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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 19, 2008 <br />Action Age~a <br />Item No. - ~ <br />SUBJECT• Orange County Preparedness Month Proclamation <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Health <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proclamation <br />Campaign Plan <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Montes de Oca, 968-2050 <br />Rosemary Summers, 245-2411 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving a proclamation designating September 2008 as Orange <br />County Preparedness Month. <br />BACKGROUND: Every year, September is proclaimed as National Preparedness Month by <br />the President of the United States. The Department of Homeland Security and partner agencies <br />use the month of September to promote emergency planning for individuals, families, and <br />businesses using the message "Make a Kit. Make a Plan. Get Informed". Local agencies are <br />encouraged to use this message and sponsor activities to bring awareness to emergency <br />preparedness. <br />The Emergency Services Department and the Orange County Health Department have planned <br />several activities to implement in September to help increase the number of residents who have <br />an emergency preparedness plan and kit in place. A preparedness month proclamation is a <br />first step in communicating the importance of planning to the public. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Activities are planned as part of the normal budget process and incur no <br />additional funds outside of the approved budget. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the proclamation <br />and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />