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02 Sep 2021

September is National Preparedness Month

National Preparedness MonthNational Preparedness Month (NPM) is recognized every September by Ready.gov. Launched in 2003,

Ready is a “national public service campaign designed to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies that could happen at any time,” including natural and man-made disasters. The goal of the campaign is to promote preparedness through public involvement.

Their website provides weekly themes, social media posts, graphics, and videos for you to share on social media, in your blog, and in your newsletters. There is no charge to use this information.

The theme for 2021 is “Prepare to Protect. Preparing for disasters is protecting everyone you love.”

As a home and business inventory professional, you are aware of the importance of having documents of one’s belongings. By sharing this information from Ready.gov, you will educate and hopefully encourage people to hire your services to help them be prepared.

Click here for more information and to download visuals as you share this excellent information with your clients, prospects, and referral sources. 

 

28 Aug 2020

September is National Preparedness Month

NPMSeptember is National Preparedness Month (NPM), an annual event from the Department of Homeland Security.

Ready.gov offers a variety of information for social media platforms that you can use to promote your home and small business inventory services. Family and community disaster planning is also offered through a plethora of resources.

Their website provides weekly themes, social media posts, graphics, and videos for you to share on social media and include in your newsletters. There is no charge to use this information.

The theme for 2020 is “Disasters Don’t Wait. Make Your Plan Today.” Click here to download and copy the information you choose to share with your clients, prospects, and referral sources.

01 Sep 2015

September is National Preparedness Month

FEMANational Preparedness Month begins today, September 1. We believe that it is important to educate the public on being prepared for disasters. Therefore, once again we are awarding CEUs for proof of your participation in this program. This year’s theme is, Don’t Wait. Communicate. Make Your Emergency Plan Today.

 Encourage people you know and your clients to create a family disaster preparedness plan. It’s easy to inform via your social media account(s). You can either use the information provided at the links below, or just follow National Inventory Certification Association on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NICAssn) and Twitter (@NICAssn) and share our posts.

 The month-long event concludes with National PrepareAthon! on September 30, where they (and you) encourage action in the form of practicing a family emergency plan to make sure everyone knows what to do and has the phone numbers with whom they need to stay in touch.

If you choose to join NICA in America’s PrepareAthon, click here: www.ready.gov/prepare. Then click on Be Counted, and add your activity.

Here are some things you can do to get started:

Download the National Preparedness Month toolkit  – You will find useful tips on how to promote preparedness promote through social media.

Check out Weekly Themes – A focus on a specific hazard will raise awareness to help you learn more about the hazard.

Register for National PrepareAthon! Day  – Continue your momentum; participate in National PrepareAthon! Day on September 30. Go to America’s PrepareAthon! to select your activity.

To receive the CEUs (to go toward your renewal of your certification), just send NICA an email stating you’re participation, then tag NICA in a post so we can verify your month-long participation.