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Disaster & Preparedness
Meet "Disaster" and "Preparedness" -- two characters who will help you understand why you need to take personal responsibility to prepare yourself and your family for potential emergencies. Produced by the Metropolitan Emergency Managers Committee with funding support from the Kansas City Regional Homeland Security Coordinating Committee's Urban Area Security Initiative grant. In March 2012, the Disaster & Preparedness series was recently honored with a 2012 “Telly” award for excellence in online video production.
Episode 1: Meet Disaster & Preparedness
Episode 2: Keep Mayhem to a Minimum
Episode 3: It's Not Rocket Science
Episode 4: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Episode 5: Don't Let Disaster Have the Last Word
Episode 6: What's Your Next Move?
Episode 7: Put Disaster Down for the Count
- Public Service Announcement from the Ad Council -- "World Upside Down"
- Public Service Announcement from the Ad Council -- "Tia Contingencia"
- Terrorism Awareness Campaign
- Know When and How to Shelter in Place
- Weather Radios Save Lives
- FEMA Video: Make an Emergency Plan
- FEMA Video: Create a Disaster Supply Kit
- FEMA Video: Be a
Part of the Team (on YouTube)
- Public Service Announcement from the Ad Council — "Cell Phone"
- Public Service Announcement from the Ad Council — "Meeting Place"
- Public Service Announcement from the Ad Council — "Tomato Paste"
- Flash Floods - Andy Bailey, National Weather Service, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
- NOAA All-Hazards Radios - Mike Boos, Emergency Coordinator, Raymore, Mo.
- Pandemic Influenza - Adam Crowe, Platte County, Mo., Health Department
- Pandemic Preparedness - Josh Walsh, Independence, Mo., Health Department
- Preparedness for Businesses - Nick Crossley, Assistant Director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Johnson County, Kan.
- Preparedness for Seniors - Rita Hoffman, Emergency Management Coordinator, Olathe, Kan.
- Preparedness for People with Disabilities - Dee Smith, Director of Disaster Services, Salvation Army of Kansas and Western Missouri
- Preparedness for Pet Owners - Sandy Scheiss, Fire Chief, Independence, Mo.
- Severe Storms - Andy Bailey, National Weather Service, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
- Sheltering in Place - Rita Hoffman, Emergency Management Coordinator, Olathe, Kan.
- Tornadoes - Andy Bailey, National Weather Service, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
- Volunteer for a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) - Rita Hoffman, Emergency Management Coordinator, Olathe, Kan.