Wednesday, January 4, 2012

A New Year’s resolution for us all

While many of us have very recently made resolutions around our eating and exercise habits, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is asking the public to adopt at least one additional New Year’s resolution: Be ready. To make this easy, they’ve initiated a “31 days of preparedness” blog offering a tip a day to improve readiness for any type of disaster or emergency.

The first three days’ of readiness tips have included some simple but sensible suggestions for preparing your “second home” – in other words, your automobile – for emergencies. Check back with the CDC blog for additional daily tips. I suspect you’ll be more knowledgeable and better prepared for the unexpected.

- Doug Hirano, MPH, APCA Executive Director