FEMA Honors Local Achievement In Community Resilience
Harris County, Denton County Citizen Corps Councils Honored
Release Date: August 18, 2009
Release Number: R6-09-133
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DENTON, TEXAS -- Citizen Corps Councils from two Texas counties were honored during the National Conference on Community Preparedness in Arlington, VA.
The Denton County Citizen Corps Council was recognized with the Outstanding Citizen Corps Council Award Serving a Population Under 1.5 million.
The Harris County Citizen Corps Council was recognized with the Volunteer Integration Award.
Gary Jones, Acting Regional Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Region 6 congratulated the winners of the first National Citizen Corps Achievement Awards. Administered by FEMA and implemented locally, Citizen Corps is the grassroots movement to actively engage civic leaders and the public in community safety and disaster preparedness.
"The awards show how hard these communities have worked to strengthen the partnership between government, community leaders and the public to increase community resilience," said Jones.
Highlighting the contributions these communities are making to support emergency management efforts, the awards were presented to representatives of all levels of emergency management by FEMA Deputy Administrator Tim Manning, National Emergency Managers Association Incoming President David Maxwell, and International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) President Russ Decker.
Presented in eight categories, the awards recognize innovative practices and achievements of Citizen Corps Councils across the nation to make our communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to manage any emergency situation. With nearly 2,400 registered Citizen Corps Councils nationwide, these award winners exemplify excellence in community emergency planning, foster successful public-private partnerships, prioritize collaboration, demonstrate creative and innovative local problem solving, and implement sound programs that can be modeled for use by other communities.
A complete list including category descriptions and finalists is available at www.citizencorps.gov/news/awards.
FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
Last Modified: Thursday, 20-Aug-2009 14:24:18