About Citizens Corps

The mission of Citizen Corps is to harness the power of every individual through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and disasters of all kinds.

Citizen Corps provides opportunities for people across the country to participate in a range of measures to make their families, their homes, and their communities safer. Through public education, training opportunities, and volunteer programs, every American can do their part to be better prepared and better protected.

By participating in Citizen Corps programs, one can make our home, our neighborhood and our community a safer place to live.

Activities under Citizen Corps include existing and new federally sponsored programs administered under the Department of Justice (USAonWatch, Volunteers in Police Service — VIPS aka Community Assisted Police Effort — CAPE,) Fire Corps, under FEMA (Community Emergency Response Teams — CERT), and under DHHS (Medical Reserve Corps), as well as other activities that share the common goal of community and family safety.

Citizen Corps Partner Programs:

USAonWatch — www.usaonwatch.org
VIPS / CAPE — www.policevolunteers.org
Fire Corps — www.firecorps.org
CERT — www.citizencorps.gov
Medical Reserve Corps — www.medicalreservecorps.gov
To join or for more information about this program please contact:

For more information, contact (671) 475-9600.

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To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/floods

Wildfire

Regularly clean the roof and gutters.
Maintain an area approximately 30’ away from you home that is free of anything that will burn, such as wood piles, dried leaves, newspapers and other brush.
Connect garden hoses long enough to reach any area of the home and fill garbage cans, tubs, or other large containers with water.
Review your homeowner's insurance policy and also prepare/update a list of your home's contents.

Fire Weather

Turn on your TV/radio. You’ll get the latest weather updates and emergency instructions.
Know where to go. If you are ordered to evacuate, know the route to take and have plan of where you will go. Check-in with your friends and family.
Keep your car fueled, in good condition, and stocked with emergency supplies and a change of clothes.

Drought

Conserve water

Take shorter showers.

Turn off the water while brushing your teeth or shaving.
Run the washer less frequently and only when you have a full load.
Water your lawn less frequently and do so when the temperature is cooler in the early morning or late evening.
When you run the tap to heat or cool water, keep a pitcher to store the water and use it to water plants.
Avoid washing your car.

Practice fire prevention

Don't set off fireworks when conditions are dry.
Deposit cigarette butts in the proper receptacle to avoid starting a
Pour water over camp fires and backyard fire pits to ensure they are completely out before leaving them unattended.

Follow directions from local officials. If there are restrictions on water usage, be sure to heed them.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/wildfires and https://www.ready.gov/drought

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Typhoons/Hurricanes are massive storm systems that form over the water and move toward land. Threats from typhoons/hurricanes include high winds, heavy rainfall, storm surge, coastal and inland flooding, and rip currents.

“Hurricanes” form in the Atlantic Northeast Pacific region and “Typhoons” form in the Northwest Pacific Region. These large storms are call cyclones in other parts of the world.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes.

Citizen Corps Partner Programs:

For more information, contact (671) 475-9600.

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Drought

Conserve water

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About Citizens Corps

Citizen Corps Partner Programs:

For more information, contact (671) 475-9600.

Wildfire

Fire Weather

Drought

Conserve water

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June 2018 is Typhoon Preparedness Month