Disaster services push preparedness
Carrie Porter
Published July 3, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
A broad coalition of Denver partners recently announced two new services to better prepare for possible disaster in Denver.
The Colorado Emergency Preparedness Partnership (CEPP) now offers a free text or e-mail alerting system to citizens. CEPP Alert provides timely reports from public officials in the case of emergency.
To subscribe, visit thecepp.org.
In addition, CEPP created an online system for public, private and nonprofit actors to share information during a time of crisis. Called the Business Emergency Operations Center, it is a subscription-based service that gives the private sector a centralized portal to communicate and to respond to disasters.
The CEPP was founded by the Denver InfraGard Members Alliance (IMA), the Denver Police Foundation, Business Executives for National Security, and the Philanthropy Roundtable to improve collaboration efforts between business and government.
"CEPP clearly fills a gap in preparedness efforts, before, during, and after an incident," said Ellis Stanley, director of Democratic National Convention Planning for Denver's Office of Emergency Management.
"At the end of the day we are all in this together whenever we are faced with disasters or emergencies," he said.
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July 3, 2008
1:57 p.m.
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happymike44 writes:
What are they expecting and not telling us about.
Wonder are they just trying to terrify the masses for no reason.
July 3, 2008
9:31 p.m.
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EZBakeOven writes:
It's called tornadoes and flooding and blizzards, sheesh.