Business / Neighborhood Tabletop Exercises
With the mission of bringing individuals, families, neighborhoods and businesses together to plan and prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate the effects of disasters, the Capital Area Citizen Corps has undertaken the coordination of the following disaster tabletop exercise:
These exercises are a collaborative effort between numerous Capital Area Citizen Corps member agencies.
| Event | Date Time |
Additional Information |
| Outbreak Anarchy - A Business / Community Influenza Pandemic Tabletop Exercise |
January 23 9:00AM |
Register |
| Hurricane Biz - A Business Tabletop Exercise | March 20 9:00AM |
Register |
Capital Area Citizen Corps - Heroes Aren't Born Poster
The Capital Area Citizen Corps poster campaign is designed to encourage individuals, families, neighborhoods, schools and businesses to volunteer to help prepare our communities for the next disaster. In unveiling the Heroes Aren't Born - They Volunteer! Poster, the Capital Area Citizen Corps is working to actively educate North Floridians of the various volunteer opportunities available to them in support of HOMELAND SECURITY and DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.Demonstrate your volunteer spirit today by downloading, printing and proudly displaying the Heroes Aren't Born - They Volunteer! poster.
Capital Area Citizen Corps - Mission
The Capital Area Citizen Corps gives citizens living in the communities of Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor and Wakulla Counties in North Florida an organized way of volunteering with disaster preparedness, response and recovery organizations and homeland security agencies. These organizations work to prepare individuals, families, neighborhoods, schools and businesses for the next disaster and respond to emergencies that affect our communities.
Capital Area Citizen Corps - Vision
The vision of the Capital Area Citizen Corps and its affiliate organizations is to:- Strengthen the regions ability to prevent crime and terrorism and respond to emergencies.
- Help our community feel more prepared and secure.
- Build stronger coordination and collaboration between all the organizations in North Florida. These groups are dedicated to making communities a better place for all of our citizens and visitors.
- Enable citizens and organizations to respond to the President's request for a more coordinated approach to Homeland Security and service to the community.
Capital Area Citizen Corps - Charter
- Encourage volunteer participation.
- Enhance emergency response capacity and capability.
- Create a menu of volunteer opportunities that support Citizen Corps objectives.
- Act as a coordinating arm between the public sector, private sector, volunteer and non-profit organizations engaged in public safety and emergency response activities.
Capital Area Citizen Corps - Organization
Our organizational principles are to keep things simple, to build on what already exists and avoid duplication, to avoid any semblance of bureaucracy and to be inclusive.
The management of the Capital Area Citizen Corps will be facilitate by three volunteer recruitment and placement organizations. These three organizations are:
- Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross
- Florida State University Center for Civic Education and Service
- Leon County Volunteer Center
These three organizations are dedicated to recruiting, training and placing community volunteers in an effort to make North Florida a safe place to live.
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