PrepareAthon Overview
The Good and Ready for PrepareAthon Initiative was part of National Preparedness Month 2015.
The focus of the Good and Ready for PrepareAthon Initiative was to provide individuals, families, neighborhoods, organizations, churches, businesses and government agencies an opportunity to enhance their disaster preparedness and response skills.
Sponsor
The Good and Ready for PrepareAthon was sponsored by the:
Disaster Preparedness Video of the Day
To prepare you for the next disaster and to participate in the Operation Volunteer Placement Exercise and / or the Formidable Footprint Wildfire Exercise individuals could access and view each day’s disaster preparedness video found to the right.
Community Exercises
On September 24th and 26th agencies, organizations, communities, neighborhoods throughout the United States had the opportunity to assess their disaster preparedness an response capabilities by participating in one or both of the following exercises.
There is NO COST to participate in either of these exercises.
Operation Volunteer Placement – A VRC Tabletop Exercise
During this exercise agencies and organizations that have a role in coordinating spontaneous volunteers during an emergency or disaster had the opportunity to assess their volunteer placement capabilities while enhancing their understanding of operating a Volunteer Reception Center.
Formidable Footprint – A Community / Neighborhood Wildfire Response Tabletop Exercise
This exercise served as an opportunity for community and faith based organizations along with governmental agencies to assess their capability to prepare for, respond to and recover from a wildfire.
Just In Time Disaster Training Library
With over 1,800 disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery training videos the Just In Time Disaster Training is the most comprehensive, easy to search, FREE internet based source available.
The library can be accessed at the following web site: