(53 quotes found)
“Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness”
Don Williams Jr
“Hurricane Katrina was the most significant test of our new national emergency preparedness and response system since 9/11 and it obviously did not pass the test,”
Joe Lieberman
“The preparedness on all levels has increased 10-fold from the local citizens up to the government level. People are a taking it a lot more serious. I think everybody has seen how devastating these storms can be, both to their property and to their potential loss of life. I think the awareness level, seriousness and priority it has given has made it a lot easier for the preparation to take place.”
David Jennings
“We are pleased to have the American Red Cross, which has long been a leader in emergency preparedness and response, co-sponsor National Preparedness Month 2005, ... The commitment of the American Red Cross and the members of National Preparedness Month Coalition are integral as we work to encourage all Americans to prepare for emergencies. As leaders in their communities, these organizations will help spread life saving information and move the entire nation toward a greater state of preparedness.”
Michael Chertoff
“Emergency preparedness is a team sport,”
Eric Whitaker
“My guess is that nobody is talking about this. I don't see a real level of preparedness within companies. In many ways, I don't think they even know what to do.”
Yossi Sheffi
“Like healthcare preparedness that preceded it, schools are one of the two 'magic bubbles' where we seem to think our children are somehow divinely protected when we put them on the bus each day. We have infrastructure that is in some cases over 100 years old, and built in a time, and in a manner, for the era when chewing gum was the major crime on campus. Today, we have to appreciate that natural disasters are on the rise, as is crime, in and around school campuses.”
Craig Marks
“If this is a countrywide kind of preparedness thing, we should make use of the idea. We have a lot of tourists that come through our area and if they happen to be separated from their group and for whatever reason are alone and have no other identification but their cell phone, this could make a world of difference.”
Anne Sullivan
“Our primary concern relates to the total lack of focus on natural-hazards preparedness.”
David Liebersbach
“Assessing, developing, attaining and sustaining needed emergency preparedness, response and recovery capabilities is a difficult task that requires sustained leadership [and] the coordinated efforts of many stakeholders from a variety of first responder disciplines, levels of government and nongovernmental entities. There is a no silver bullet, no easy formula.”
William Jenkins
