2:00 - 3:00pm

What would you do if a fire, flood, server malfunction or health pandemic occurred at
your office? If you had 15 minutes to evacuate, what would you take and where would
you go? How would you continue servicing your clients? Think it can’t happen to you?
Statistics show that 94% of small business owners believe a disaster could seriously
disrupt their business within the next two years. Are you prepared? Join the US Small
Business Administration and co‐sponsor of the PrepareMyBusiness Campaign, Agility
Recovery, as SBA Administrator Karen Mills and Agility president Bob Boyd present the
top 10 ways to prepare any organization for interruptions.

These straight‐forward and simple to implement steps could mean the difference
between surviving a disaster, and giving in to one. This webinar is part of an ongoing
effort by the SBA & Agility to promote preparedness among small businesses through the
PrepareMyBusiness Campaign. Learn more at www.PrepareMyBusiness.org. Register for
the webinar at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/153830960

9:00 - 10:30am

The Westfield Emergency Planning Committee will run its regularly scheduled meeting.
The Committee consists of representation from Local Businesses, School Department,
Fire Department, Police Department, Gas and Electric, Public Health, Senior Center, Local
Hospitals, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, Red Cross, Salvation Army,
Westfield State College, Business Development and the Massachusetts National Guard. If
you are interested in learning more about the LEPC or participating in the meeting,
please contact the Westfield Emergency Management Agency at 413‐568‐1222.

September 1-3, 2012

Come visit the Western Mass Ready booth at the 3‐County Fair in Northampton. Learn
tips on preparing for emergencies and pick up your free LED flashlight key chain! For
questions, please contact: Josiah Neiderbach, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission at
jneiderbach@pvpc.org.

8am to 12pm

The Federal Executive Association of Western Massachusetts (FEAWM) and the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) Region I are pleased to invite you to the Western Mass Continuity Workshop.

The Workshop will be conducted on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 from 8:00am to 12:00pm.  Registration will begin at 7:30am.  The workshop will be held at Holyoke Community College, Kittredge Center, 303 Homestead Avenue, Holyoke, MA 01040.  The event is free to all federal agencies and state and local partners. Participants can choose to attend a Continuity 101 Workshop or a Reconstitution Workshop.  (Please see attached workshop descriptions.)  Light breakfast refreshments will be provided.

If your agency has a Continuity of Operations (COOP) plan, please bring a copy of it to the workshop.  It will help you in referencing information during the activities.  If your agency does not yet have a COOP plan, don’t worry.  The COOP 101 workshop will get you on track to developing one.

Open this document for registration and further information.

Recent newsletter from Northeast Homeland Security Council.

10am to 2pm

The Greenfield Public Safety Day will be held on Saturday, October 13th, 2012 from 10am till 2pm at the Greenfield Fire Station. The event is sponsored by the City of Greenfield. The emphasis of this day is health and safety as partners in the delivery of public safety in Greenfield. The Health Department will conduct a flu clinic during the event and the firehouse will be open for tours, apparatus demos, etc. For more information, please contact Chief Michael Winn at Greenfield Fire Dept., 413-774-4737 x2 or mike78@townofgreenfield.org.

3:30pm to 5:30pm

The Franklin County Regional Emergency Planning Committee (REPC) quarterly meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 from 3:30pm – 5:30pm at the  Franklin County Jail. The meeting agenda will be posted closer to the meeting date at www.frcog.org. For more information, please contact Tracy Rogers at 413-774-3167 x118 or regionalprep@frcog.org.