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5 <br />preparedness fair. Announcements will be mailed to community members during week of August <br />11th <br />• Orange County Government proclamation -September is Orange County Preparedness Month. <br />Media /Public Relations <br />To meet objective four, the following materials will be developed to increase the amount of county <br />information being disseminated via local media: <br />• Press Release: Will be released to television, print, and radio on September 1, 2008 announcing goals <br />and planned events and activities. <br />• Radio Public Service Announcement: WCHI, <br />• Campaign Web Page: Will contain all campaign materials and links to local, state, and federal <br />emergency preparedness sites. <br />• Audio Podcast: Work with WCHL or UNC Instructional Media to develop a two audio podcasts. <br />One will address individual and family preparedness planning and the second will address <br />animal/livestock preparedness. A representative from Animal Control or Cooperative Extension will <br />be asked to discuss the animal preparedness. The podcasts will be available via the health <br />department's webpage. <br />• Community Calendars: Use WRAL, Carrboro Citizen, Carolina Parent, and share.triangle.org to <br />promote events. <br />Educational Materials <br />1) Preparedness Kit Shopping List <br />2) Are You Ready for a Disaster <br />3) Ready.Gov Materials (already ordered) <br />4) Train-the-Trainer Presentation <br />5) Community Leader Preparedness Toolkit <br />a. Emergency Preparedness PowerPoint <br />b. Ready.gov brochures <br />c. Disaster Planning for Your Family Fact Sheet <br />Community Groups to Tap Into <br />- Fairview Community Policing Substation <br />- Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) <br />- Immigrant Emergency Communications Committee (IEC) <br />- Orange County Communicators Workgroup <br />- Orange County Department of Social Services <br />- Chambers of Commerce <br />Evaluation Measures <br />Campaign success will in part be measured by whether the stated objectives were fully met. <br />Fair Participants: We will implement the following activities to determine whether community members <br />reached during the preparedness fair used materials received to develop an emergency preparedness <br />plan/kit: <br />I) Give each person taking a preparedness bag a pledge card asking for their name and phone <br />number or a-mail address. The card will also ask participants to answer three survey questions: <br />(1) Do you have an emergency preparedness plan for your home; (2) If you do have a <br />preparedness kit, please check all the items in your kit now; and (3) I will use materials and <br />