Ready Community

ReadyCommunity resource materials were developed to complement and add greater depth to the six steps delineated in the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide as vital to the development of a viable and sustainable Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). In an effort to promote the development and implementation of sound community-based emergency operation plans, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) released an important publication titled: “Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans: Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101” in November 2010. The CPG seeks to promote a common understanding of the fundamentals of risk-informed planning and decision-making. In addition, it assists planners at all levels of government to develop and maintain viable all-hazards and all-threats emergency plans. ReadyCommunity resource materials were developed to complement and add greater depth to the six steps delineated in the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide as vital to the development of a viable and sustainable Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). Note below the primary purpose of the CPG document and note the “value-added” that ReadyCommunity offers to towns, cities, and counties. Access the ReadyCommunity Materials on the Southern Rural Development Center web site. The ReadyCommunity Facilitator Training is a joint project of FEMA, USDA-CSREES (now NIFA) and EDEN, and coordinated by the USDA-NIFA’s Regional Rural Development Centers with the intent of empowering Cooperative Extension personnel and their partners with the know-how to assist communities with disaster-preparedness planning using FEMA’s Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101.