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As part of National Preparedness Month, the South Brunswick Office of Emergency Management is sending out weekly preparedness plans and links. This week’s plans focus on “Getting Involved! Be a Part of Something Larger.”  Get your campus, business, faith-based organization and community organization prepared for an emergency.

New Jersey Office of Emergency Management offers the following recommendations and links to help you better prepare.

Ready Business

• Get involved and share preparedness info in your community, faith-based organization, business and more: www.ready.gov
• 40% of businesses never recover after a disaster. Watch this video and Plan Ahead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U0EFYKGn50&feature=youtu.be
• Develop a preparedness program for your business to plan for & reduce the impact of disasters: www.ready.gov/business
• Planning ahead for disasters can be the difference between going out of business and running a successful one. #NatlPrep

• Make sure your campus is a Ready Campus and prepared for all types of emergencies. Get involved: www.ready.gov/campus
• Make sure your school has emergency procedures in place for disasters that could affect your campus.
• Know how to get in touch with family/friends if phones are down. Text instead of call and mark yourself as safe on social media.
• If you can’t get in touch with family/friends after a disaster, register yourself as “Safe and Well” on the Red Cross’ website: https://safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/index.php  

• Keep your congregation safe – make sure your house of worship has a plan for all types of emergencies.
• Faith-based venues can become targets. Protect your congregation & house of worship by preparing for emergencies: www.fema.gov/faith-resources   
• Take steps to protect your house of worship from arson. Illuminate the exterior/entrances and clear anything that could fuel fire.