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Hello Grundy County,

I want to share with you that September is National Preparedness Month. The theme for the 2017 National Preparedness Month is “Disasters Don’t Plan Ahead. YOU CAN”.

As most have witnessed in the recent events of the Hurricane impact to Texas, Louisiana and surrounding areas or of the numerous wild fires among our western states or even perhaps something a little closer to home that has affected your personal life, You have seen that “When Disaster Strikes… YOU will be the First to Respond!”

Please take steps to better prepare yourself, your family, your work place, place of worship, your children’s schools and your neighbors for an emergency or disaster.
Below are some places to find preparedness information:

Pleas download our FREE Grundy County EMA App to receive Alerts, have preparedness information and many more interactive features at your fingertips: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grundy-county-ema-illinois/id1038132993?ls=1&mt=8 and for Android here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ocv.grundycoilema

Register with NIXLE to receive redundancy in emergency messages (always have at least 3 ways to receive emergency and important information):
https://local.nixle.com/grundy-county-ema/

Find Additional Preparedness Information at the following web links:
www.grundyco.org/emergency-management

www.illinois.gov/ready

www.state.il.us/iema

www.fema.gov

www.nws.noaa.gov

www.redcross.org

If you are in the building or the area of 1320 Union Street in Morris, stop in the Grundy County Administration Building main hallway to view our preparedness display and pick up some preparedness information.

Thank You
Joe Schroeder
Grundy County EMA Director