September is National Preparedness Month!

Preparedness Starts at Home

Know your risk

• Know what could happen where you and your family live. This helps you figure out what you need to do to stay safe. You can explore various disasters and emergencies on Ready.gov.

Make a family emergency plan

• Making a plan early helps you reduce stress and save time and money. Follow four easy steps and create a free Family Emergency Plan quickly and easily with our fillable form.
• Disasters are costly but preparing for them doesn’t have to be. Taking time to prepare now can help save you thousands of dollars and give you peace of mind when the next disaster or emergency occurs. Visit Ready.gov’s low and no-cost tip page to see how you can be better prepared without spending a lot of money.

Build an emergency supply kit

• Having enough food, water and medicine can help you stay safe and comfortable until help arrives. Having what you need can also prevent injury and damage to your home.
• Build a go-bag with all the essentials you might need, so you don’t need to scramble in an evacuation situation. Find a list of supplies at Build A Kit.

Get involved in your community by taking action to prepare for emergencies

• Emergencies can happen fast, and emergency responders aren’t always nearby. You may be able to save a life by taking simple actions immediately. You can learn these steps when you take a first aid class through many organizations in your community..
• Join a Community Emergency Response Team program and get trained on basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization and disaster medical operations.
• Take a free online independent study course through FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute or a CPR course through the American Red Cross to learn more about how to help your community become more prepared.

Our mission is to build the readiness and resiliency of stakeholders in Nebraska to prepare, mitigate, respond,

and recover from disasters through advocacy, training, and partnerships.

Building Readiness Through Partnerships

Combining the assets of the private sector with the resources, knowledge, and access of the public sector can create Partnerships that fill gaps and take the recovery of your business to the next level.

The Nebraska Preparedness Partnership is creating those partnerships and wants you to be involved.

Let NPP Be Your Voice

NPP serves as a liaison between those in the private sector with those in the public sector and nonprofits. Awareness of current status during a disaster helps us all recovery more quickly and get back to business. There is a vast community in our state ready and willing to help. NPP can help make the connections you need.