Promoting emergency preparedness throughout Utah
Benjamin Franklin famously said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” In Utah, we’ve seen flooding, flash flooding, wildfires, and severe winter storms. Nationally and worldwide, there have been hurricanes, tornadoes, supply chain disruptions, war, civil unrest, earthquakes, pandemics, and many other disasters. What are we going to see in the future? Will you be ready? This …
Be Ready Utah’s November topic is “Tools and Personal Items.” November also means a lot of travel, a lot of food, family, and friends, and the beginning of the gift-buying season. If you have an emergency preparedness mindset, you may already be thinking about practical gifts to give to those you love to help them “be ready” for possible difficulties …
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. In our internet connected world, no one is immune from cyber threats, but you can do four simple things to secure your world and stay safe online. Check out CISA’s Secure Our World page, and Be Ready Utah’s Cybersecurity webpage for ideas to protect yourself, your family and your workplace. In addition to National …
September is National Preparedness Month. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) encourages everyone to take steps to prepare against disasters or disruptions of any kind. This year FEMA’s theme is “Start a Conversation“, and is encouraging our Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities to prepare for disasters and build resilience before disaster strikes. Consider ways to engage these …
On April 4th we held the Be Ready Utah April 2024 Preparedness Webinar: “Help, Hydrate, and Hold On!”. If you missed the event you can watch the recording via the link above. The Be Ready Utah staff, in an effort to help Utahns “Be Ready” for future disasters and emergencies, present this free webinar recording covering the following topics: Please …
Here are a few important wildfire prevention and preparedness actions.
When disaster strikes, stay open longer and reopen faster with this FREE app to share business status and needs. Share whether your business is open or closed through the SABER web and mobile app, which is made available to emergency management officials to help assess impacts to the business community. This can be as part of your continuity and resilience plans for site …
Save the date for the Spring 2023 Be Ready Utah Webinar. The theme is “Shake, Rattle, and Sandbag” reflecting the upcoming Great Utah Shakeout and preparations for the 2023 Spring Flooding. Date: April 13th 2023 (Thursday) Time: 7pm-8:30pm Location: virtual Register: https://utah-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/5416808084693/WN_o5hX1W5PSpigMXG_FyL1EQ Agenda: Feel free to share this with others. Join in on Utah’s largest earthquake drill, the Great Utah …
FEMA is looking for a few youth who are excited about preparedness and want to be leaders. FEMA’s Youth Preparedness Council members have an opportunity to share their enthusiasm for, and ideas and opinions about, promoting emergency preparedness and inspiring people to take action. The application period for the 2022 Youth Preparedness Council (YPC) just opened on January 24, 2022. …
The Utah Division of Emergency Management’s Be Ready Utah campaign would like to introduce you to the Be Ready Business program. In recent times, you have experienced unprecedented disasters and have felt the ensuing impacts and hardships on the private sector. While Utah continues to have one of the strongest economies in the nation, we know it is wise to …
