Illinois Citizen Corps : for safer stronger better prepared Illinois communities

2006·0.09 MB·English

by  Illinois. Emergency Management Agency

What isa Citizen Corps Council? Emergency Contact
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Contact community strengths to develop and Address
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Council program. For more information visit:
Grant funding is available for registered IEMA-www.state.il.us/IEMA
at: Citizen Corps Councils in Illinois. ITTF-www.illinoishomelandsecurity.org
Forfunding information, contact IEMA. CitizenCorps-www.citizencorps.gov
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Councils are sponsored or endorsed Community Emergency Response
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official, city or county administrator. security, and personal control *Builds people, rescuer safety, and doing the DEPOSITORY
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a Citizen Corps Council, please Reduces burden on first responder
contact your mayor's office or other services by promoting risk reduction, CERT is a positive and realistic DEC O' 6 2006
local government leaders to ask mitigation and preparedness measures approach to emergency and disaster
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