Scarsdale Wants Residents to Be Prepared, Attend Training

Scarsdale residents are being encouraged to participate in the next nationwide PrepareAthon Day of Action April 30, 2016.

America’s PrepareAthon is organized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to increase individual and community preparedness and resilience, according to a press release from the Village of Scarsdale.

The goal of the campaign is to increase the number of individuals in the community who:

• Understand which disasters could happen in their community
  
• Know what to do to be safe and mitigate damage
  
• Take action to increase their preparedness
  
• Participate in family and community resilience planning

To support you in these efforts, FEMA Region II has developed simple, low-stress emergency preparedness tabletop scenarios that individuals, families, and groups can undertake to improve their levels of preparedness, and perhaps have a little fun learning or reinforcing important skills and knowledge. Each scenario focuses on a different threat or hazard and is intended to be completed by participants at their own pace, in their own space. Participants can choose to partake in one, some, or all of the following scenarios, which include seasonally appropriate hazards:

• Scenario One: Active Shooter
  
• Scenario Two: Tornado
  
• Scenario Three: Wildfire
  
• Scenario Four: Hurricane/Flooding
  
• Scenario Five: Extreme Heat
  
• Scenario Six: Pet Preparedness for Kids
  

Visit www.scarsdale.com to access the training scenarios. Just click on the “WE'RE IN. ARE YOU?” icon located at the top of the homepage.