FEMA has announced the 2010 National Citizen Corps Achievement Awards These awards span very large to smaller communities and also individual awards.
One of the success stories of the post 9/11 frenzy to create programs is Citizen Corps. It leverages a fairly unique American trait of volunteerism. The strength so far has been in the training that individuals receive and the awareness and education that is being shared, along with some skills.
The long term challenge is keeping "teams" energized and engaged. Certainly drills and exercises are needed to keep the fervor towards disaster preparedness going in a community. I also think that for the majority of very small cities having a "community team" is the way to go. These can augment first responders, who may be volunteers themselves.
Congratulations to everyone who got a 2010 award. You are doing meaningful work that will pay off in the long run.
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One of the success stories of the post 9/11 frenzy to create programs is Citizen Corps. It leverages a fairly unique American trait of volunteerism. The strength so far has been in the training that individuals receive and the awareness and education that is being shared, along with some skills.
The long term challenge is keeping "teams" energized and engaged. Certainly drills and exercises are needed to keep the fervor towards disaster preparedness going in a community. I also think that for the majority of very small cities having a "community team" is the way to go. These can augment first responders, who may be volunteers themselves.
Congratulations to everyone who got a 2010 award. You are doing meaningful work that will pay off in the long run.
