer opportunities near you!
• Register a CERT Program -- join more than 2,600 registered CERT programs! Go to the registration information page for more information.

National Neighborhood Watch

• Find a Neighborhood Watch Group in your area.
• Start a Neighborhood Watch Group in five easy steps.

For more information on Citizen Corps partner programs, visithttps://www.ready.gov/citizen-corps-partner-programs.

America’s Safe Schools Week

This week is Youth can bring unique strengths to emergency preparedness. That’s why, in 2012, the Federal Emergency Management Agency created the Youth Preparedness Council to bring together youth leaders from across the country who are engaged in youth preparedness.
So during America’s Safe Schools Week, encourage youth in your community to help create a safer environment by:

• Starting a Youth Preparedness Program;
• Getting involved in a Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT);
• Watching the Teens4Prep videos from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and
• Downloading hazard-specific playbooks from America’s PrepareAthon!to help local schools and the community prepare for emergencies.

Wildfire Prevention

Wildfires can occur anytime, anywhere, even in your back yard. Take action now to protect your property and your family.

• Be informed of potential dangers in your community with this “o Disposing of charcoal briquettes and fireplace ashes properly;

  o Never leaving a fire unattended and making sure it is fully extinguished;

  o Storing combustible or flammable materials in safe containers away from the house;

  o Keeping the gas grill and propane tank at least 15 feet away from any structure; and

  o Keeping vehicles parked away from tall, dry grass.

  For more information, visit the America’s PrepareAthon! Wildfire section.

Webinar:

Teen CERT, Campus CERT and Workplace CERT On Wednesday, November 2,

FEMA’s Individual and Community Preparedness Division invites you to a webinar featuring Teen, Campus and Workplace Community Emergency Response Team programs. The webinar will focus on best practices, challenges and successes of starting and growing a program in each category! Title:

Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

EDT CERT Programs:

• Capt. Lafate Elliott Day, Lafourche Parish Teen CERT (LA)
• James Caesar, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Jeremy Kirchner, NBC Universal Workplace CERT (CA)

How to Join the Webinar:

• Please register for the event using the Adobe Connect registration web link.
• Be sure to test your Adobe Connect connection prior to the meeting.
• This webinar will offer closed captioning.

We hope to that you will be able to join us on November 2!

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