I want to thank all of you for being loyal readers! This time, my thanks will be in the form of two prizes in my first contest. Freebies!
- Personal Emergency Communications by Andrew Baze – win a free copy!
The first is a signed copy of “Personal Emergency Communications.” I’ll ask you for a name to make it out to, and a mailing address, and it will be yours!
- Adventure Medical Ultralight .3 First Aid Kit – everyone needs one of these!
The second is an ultralight, waterproof first aid kit, from Adventure Medical Kits. This is one of the best ultralight kits on the market, and of course you should have one in your backpack, purse, go-bag, glovebox… the list goes on.
Of course, I would love to give all of you a prize, but I’m only giving away these two in this contest, but your odds are far better than winning $1 in the lottery. For a few seconds of your time, you might as well give it a shot 
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How do you enter this contest? It’s quite simple:
1) Post a relevant comment on one or as many as three articles (aside from this one) in www.emergencycommunicationsblog.com or www.preparedblog.com. One comment = one entry, up to three!
2) Or “friend” me on my Facebook fan page here: https://www.facebook.com/AndrewBazeWriter. Liking = one entry.
3) Send me an email telling me whether you did #1, #2, or both, and how many entries you get (between 1 and 4), and you’re all set. I’lll create the entries for you and add them to the pot. No fuss.
Once I have enough entries, I’ll make a random selection (and even take a picture of the process) and we’ll have two happy winners. Ready? Go! And good luck to you. :-)
-Andrew
Do You Really Need a Personal Emergency Communications Plan? You tell me.
I recently wrote an article titled “A Chink in Your Emcomm Armor“, in which I described the need for people in emergency communications roles of any kind to have personal emcomm plans, in order to ensure they would be available in an emergency, versus doing their best to get home and check on family, neighbors, etc.
Then I went to EMCOMM West, a fun gathering of emcomm professionals in Reno, Nevada. The audience for my talk was about 50 people (I was excited to speak to a crowded room!), and I asked the same questions I’ve asked before.
“How many of you have some kind of emergency communications role, whether paid or volunteer?” Everyone but one person raised their hands.
“How many of you have a personal emergency communications plan?” … Not one hand went up.
I see this as opportunity, and in fact the topic of my class was “How to create your personal emcomm plan,” and we walked through a template, with people filling in options as we went. So am I surprised by the answers I got? No.
Now I have a different question, for everyone. Do you think people really need such a plan? Is it overkill? Am I tilting at windmills when I propose that everyone who has an emcomm role should have a personal plan in place? For that matter, what about people who aren’t interested in emergency communications, but who are still interested in disaster preparedness in general? I’d love to hear what you think. Maybe I’m biased. Maybe I’m taking an extreme approach. Or maybe I’m right on the money. What say you?
Reply to the article or shoot me an email – I’d love to hear what you have to say.
-Andrew
