DENTON, Texas — September is National Preparedness Month, so the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Region 6 office is urging you to “Be Disaster Aware, Take Action to Prepare.”

National Preparedness Month (NPM) is part of a campaign called America’s PrepareAthon! The theme this year for NPM is “Be Disaster Aware, Take Action to Prepare.” Emergency managers are asking you, your family, friends and co-workers to take action by planning a National PrepareAthon! Day on or around September 30. It can be a simple, specific activity to increase you and your family’s preparedness, or it can be something more elaborate that involves your neighborhood, your entire workplace or your community.

“You should do the basics to prepare for hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, earthquakes or any other type of disaster – be informed, make a plan, build a kit and get involved,” said FEMA Region 6 Administrator Tony Robinson. “We encourage you to take things one step further and make sure you are financially ready too. You should do things like put your important personal documents, such as insurance information, in a waterproof container or develop a family communications plan.”

Visit www.ready.gov/prepare for more information on America’s PrepareAthon! You can find tools to stage your own emergency preparedness drills, as well as register any preparedness activities for you or your community. 

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