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BoardofCountyCommissionersContact:ChuckWhite
OfficeoftheCountyAdministrator912-729-5602(office)
P.O.Box99/200East4""Street912-576-0448(fax)
Woodbine,Georgia31569cnwhite@co.camden.ga.us
FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
CamdenCountyResidentsEncouragedto
TakeActionduringNationalPreparednessMonth
WOODBINE,GEORGIAAugust27,2018SeptemberisNationalPreparednessMonth
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andCamdenCountyEmergencyManagementAgency(EMA)urgesallCamdenCountycitizenstotake
timetopreparefornaturaldisastersandemergencies.Withthethemeof“DisastersHappen;PrepareNow;
LearnHow,”thegoalofNationalPreparednessMonthistoincreasetheoverallnumberofindividuals,
families,andcommunitiesthatengageinpreparednessactionsathome,work,business,school,and
placesofworship.
“WewanttoencourageallCamdenCountyresidentstoplanandprepareNARA,EREROREOMESSMCUDON
forsituations,”saidCamdenCountyEMADirectorChuckWhite.conte)AY
emergency
“HurricanesMatthewandIrmahaveshownustheimportanceofeveryoneDist
1sasters
takingproactivestepstoensuretheirsafetyandthesafetyofthei;rfamilny.oH
appen
Thisyear,allCamdenCountyresidentsareencouragedto:
MakeandPracticeYourPlan,PREPARENOWEN
eLEARNHOW
eLearnLifeSavingSkills,
eCheckYourInsuranceCoverage,and@Ready”
EMA
eSaveForanEmergency.
SpecificinformationandtipswillbepostedthroughoutthemonthontheCamdenCountyEMA’sFacebook
andTwitteraccounts.CamdenCountyresidentslookingformoreinformationonhowtoprepare,planand
stayinformedaboutnaturalandman-madedisasterscanvisitwww.camdencountyga.gov/ema,
www.ready.ga.gov,orwww.ready.gov.
AboutCamdenCounty:LocatedintheextremesoutheastcornerofGeorgia,CamdenCountytrulyis“Georgia’sCoastal
CommunityofChoice.”Originallyformedin1777,CamdenCountyisbestknownforitsrichhistory,naturalscenicbeautyand
Southernhospitality.Ourvisionishelpingtomakethisthebestplacetolivebypreservingandenhancingthehistoryandquality
oflife,whilepromotingsmartgrowthandprovidinganefficient,effectiveandresponsivegovernment.
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CountyAdministratorCountyAttorney
LANNIEE.BRANTCHUCKCLARKJIMMYSTARLINEGARYBLOUNTBENL.CASEY
Commissioner,District1Commissioner,District2Commissioner,District3Commissioner,District4Commissioner,District5