National Preparedness Month 2025

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September is National Preparedness Month. Each year, National Preparedness Month is recognized to promote family and community disaster and emergency planning. Typically, FEMA puts out a themed campaign during National Preparedness Month to bring attention to the need to prepare for potential disasters.

The Ready.gov website has a number of resources to help your community conduct disaster and emergency planning. A variety of handouts, guides, public service announcements, and a link to the FEMA app are all available through the website. Having these helpful items downloaded, customized, and stored in an easily accessible location will save time in the event of a disaster. Download them now to have them at your fingertips in times of emergency.

FEMA also has a YouTube site with a wide array of videos that your community can watch and learn from.

Floods in Texas

The tragic floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas have reminded us just how quickly a natural disaster can strike. Provided below is a nice, brief tutorial on how flood control structures work. It is good to know how these structures work and what their limitations are when the potential for a natural disaster arises.

Additional Reading on Rural Resurrection

Each year, Rural Resurrection typically provides at least a post or two related to preparing for disasters during the month of September. Here are a few links to previous National Preparedness Month posts:

Read up on disaster preparedness now so that you’ll be prepared for when disaster strikes. There’s a saying, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” Preparing now will help your community take that punch and recover.