{"id":54471,"date":"2024-08-19T08:32:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T12:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=54471"},"modified":"2024-08-19T08:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T12:32:29","slug":"commissioners-proclaim-september-as-national-preparedness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=54471","title":{"rendered":"Commissioners proclaim September as National Preparedness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19807\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19807\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0814-National-Preparedness-Month.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"222\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chester County Commissioners presented a proclamation this week recognizing September as National Preparedness Month. Chester County emergency management personnel, and emergency management and first responder staff from the Borough of Downingtown accepted the Commissioners\u2019 proclamation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week, the Chester County Commissioners proclaimed September as National Preparedness Month, with the overriding message to \u201cexpect the unexpected\u201d and be prepared for any kind of emergency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proclamation, signed by Commissioners Josh Maxwell. Marian Moskowitz and Eric Roe, states that \u201cinvesting in the preparedness of ourselves, our families, businesses, and communities can reduce fatalities and economic devastations in our communities\u201d and encourages every resident of Chester County to \u201cmake preparedness a priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chester County\u2019s <em>Public Preparedness Guide <\/em>\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chesco.org\/prepguide\">www.chesco.org\/prepguide<\/a> &#8211; is filled with information on how to prepare for all types of disasters and emergencies \u2013 from severe weather and school safety to hazardous materials and active shooters. The guide includes how to make an emergency plan for your family, older people, those with disabilities, and pets, as well as what to have in an emergency preparedness kit.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <em>Preparedness Guide<\/em> also defines various emergency alert systems and when they are used. ReadyChesCo is the information and warning system Chester County\u2019s Department of Emergency Services uses to provide emergency notifications via phone, email, or text. All Chester County residents are encouraged to sign up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readychesco.org\/\">ReadyChesCo<\/a>, which is free and customizable, or review and update existing information by going to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.readychesco.org\/\">www.readychesco.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents are also encouraged to sign up for additional alert systems like Smart911 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smart911.com\/\">www.smart911.com<\/a>. Smart911 lets residents provide all important medical, family, and household information to emergency responders, to better help them communicate during an emergency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staff from Chester County\u2019s Department of Emergency Services will be at several events in September and October \u2013 including West Caln\u2019s Community Day on September 7 and the Warwick Fall Festival on September 28 \u2013 to provide information about emergency preparedness, ReadyChesCo, and Smart911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the Chester County Commissioners proclaimed September as National Preparedness Month, with the overriding message to \u201cexpect the unexpected\u201d and be prepared for any kind of emergency. The proclamation, signed by Commissioners Josh Maxwell. Marian Moskowitz and Eric Roe, states that \u201cinvesting in the preparedness of ourselves, our families, businesses, and communities can reduce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[29,7426,1842],"class_list":["post-54471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county","tag-featured","tag-national-preparedness-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54472,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54471\/revisions\/54472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/54470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}