Emergency Preparedness Committee

Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC) City of Takoma Park Thursday 24 June 2021 7-8.30 pm via ZOOM AGENDA Issue/ item Person Est. Time/ minutes Welcome-- Ron Hardy 30 Takoma Park, Montgomery County & State updates— Covid updates; testing; opening plans, other Summer & early fall preparedness issues Upcoming event: Sunday, October 3rd 10 am to Ron Hardy, 30 5 pm : volunteers? All Other: Long Branch Partners—Library open; community center still closed—hoping to have a festival later in summer. --other events summer? --concerns re dangers: storms, power outages, new covid variants, other? → preparedness communication --National Preparedness month: events? Community groups: contact list—please share. ALL 10 Other ALL 20 Next Meeting: 24 June 2021 Emergency preparedness links: MADRA: Mid-Atlantic Disaster Recovery Association http://www.madra.org/ : quarterly & online https://madra.org/ MD Emergency Management Agency - http://www.mema.state.md.us/calendar/index.asp Emergency Preparedness https://www.ready.gov/ Federal Emergency Management Agency- http://training.fema.gov/is/crslist.asp?page=all Preparedness information: http://theprepared.com/