Community Preparedness Principles
- Collaboration: Government must collaborate with community leaders from all sectors for effective planning and capacity building.
- Integration: Non-governmental assets and resources must be fully integrated in government plans, preparations, and disaster response.
- Personal/Organizational Preparedness: Everyone in America must be fully aware, trained, and practiced on how to prevent, protect, mitigate, prepare for, and respond to all threats and hazards.
- Volunteer Service: Citizen activism and volunteer service provides ongoing support for community safety and critical surge capacity in response and recovery.
Community Preparedness Model
![Community Preparedness Model](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120915081839im_/http://www.citizencorps.gov/images/about/communitypreparednessmodel.jpg)
Citizen Corps strives to bring together government and community leaders in all-hazards emergency preparedness. FEMA's Comprehensive Planning Guide 101 emphasises that the most realistic and complete plans are prepared by a "team that includes representatives of the departments and agencies, as well as private sector and NGOs." The model below exemplifies Citizen Corps' collaborative, inclusive approach to community preparedness.
![Preparedness Cycle](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120915081839im_/http://www.fema.gov/graphics/prepared/prep_cycle_full.jpg)
National Preparedness Resources
FEMA Comprehensive Planning Guide (CPG) 101
FEMA Preparedness Cycle and Resources
Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
Emergency Management Training