Goal 5.2: Emergency Management

Enhance National Preparedness through a Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management

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Engage all levels and segments of society in improving preparedness. Active participation by all segments of society in building, sustaining, and delivering core capabilities is an essential component of national preparedness. PPD-8, the QHSR, and the National Security Strategy recognize individual preparedness and engaging with members of the community as vital to enhancing the resiliency and security of our Nation. While efforts have traditionally focused on the preparedness of government and first responders, individuals prepared to care for themselves and assist their neighbors in emergencies are important partners in community preparedness efforts. Because neighbor-to-neighbor assistance, when done safely, decreases the burden on first responders, individuals should be seen as force multipliers who may also offer specialized knowledge and skills. The Whole Community model works to strengthen local collective action, public engagement, and neighborhood institutions and creates an effective path to building preparedness and resilience, and to helping local communities become integral members of the emergency management team.

Stakeholder(s):

• All Levels of Society


• All Segments of Society


• Members of the Community


• Neighbors


• Neighborhood Institutions


• Communities


• Emergency Management Teams


• First Responders

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