{"id":10452,"date":"2023-09-11T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=10452"},"modified":"2023-09-11T10:41:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:41:02","slug":"new-river-health-district-announces-efforts-during-national-preparedness-month","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/archived-news-releases\/2023-regional-news-releases\/new-river-health-district-announces-efforts-during-national-preparedness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"New River Health District Announces Efforts During National Preparedness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE &#8211; September 11, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact: <\/strong>Beverly Hill, M.Ed.,<br \/>\nPublic Health Emergency and Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator,<br \/>\nNew River Health District, beverly.hill@vdh.virginia.gov<\/p>\n<p><strong>New River Health District Announces Efforts During National Preparedness Month<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>The annual designation focuses on preparing older adults for disasters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christiansburg, Va. \u2013 <\/strong>September is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ready.gov\/september\">National Preparedness Month<\/a> (NPM), the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fema.gov\/\">Federal Emergency Management Agency<\/a>\u2019s (FEMA) annual preparedness outreach event sponsored by FEMA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ready.gov\">Ready Campaign<\/a>. The New River Health District has committed to participate in NPM to increase preparedness in the community by offering educational resources to the public, providing training opportunities to local health department staff and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) volunteers, and providing Stop the Bleed training to community members across the district.<\/p>\n<p>This year, National Preparedness Month will focus on preparing older adults for disasters. Older adults have specific needs during a disaster, specifically those who are disproportionately affected by all hazards. Older adults face greater risks associated with disasters, especially those who live in rural areas, live alone, are low-income, or have a disability. National Preparedness Month is a perfect time to create or review your own emergency plans, or those for our parents, grandparents, and elderly friends and neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>Preparedness is a shared responsibility that takes the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fema.gov\/whole-community\">Whole Community<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Learn ways you can take action by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ready.gov\/older-adults\">www.ready.gov\/older-adults<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ready.gov\/prepare\">Ready.gov\/prepare.\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe importance of preparedness cannot be overstated. Outcomes are far better with these simple measures on the front end versus picking up the pieces on the back end,\u201d said Dr. Noelle Bissell, Health Director for New River Health District.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Ready Campaign and National Preparedness Month, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Ready.gov\/September\">Ready.gov\/September<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE &#8211; September 11, 2023 Media Contact: Beverly Hill, M.Ed., Public Health Emergency and Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator, New River Health District, beverly.hill@vdh.virginia.gov New River Health District Announces Efforts During National Preparedness Month The annual designation focuses on preparing older adults for disasters Christiansburg, Va. \u2013 September is National Preparedness Month (NPM), the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":518,"featured_media":0,"parent":9835,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[392,171,393,390,389,49,391,386,172,394,395],"class_list":["post-10452","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-disasters","tag-dr-noelle-bissell","tag-emergency-plans","tag-federal-emergency-management-agency","tag-fema","tag-medical-reserve-corps","tag-mrc","tag-national-preparedness-month","tag-new-river-health-district","tag-preparedness","tag-ready-campaign"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New River Health District Announces Efforts During National Preparedness Month - Newsroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/archived-news-releases\/2023-regional-news-releases\/new-river-health-district-announces-efforts-during-national-preparedness-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New River Health District Announces Efforts During National Preparedness Month - Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE &#8211; 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