2021-09-01 10:35:17
Welcome to September - National Preparedness Month.
A word from our President in 2018.
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-national-preparedness-month-2018/
NationalāPreparednessāMonthāisāaātimeātoāfocusāourāattentionāonātheāimportanceāofāpreparingāourāfamilies,āhomes,ābusinesses,āandācommunitiesāforādisastersāthatāthreatenāourālives,āproperty,āandāhomeland.āāDuringāthisātime,āweāalsoāhonorātheābraveāmenāandāwomenāwhoāselflesslyārespondātoācrisesāandādisasters,ārenderingāaidātoāthoseāināneed.āāTheseāfirstāresponders,āwhoāworkātirelesslyātoāsafeguardāourāNationāandāprotectāourācitizens,ādeserveāourāutmostāgratitudeāandāappreciation.
Overātheāpastāyear,ācommunitiesānationwideāandāacrossātheāTerritoriesāhaveāwitnessedāandāenduredādamageāfromāmultipleāhurricanes,āwildfires,ātornadoes,āfloods,āvolcanicāeruptions,āandāotherānaturalādisasters.āāTheāhistoricāhurricaneāseasonāofā2017āincludedāthreeācatastrophicāstormsāthatāmadeālandfallāwithināaāmonth,āandāwasāfollowedābyāaādestructiveāseriesāofāwildfiresāināCalifornia.āāCombined,ātheseānaturalādisastersāaffectedā47āmillionāpeopleāandātensāofāthousandsāwereāmobilizedātoāprovideāaid,ācomfort,āandāassistance.āāWeāareāalsoāespeciallyāmindfulāofāthoseācurrentlyāaffectedābyāongoingāwildfiresāināCalifornia,āOregon,āandāColorado.āāInāspiteāofātremendousāchallenges,ātheāresilienceāofātheāAmericanāpeopleācontinuesātoāprevail.
Tragediesāareāsomberāremindersāthatāpreparednessāisāaāsharedāresponsibilityāandāthatāitāisācriticalātoāmaintaināreadiness.āāAllāAmericansācanāprepareāforāpotentialādisastersābyādevelopingāandāpracticingāaāfamilyāemergencyāresponseāplan,āassemblingāaādisasterāsupplyākit,āsigningāupāforāalertsāonāmobileādevices,āsettingāasideāemergencyāsavings,āandāmaintainingāadequateāinsuranceāpoliciesāforātheirāhomesāandābusinesses.āāTheāFederalāEmergencyāManagementāAgencyāsāReadyāCampaignāoutlinesāotherāimportantāstepsātoābestāprepareāforāaāmajorādisaster.
Thisāmonth,āIāencourageāallāAmericansātoātakeātheāopportunityātoāensureātheyāhaveāanāemergencyāresponseāplanāināplaceāandāreadyātoābeāproperlyāexecuted.āāEmergenciesāandādisastersātestātheāresilienceāandāstrengthāofāfamilies,ācommunities,āandāourāNation.āāItāisāimpossibleātoāavoidāeveryāchallengeāandāthreat,ābutāweācanāandāmustāprepareāforāthem.āāByādoingāso,āweācanāhelpāprotectāourācommunitiesāandāsaveālives.
NOW,āTHEREFORE,āI,āDONALDāJ.āTRUMP,āPresidentāofātheāUnitedāStatesāofāAmerica,ābyāvirtueāofātheāauthorityāvestedāināmeābyātheāConstitutionāandātheālawsāofātheāUnitedāStates,ādoāherebyāproclaimāSeptemberā2018āasāNationalāPreparednessāMonth.āāIāencourageāallāAmericans,āincludingāFederal,āState,āandālocalāofficials,ātoātakeāactionātoābeāpreparedāforādisasterāorāemergencyābyāmakingāandāpracticingātheirāemergencyāresponseāplans.āāEachāstepāweātakeātoābecomeābetterāpreparedāmakesāaārealādifferenceāināhowāourāfamiliesāandācommunitiesāwillārespondāandāpersevereāwhenāfacedāwithātheāunexpected.
INāWITNESSāWHEREOF,āIāhaveāhereuntoāsetāmyāhandāthisāthirty-firstādayāofāAugust,āinātheāyearāofāourāLordātwoāthousandāeighteen,āandāofātheāIndependenceāofātheāUnitedāStatesāofāAmericaātheātwoāhundredāandāforty-third.
DONALDāJ.āTRUMP
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