September is National Preparedness
Month
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the New York City
Office of Emergency Management (OEM) sponsors National Preparedness
Month every year to encourage Americans to prepare for all kinds of
emergencies.
This is an opportune time to check your families’ emergency plan
and verify that your Emergency Contact information at the
University is current. Employees can check their information
by logging into UIS. Click on “Personal Information” and
check both the “View Update Emergency Contacts” and the “Update
Your Emergency Notification Information for Instant Messaging”
links to be sure the information is current. Students can
check their information by logging into St. John’s Central,
clicking on the UIS tab and then “Personal Information” and
checking the same two links. If you do not have an
emergency contact listed it is imperative that a suitable one be
supplied.
St. John’s University’s preparedness efforts have been recognized
by the NYC OEM and the University has received the New York City
Office of Emergency Management’s ‘Partners in Preparedness
Seal’. Throughout this month we encourage you to visit the NYC
OEM webpage (www.nyc.gov/oem)
where they have Emergency Preparedness information and Ready New
York Preparedness Resource Guides that address being ready for
various emergencies. We also encourage you to register for
NYC’s emergency notification service, Notify
NYC at Notify
NYC - About which provides emergency alerts, significant
event notification (utility outages, etc. in your zip code), Public
Health notifications, Public School closures and delayed openings
as well as unscheduled parking rule suspensions.