Join the City of Springfield and Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services
in celebrating Springfield Get Ready Day. The event will include a mobile shelter for view
and information about pet protection and survival. Flu shots will also be available. The
ceremony will take place in Court Square Park in Springfield. For more information,
please contact Bettye Anderson Frederic at 413.787.6761.
The South Berkshire Regional Emergency Planning Committee (SBREPC) will hold its
monthly meeting in the Conference room on the ground floor of Fairview Hospital. For
more information contact Heather Barbieri at hbarbieri@bhs1.org.
Director of Nurses for the Ludlow Board of Health, Francine Rusiecki, will conduct the
training for seniors and senior caregivers about being prepared for an emergency. For
more information contact 413‐583‐5600.
The United States Small Business Administration will be hosting a webinar on how small
businesses can train their employees for emergency preparedness. Without question,
most businesses will admit their most important assets are their employees. However
many take little action to help their employees and families prepare for, and recover
from disasters. While data recovery and business continuity may form the backbone of a
recovery strategy, if employees don’t report to work, having your systems back on line
may prove worthless. The webinar will feature noted speaker Mr. Dan Stoneking,
Director of Private Sector at FEMA for this discussion on strategies and best practices to
help employees prepare themselves and families for a crisis. Without exaggeration, this
information could literally change the future of your company, even protecting it from
failure.
This webinar is part of an ongoing campaign by the SBA and Agility to promote
preparedness among small businesses through the PrepareMyBusiness campaign. To
learn more, please visit www.PrepareMyBusiness.org. You can also register for the
webinar by visiting https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/585409425.
The Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is a federal emergency response program managed
collaboratively by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The SNS consists of pharmaceuticals and other
medical materiel that states can request in the event of a public health emergency, such
as pandemic influenza, or a man‐made or natural disaster.
The CDC and Massachusetts state SNS team will conduct this workshop, designed for
Chicopee city staff and volunteers. For additional information on the SNS, please visit
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/stockpile.
The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency presents “A Citizen’s Guide to
Disaster Assistance,” an independent study course that provides a basic understanding of
the roles and responsibilities of the local community, State, and the federal government
in providing disaster assistance. It is appropriate for both the general public and those
involved in emergency management who need a general introduction to disaster
assistance. For more information go to the FEMA website at
http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is7.asp.
Come visit the Western Mass Ready booth at the Franklin County Fair in Greenfield this weekend. On Thursday, the gates open at 3:00 p.m. Learn tips on preparing for emergencies and pick up your free LED flashlight key chain! For questions, please contact: Alyssa Larose, Franklin Regional County of Governments at ALarose@frcog.org.
Friday, September 7 through Sunday, September 9, 2012
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
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.
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.
