National Preparedness Month 2023

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | August 24, 2023 |

In the United States, National Preparedness Month is promoted every September. This is a month-long reminder / campaign about getting prepared for all emergencies. It was created by FEMA back in 2004. FEMA’s reputation usually seems to take a beating after major emergencies and disasters, but their website, Ready.gov, has extremely helpful recommendations to help you prepare for various emergencies such as:

extreme heat

drought

flooding

power outages

wildfires

hurricanes

cyber-attacks

…everything you can imagine (and probably dread).

Check their list of Disasters and Emergencies to determine for which ones you should prepare based on your geographic location and life activities.

In my area, we have lived with the threat of wildfires for many summers and autumns. We also experienced “Snowmageddon” back in February 2021, during which many people in the state of Texas lost power and water for up to a week. It was after that experience we expanded our emergency preparedness lists to include winter power outages, and not just wildfire preparedness and evacuations. If you’d like to download our lists to use as a springboard for yours, feel free to do that here.

If you own a business or work for a company in which your job title is Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Operations Manager, Director of Security, Plant Manager, IT Manager, or a similar leadership position along those lines, be sure to browse FEMA’s Business Preparation Recommendations.  

Children also need to understand emergency preparations so they can stay calm and possibly even help. Here are FEMA resources designed specifically for children.

 

Part of being productive is being prepared for various situations. This includes disasters. Please be sure to check out the Ready.gov website today so that you’re as ready as possible for anything!

 

 

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About Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO®

As The Inefficiency Assassin™, Time Management Fixer Helene Segura empowers professionals on the go with the tools to slay lost time. Personal inefficiency at work leads to increased stress levels, lower morale, higher absenteeism, more turnover – and rising spending on employee health care and hiring. Why not improve productivity, decrease stress levels, and increase profits instead?The author of four books – two of which were Amazon best-sellers – Helene Segura has been the featured organization expert in more than 200 media interviews. She has coached hundreds of clients to productivity success and performance improvement by applying neuroscience and behavioral modification techniques to wipe out destructive, time-wasting habits.Helene turns time management on its head by sharing both client case studies and pop culture examples to teach her mind-bending framework for decreasing interruptions, distractions and procrastination so that companies can spend more time generating revenue.

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