NAP- Neighborhood Alliance of Pawtucket

Readiness and Safety

New Year Resolutions for You

Letter to the Editor

01:00 AM EST on Wednesday, December 27, 2006


Pawtucket

For this New Year’s, resolve to be prepared for any contingency

On Sunday, nearly half of you will make at least one resolution as you look toward the New Year. The Neighborhood Alliance of Pawtucket is encouraging all of us to make a resolution that is both important and easy to keep: preparing for emergencies.

In a recent national survey conducted by The Ad Council, 91 percent of Americans agreed that taking some simple steps to prepare could help protect themselves and their families in the event of an emergency. However, only 55 percent had taken at least one of the three steps recommended by the Department of Homeland Security’s Ready Campaign: getting an emergency supply kit, making a family emergency plan, and being informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses.

Therefore, the Neighborhood Alliance of Pawtucket encourages you to visit www.ready.gov or call (800) BE-READY to learn how to prepare your families, homes and businesses for all types of emergencies, including natural disasters and terrorist attacks. Free materials, including family emergency-plan templates and sample business-continuity plans, are available through these resources. These materials will provide you with tools to make a New Year’s resolution that will bring you a peace of mind.

We encourage you to “Resolve to be Ready” in 2007.


Arthur Plitt

Pawtucket

Editor’s note: Arthur Plitt is President of the Neighborhood Alliance of Pawtucket

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