7/27/2019 Presidential Proclamation - National Preparedness Month, 2013

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THE WHI TE HOUSE

Of f i ce of t he Pr ess Secr et ar y

For I mmedi at e Rel ease August 30, 2013

NATI ONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, 2013

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BY THE PRESI DENT OF THE UNI TED STATES OF AMERI CA

A PROCLAMATI ON

Ti me and agai n, Amer i ca f aces cr i ses t hat t est ourr eadi ness and chal l enge our r esol ve - - f r om nat ur al di sast er sl i ke hur r i canes, t or nadoes, and f l oods t o shoot i ngs, cyberi nci dent s, and even act s of t er r or i sm. Whi l e my Admi ni st r at i oni s wor ki ng t i r el essl y t o aver t nat i onal t r agedi es, i t i s ever yAmer i can' s r esponsi bi l i t y t o be pr epar ed. By pl anni ng f oremer genci es, i ndi vi dual s can pr ot ect t hemsel ves and t hei rf ami l i es whi l e al so cont r i but i ng t o t hei r communi t i es'r esi l i ence. Dur i ng Nat i onal Pr epar edness Mont h, we r ef ocus ouref f or t s on r eadyi ng our sel ves, our f ami l i es, our nei ghbor hoods,

and our Nat i on f or any cr i si s we may f ace.

My Admi ni st r at i on i s commi t t ed t o pr epar i ng our count r y f ort he f ul l r ange of t hr eat s. I n t he f ace of an emer gency, we wi l lcont i nue t o cut t hr ough r ed t ape and bol st er coor di nat i on. Atmy di r ect i on, t he Federal Emergency Management Agency wi l ll aunch a compr ehensi ve campai gn t o bui l d and sust ai n nat i onalpr epar edness wi t h pr i vat e sect or , non- pr of i t , and communi t yl eader s and al l l evel s of gover nment . The campai gn wi l l bebased on sci ence, r esear ch and devel opment , publ i c out r each, andbr oad par t i ci pat i on. I t wi l l ai m t o i nspi r e Amer i cans of al lages t o i ncr ease t hei r pr eparedness by movi ng f r om awareness t oact i on.

Over t hi s past year , ordi nary Amer i cans have st epped up i nmoment s of t r i al and t r agedy t o per f or m r eal act s of her oi sm.Despi t e t he br ave act i ons of f i r st r esponder s across Amer i ca,nei ghbor s and f r i ends ar e of t en t he f i r st on t he scene af t er anemergency, and ci r cumst ances can cal l anyone t o become a hero.Thi s year ' s Nat i onal Pr eparedness Mont h t heme, "You Can Be t heHer o, " asks al l Amer i cans t o r eady t hemsel ves t o assi st i n caseof emergency. Anyone can i mprove t hei r preparedness by maki ngor r evi ewi ng emer gency pl ans wi t h t hei r f ami l y and by bui l di ng

a di sast er ki t wi t h f ood, wat er , and essent i al suppl i es. Vi si twww. Ready. gov or www. Li st o. gov t o see whi ch types of di sast ersare most l i kel y f or your area and l ear n more about what you cando to pr epare.

Thi s mont h, as we r ef l ect on chal l enges t o our communi t i es,r egi ons, and our Nat i on, we cont i nue t o l end our suppor t t or ecover y ef f or t s, and we honor our f i r st r esponder s by doi ng ourpar t t o bui l d a mor e r esi l i ent Amer i ca.

NOW, THEREFORE, I , BARACK OBAMA, Pr esi dent of t he

Uni t ed St at es of Amer i ca, by vi r t ue of t he aut hor i t y vest ed i nme by t he Const i t ut i on and t he l aws of t he Uni t ed St ates, do

7/27/2019 Presidential Proclamation - National Preparedness Month, 2013

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hereby procl ai m Sept ember 2013 as Nat i onal Preparedness Mont h.I encour age al l Amer i cans t o recogni ze t he i mport ance ofpr eparedness and work t oget her t o enhance our nat i onal secur i t y,r esi l i ence, and r eadi ness.

I N WI TNESS WHEREOF, I have her eunt o set my hand t hi st hi r t i et h day of August , i n t he year of our Lor dt wo t housand t hi r t een, and of t he I ndependence of t heUni t ed St ates of Amer i ca t he t wo hundr ed and t hi r t y- ei ght h.

BARACK OBAMA

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