Community Safety/Security Newsletter - June 2006 (Issue 1)

Welcome to the FIRST June 2006 Issue!

This is the Fourth (June 2006 - Issue 1) Community Safety/Security Newsletter for people who are interested in making their homes, families, workplaces, neighborhoods, and communities safer.  We skipped May first because a couple of last minute projects came up, and second because we are in the process of trying to develop 2 newsletters per month. Please forward this newsletter to anyone that you think would benefit from information about community safety and security. The purpose behind this newsletter is to give you “bite sized” pieces of information that you can take with you and remember so as not to overwhelm you with too much information. That way, you will have information that you can use. Please let me know if you think that there is too much information or not enough.

No new e-books this time, although we are very close to releasing “Maintiendo Nuestras Vecindades a Salvo” in e-book format. It is the Spanish Translation of “Keeping Our Neighborhoods Safe.”

Thanks for helping us make the world just a little safer!

-Stephen

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Building an Emergency Plan OR "How to Make it all Work"

So you've just been tasked with developing an Emergency Response Plan. You work your tail off, and maybe hire a consultant to help you out and you develop this wonderful plan that covers Planning, Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation. Six months down the road, a disaster happens. And nothing goes according to plan. You've trained up your EOC, your front line people have the equipment and training that they need, so what went wrong?
spacer (1K)Photo courtesy of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Recent and Upcoming Events

The National Institute for Homeland Security and Anti-Terrorism Preparedness conference has been postponed to August 27-30.  This year's theme is "School Safety", and Stephen has been asked to speak not only his original topic of Neighborhood Safety, but also to give the keynote presentation to discuss the importance of a holistic approach to Emergency Preparedness and Response planning and training.  He will be covering the basics of the five big items: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, and  Mitigation. If you would like to sponsor copies of Keeping Our Neighborhoods Safe for the conference, or if you know someone who might be interested in doing so, please contact us.  Additionally, if you are planning a conference or other event and would like Stephen to appear, please let us know.

A major Southern California city recently  purchased 1,000 copies of  Keeping Our Neighborhoods Safe for their Fire Safety Day to give to community members.  Thanks to everyone who is helping us to train their employees, the public and local agencies on the basics of community safety and security.

It's time again for HMEP grant applications in California (and possibly elsewhere?) Every jurisdiction has a different application process, so check with your local jurisdiction if you are interested. We are interested in teaming with community agencies (fire, water, health, police, etc.) to develop programs that leverage these grants to get community safety and security training to agencies and to the public. The grants are for programs that deal with transportation and hazardous materials, so if your agency has hazardous materials in the area and a form of transportation (rail, air, road, etc.), and would like to leverage your agency funds to help make people safer, please contact us.

Congressman Rohrabacher's office (in Orange/LA County) sponsors regular classes on anti-terrorism topics. If you would like more information on these classes, please let us know.

What lies ahead?

"Keeping Our Schools Safe" is moving along.  We are still interested in contributions and reviewers for the book, so please contact us if you feel that you can contribute.

See you next month!

Useful Information

The Seven Signs of Terrorism (Video 18MB)

A wonderful video developed by the Michigan State Police to help citizens spot terrorists before they become threats.

For more resources, please visit our resources page at:
http://www.oursafetowns.com/resources.htm

If you have suggestions for safety or security resources, please let us know so that we can include them.



Safety Tip

Check your fire extinguishers to make sure that they are still charged.  They should be checked annually, so if your tages are more than 1 year out of date, it's time!

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