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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 8, 2011 Action Age~nda~- Item No. SUBJECT• Orange County Preparedness Month Proclamation DEPARTMENT: Health Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No ATTACHMENT(S): Proclamation INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy Cilenti, Interim Health Director, 245-2411 Frank Montes de Oca, Emergency Services Director, 245-6100 PURPOSE: To proclaim September 2011 as Orange County Preparedness Month. BACKGROUND: Each year, September is proclaimed as National Preparedness Month by the President of the United States. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and partner agencies use the month of September to promote emergency planning for individuals, families, and businesses using the message "Make a Kit. Make a Plan. Get Informed". Local agencies are encouraged to use this message and sponsor activities to bring awareness to emergency preparedness. The Orange County Health Department, in partnership with Orange County Emergency Services, will implement a series of activities in September to help increase the number of residents who have an emergency preparedness plan and 72-hour disaster supply kit in place. Staff considers an Orange County Preparedness Month proclamation as an initial step in communicating the importance of household emergency planning to the public. The Orange County Health Department and Orange County Emergency Services ask the Board of Commissioners to join them in recognizing the need to increase emergency preparedness levels in Orange County. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Activities are planned as part of the normal budget process and incur no additional funds outside of the approved budget. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign.