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National Threat Advisory:
Elevated

Virginia Threat Level:
Elevated

Virginia Higher Education Preparedness Consortium

Ready Virginia

Resources on influenza A H1N1

Memo to VA Businesses, May 4, 2009 (PDF)

Virginia Dept. of Health

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Welcome to the Office of Commonwealth Preparedness

The Office of Commonwealth Preparedness has one main vision: To ensure a Virginia whose communities, businesses and government are safe, secure and prepared. For more detailed information, please see our About Us page.


READY ClassroomReady Classroom
The US Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Ad Council have joined with Discovery Education to announce Ready Classroom, an online educational program. Ready Classroom will provide elementary and middle school teachers with resources to integrate natural disaster preparedness information into their curriculum. For more information, please go to the FEMA website.


Dept. of Homeland Security2009 Secure Commonwealth Strategic Plan
The Secure Commonwealth Initiative is designed to ensure a safe, secure and prepared Virginia by developing and overseeing a coordinated prevention, preparedness, response and recovery strategy for natural and human-caused disasters and emergencies including terrorist attacks that encompass local, state, federal and private partners and the citizens of the Commonwealth. This Strategic Plan outlines suggested preparedness strategies for future local and state governments and on specific goals.

  • Download the plan (PDF, 776 kb)

Campus ConferenceGOVERNOR'S CAMPUS PREPAREDNESS CONFERENCE IS FAST APPROACHING!

Don't forget to register for the third annual Governor's Campus Preparedness Conference scheduled for August 3 at the Virginia Commonwealth University Student Commons.

Our exciting conference agenda includes these workshops that will provide beneficial information on all hazard preparedness in higher education:

  • SPECIAL BRIEFING for Higher Education on the H1N1 FLU
  • Social Media: A How-To for Universities
  • Campus Threat Assessment Teams: Practical Insight to Operationalize Teams in Higher Education
  • Gangs on College Campuses
  • Engaging Faculty in Preparedness Initiatives
  • Crisis Intervention Teams on Campus
  • All Hazards Approach to Campus Safety and Security
  • College and University Communications
  • All Hazard Consortium: Involving Youth in Preparedness

To register online, please visit DCJS . There is no registration fee!


OLF Plane landingOutlying Landing Field

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