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FEMA Preparedness Toolkit

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PrepToolkit from FEMAThe National Preparedness System outlines an organized process for everyone in the whole community to move forward with their preparedness activities and achieve the National Preparedness Goal.

The Preparedness Toolkit is an online portal that provides the whole community with tools to aid in implementing all six areas of the National Preparedness System.

  • Identifying and Assessing Risk
  • Estimating Capability Requirements
  • Building and Sustaining Capabilities
  • Planning to Deliver Capabilities
  • Validating Capabilities
  • Reviewing and Updating

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