Release Date: February 6, 2012
Release Number: 1
Are you prepared for an emergency? Whether it be a tornado, flood, terrorism, or other disaster event, citizens
need to be prepared in order to take care of their family, neighbors, and community.
How well are you prepared? Ask yourself these three questions from the Red Cross Ready Quotient Survey:
1. In the last year have you made a specific plan for how you and your family would communicate in an
emergency situation if you were separated?
2. In the last year, have you prepared a disaster supply kit with emergency supplies, like water, food, and
medicine that is kept in a designated place in your home?
3. In the last year, have you established a specific meeting place to reunite in the event you and your
family cannot return home or are evacuated?
Everyone needs to be able to take care of themselves, their family, and possibly their neighbors in the initial
stages of a disaster event. However, the task of preparing for such an event can seem to be overwhelming and
costly. This is why the Region 6 Homeland Security Board and Safeguard Iowa Partnership have partnered
to bring the "20 Weeks to Preparedness Program" to your area. This program will help prepare you and your
family, a little at a time, over a 20 week period.
Each week new preparedness information will be shared in this publication including a list of items to gather
or purchase for your disaster supply kit. You may also sign up at www.safeguardiowa.org/subscribe-to-be-
prepared to receive weekly reminders and announcements that will help you and your family become prepared.
By participating in this 20 Weeks to Preparedness Program:
· You and your family will be prepared for any emergency.
· You will develop an emergency kit (home and vehicle).
· You will develop a family communications plan.
· You will develop/test your home evacuation plan.
· You will have copies of important documents and document contents of your home.
· You will be self sufficient during an emergency.
· You will improve your health, your family's health, and the health and well being of our community
during an emergency.
Additional information is available by contacting your local Emergency Management Coordinator
at 563-484-3050 or visiting the website at www.iascema.com. Visit Safeguard Iowa Partnership at
www.safeguardiowa.org, on twitter @safeguardiowa or Facebook at www.facebook.com/safeguardiowa.
The Region 6 Homeland Security Board is comprised of fourteen counties in eastern Iowa that coordinate homeland security planning,
training, exercise, response, and recovery. The counties included are Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton,
Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn, and Scott.
The Safeguard Iowa Partnership is a voluntary coalition of the state's business and government leaders, who share a commitment to
Release Number: 1
Are you prepared for an emergency? Whether it be a tornado, flood, terrorism, or other disaster event, citizens
need to be prepared in order to take care of their family, neighbors, and community.
How well are you prepared? Ask yourself these three questions from the Red Cross Ready Quotient Survey:
1. In the last year have you made a specific plan for how you and your family would communicate in an
emergency situation if you were separated?
2. In the last year, have you prepared a disaster supply kit with emergency supplies, like water, food, and
medicine that is kept in a designated place in your home?
3. In the last year, have you established a specific meeting place to reunite in the event you and your
family cannot return home or are evacuated?
Everyone needs to be able to take care of themselves, their family, and possibly their neighbors in the initial
stages of a disaster event. However, the task of preparing for such an event can seem to be overwhelming and
costly. This is why the Region 6 Homeland Security Board and Safeguard Iowa Partnership have partnered
to bring the "20 Weeks to Preparedness Program" to your area. This program will help prepare you and your
family, a little at a time, over a 20 week period.
Each week new preparedness information will be shared in this publication including a list of items to gather
or purchase for your disaster supply kit. You may also sign up at www.safeguardiowa.org/subscribe-to-be-
prepared to receive weekly reminders and announcements that will help you and your family become prepared.
By participating in this 20 Weeks to Preparedness Program:
· You and your family will be prepared for any emergency.
· You will develop an emergency kit (home and vehicle).
· You will develop a family communications plan.
· You will develop/test your home evacuation plan.
· You will have copies of important documents and document contents of your home.
· You will be self sufficient during an emergency.
· You will improve your health, your family's health, and the health and well being of our community
during an emergency.
Additional information is available by contacting your local Emergency Management Coordinator
at 563-484-3050 or visiting the website at www.iascema.com. Visit Safeguard Iowa Partnership at
www.safeguardiowa.org, on twitter @safeguardiowa or Facebook at www.facebook.com/safeguardiowa.
The Region 6 Homeland Security Board is comprised of fourteen counties in eastern Iowa that coordinate homeland security planning,
training, exercise, response, and recovery. The counties included are Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton,
Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn, and Scott.
The Safeguard Iowa Partnership is a voluntary coalition of the state's business and government leaders, who share a commitment to
