The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released a new report titled Personal Preparedness in America: Findings from the 2009 Citizen Corps National Survey that offers data on the public’s ...

Preparedness is personal, and it exists on a broad spectrum. For some people, it's tied to a season—hurricane season in the South or wildfire season in the West. In some communities, you have folks ...

The purpose of the survey was to assess personal preparedness for a disaster. The researchers used the Public Readiness Index (PRI), a validated survey consisting of ten questions developed by the ...

The odds are that almost everyone will be in a position to save another person’s life at some point. The clincher is, will they be ready for it? “Someday one of our students may save a life…and it ...

The most effective way to prepare for an emergency is to become aware. In emergency situations, a trained mind becomes alert but an untrained mind panics. Follow the tips below to prepare for before, ...

When did Americans begin to assume personal responsibility for preparing themselves and their families for disasters? Was it September 11? Was it when Hurricane Isabel struck, or when Southern ...