Resiliency Resources
Being prepared for emergencies makes a community stronger.
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Launched in February 2003, Ready is a National public service campaign designed to educate and empower the American people to prepare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies, including natural and man-made disasters. The goal of the campaign is to promote preparedness through public involvement.
Ready and its Spanish language version Listo ask individuals to do four key things: (1) stay informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses (2) make a family emergency plan and (3) build an emergency supply kit, and (4) get involved in your community by taking action to prepare for emergencies.
Leaders in Business Community Resilience (Regional Level)
Developing resilient communities against all hazards requires leadership from government and business. Preparing the workforce, building safe facilities, investing in supplier relationships, and connecting to the community are all key pillars of true business community resilience—from the boardroom to the storefront.
The path to leadership involves connecting with the right people and resources and committing to action by helping the business community and whole community mitigate the hazards they face and bounce back quickly after an incident. Plus, it can decrease the overall costs of disruptions and disasters.
This page features the basics of this simple, scalable roadmap for businesses of all sizes.
Get the RED CROSS Ready Rating: https://www.readyrating.org/How-It-Works
How-To Ready Business Toolkit (Regional and Local Level)
The goal of the FEMA Ready Business Program is to help businesses and organizations develop effective preparedness and mitigation programs. The Ready Business Program accomplishes this goal by providing tools to create business continuity and Preparedness and Mitigation Project Plans with a focus on the impact of relevant, local hazards.
The two components of the Ready Business Program are a series of hazard-specific Ready Business Toolkits and in-person Ready Business Workshops. The first program component, the Ready Business Toolkit series, focuses on earthquakes, hurricanes, inland flooding, power outage, and severe wind/tornado events. Toolkits provide organizations with information needed to develop a business continuity plan and Preparedness and Mitigation Project Plans, and provide an application for recognition of participating organizations.
To organize or participate in a workshop in Southwest Arkansas email info@southwestarshines.org.
The Emergency Management and Response — Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) promotes critical infrastructure protection (CIP) by sharing CIP and emerging threat information with Emergency Services Sector (ESS) departments and agencies nationwide.
The ESS includes emergency management, fire and Emergency Medical Services, hazardous materials teams, law enforcement, bomb squads, tactical operations/special weapons assault teams, and search and rescue.
How the EMR-ISAC helps ESS departments and agencies:
The EMR-ISAC collects and shares CIP and emergent threat information relevant to the ESS from federal, state, local, tribal, territorial and private sector partners. Information is published through U.S. Department of Homeland Security information sharing mechanisms, including a Community of Interest on the Homeland Security Information Network portal.
In addition, the EMR-ISAC routinely publishes:
The InfoGram – four short, weekly articles about the protection of the critical infrastructures of communities and their emergency responders.
CIP bulletins – distributed as needed, these bulletins contain important homeland security information affecting the CIP of emergency response agencies.
The EMR-ISAC also provides no-cost technical assistance CIP consultation services to ESS leaders. For more information, please contact the EMR-ISAC at emr-isac@fema.dhs.gov or 301-447-1325.
Ready Business Toolkits (Local Level)
The Ready Business Toolkit series includes hazard-specific versions for earthquake, hurricane, inland flooding, power outage, and severe wind/tornado. Toolkits offer business leaders a step-by-step guide to build preparedness within an organization. Each toolkit contains the following sections:
Identify Your Risk
Develop A Plan
Take Action
Be Recognized and Inspire Others
Business Emergency Preparedness Social Media Toolkit (Local Level)
The Business Emergency Preparedness Social Media Toolkit has safety and preparedness messages you can share on your social media channels.
Link to Business Emergency Preparedness Social Media Toolkit
FEMA Emergency Preparedness Resources for Businesses (20 Resource Guides) (Local Level)
When business is disrupted, it can cost money. Lost revenues plus extra expenses means reduced profits. Insurance does not cover all costs and cannot replace customers that defect to the competition. A business continuity plan to continue business is essential. Ready Business will assist businesses in developing a preparedness program by providing tools to create a plan that addresses the impact of many hazards.
Industry Liaison Program (Local and Regional Level)
The Industry Liaison Program (ILP) establishes strategic relationships with suppliers and stakeholders; serves as an information provider for suppliers seeking to do business with FEMA; and connects suppliers with program offices in support of FEMA’s mission.
If you are seeking to do business with FEMA in support of a disaster recovery effort, please be aware that in accordance with the Robert T. Stafford Act (specifically Section 307), FEMA’s goal is to seek local companies within the disaster area for goods and services related to a specific disaster when practical and feasible.
Computer Emergency Readiness
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center’s (NCCIC) mission is to reduce the risk of systemic cybersecurity and communications challenges in our role as the Nation’s flagship cyber defense, incident response, and operational integration center.
Since 2009, NCCIC has served as a national hub for cyber and communications information, technical expertise, and operational integration, and by operating our 24/7 situational awareness, analysis, and incident response center.
Homeland Security
Questions Every CEO Should Ask About Cyber Risks
As technology continues to evolve, cyber threats continue to grow in sophistication and complexity. Cyber threats affect businesses of all sizes and require the attention and involvement of chief executive officers (CEOs) and other senior leaders.
To help companies understand their risks and prepare for cyber threats, CISA has released Questions Every CEO Should Ask About Cyber Risks – key cybersecurity risk management topics and best practices that CEOs should discuss with their leadership teams.
Sample questions include:
How could cybersecurity threats affect the different functions of my business – including areas such as supply chain, public relations, finance, and human resources?
What measures do we employ to mitigate insider threats?
How often do we exercise our plans?
The best practices listed in this document were compiled from CISA’s incident response and cyber risk management activities with organizations across the Nation.
Homeland Security: Recording Available: New Small Business Cyber Resources for the New Year
The recording and presentation slides are now available from last week’s NCSA webinar, “New Small Business Cyber Resources for the New Year.” The webinar featured CISA’s new Cybersecurity Resources Road Map, as well as the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education’s new guidebook, Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Job, and NCSA’s Small Business Security Awareness Toolkit.
For information on future NCSA webinars, visit: https://staysafeonline.org/event_category/cybersecure-my-business/.
Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 Organizations and Residents Surveys
Southwest and the AEDI partnered to distribute two online surveys during development of the Southwest Arkansas Regional Resiliency and Recovery Plan. The Southwest region's surveys were first distributed during Fall of 2021 and were targeted at organizational leaders, including government and nonprofit leaders, and the second survey was targeting residents in general. Responses provided valuable insight into current socioeconomic and emergent fiscal challenges, as well as perspectives on business insights and trends within Southwest Arkansas regional communities. Survey respondents represented over 60 municipalities and 12 counties. Results from these surveys were used to help develop the Southwest Arkansas Regional Resiliency and Recovery Plan. Results can be seen below.
