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National Preparedness Month

FEMA’s Ready Campaign has observed National Preparedness Month since 2004 to encourage Americans to prepare for emergencies. The month is a great time to take small steps to make a big difference in being prepared.

Preparedness Starts at Home, the 2025 theme, focuses on getting back to the essentials of preparedness. In addition to sharing the tips, messages, and graphics you can find on Ready.gov, there are four key actions you can take to prepare for any disaster you may face: Know your risk, Make a family emergency plan, Build an emergency supply kit, and Get involved in your community by taking action to prepare for emergencies. 

National Preparedness Month Competition

Waukesha County Emergency Management is excited to announce our annual competition for National Preparedness Month, designed to test and enhance your knowledge about staying safe and prepared in the face of emergencies and disasters. This competition features three quizzes on critical actions to take "Before, During, and After" an incident.

Competition Details:

  • Quizzes Overview:
    1. Before an Incident: Test your knowledge on pre-incident preparedness, including creating emergency plans, assembling supplies, and identifying potential risks.
    2. During an Incident: Evaluate your ability to respond to various disaster scenarios, focusing on maintaining safety and communication.
    3. After an Incident: Gauge your understanding of recovery processes, including accessing resources, evaluating safety, and supporting community resilience.
  • Scoring & Rewards:
    • Participants will earn points for each correct answer in the quizzes.
    • The total points from all three quizzes will determine the winners.
    • Prizes: The top three participants will receive exciting prizes:
      • 1st Place: Mission BBQ Gift Basket Valued at $150.00
      • 2nd Place: $50.00 Kwik Trip Gift Card
      • 3rd Place: $25.00 Pick 'n Save Gift Card
      • Consolation Prizes

How to Participate:

Take the Quizzes: Complete each quiz during National Preparedness Month from September 17, 2025, to October 3, 2025.

  • Participants can take each quiz only once, and quizzes will remain open until 11:59 PM on October 3, 2025.

Join us in this engaging initiative to strengthen community resilience and enhance public safety awareness across Waukesha County.

Let's prepare together—because preparedness is everyone's responsibility!

Before

Taking preparedness actions before disasters happen is essential to keeping you and your family safe. Actions you can take include understanding the potential threats you may face, preparing emergency plans, building supply kits, and ensuring you have access to weather alerts and warnings. By preparing ahead, you can reduce the impact of disasters and recover more quickly when they occur.

During

Knowing what to do during a disaster is crucial for ensuring your safety and the safety of others. Being informed allows you to act quickly and correctly, reducing the risk of injury and minimizing the impact of the disaster. Preparedness helps you stay calm, be adaptable, make better decisions, and recover quickly from emergencies.

 

After

Knowing what to do after a disaster is crucial for ensuring your recovery and the recovery of others. Being informed allows you to take swift and correct actions, reducing the risk of further injury and speeding up rebuilding. Post-disaster preparedness helps you stay calm, be adaptable, make informed decisions, and support a smoother return to normalcy.

Terms & Conditions

  • Eligibility: Participants must be residents or employees of Waukesha County to be eligible for prize winnings or drawings.
  • Submission Limit: Participants are restricted to one submission per quiz. Any additional submissions will result in Waukesha County Emergency Management selecting the earliest completed submission for consideration.
  • Prize Notification: Participants must respond to prize notification communications within one (1) week. Waukesha County Emergency Management reserves the right to select a new winner if no response is received within this timeframe.
  • By completing the online Form and submitting an entry, each contestant agrees: they have read, understand, and will comply with the official rules; and, or to the extent permitted by law, consent to the use of the entrant's name, likeness and/or biographical date for advertising and promotion by Waukesha County Office of Emergency Management, without further consent, compensations, or approval.
  • Submitted materials become the property of the Waukesha County Office of Emergency Management. By submitting a photograph to the Waukesha County Office of Emergency Management, the photographer grants Waukesha County Office of Emergency Management the unrestricted right to use, adapt, modify, reproduce, distribute, and publicly display, in any form now known or later developed.
  • Do not submit anyone's photographs other than your own.
  • Submitting a photograph does not guarantee that your photo will be selected or used in current or future marketing promotions.

Waukesha County Office of Emergency Management reserves the right to modify these rules without notice.

Special Thanks

To Our Generous Partners for Donating This Years Prizes

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