Ready Community

November 6, 2017

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.