WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, theU.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)宣布了2011年的获奖者FEMA个人和社区准备奖。这些年度奖项认识到创新的实践和成就organizations全国各地的个人，以使我们的社区成为社区更安全，更强大，更好地准备任何人紧急情况。
The awards, previously known as the Citizen Corps Achievement Awards, recognize accomplishments that took place during the award period of January 1, 2010 through June 1, 2011.
Leadership from National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), and FEMA selected this year’s winners from applicants among 36 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The award submissions reflected the “whole of community” approach to emergency management, with submissions from faith-based, tribal, non-profit, private sector, and community-based organizations, as well as individuals.
FEMA个人和社区准备主任Paulette Aniskoff说：“我们为这些社区，组织和个人及其非凡的成就感到自豪。”“我很荣幸意识到那些赋予公众有能力采取行动的人，使社区更安全，准备好应对灾难。FEMA只是团队的一部分，如果没有组织和个人（例如今年的赢家）提出的创新和创造力，我们将无法建立国家的准备。”
获奖申请在准备社区时表现出了巨大的创新和创造力。例如，Serrano Mission Indians的San Manuel Band开发了一个“现在的单词”系统，该系统在紧急情况下向部落成员提供了SMS文字，电子邮件和语音警报。今年的几位获奖者也通过让整个社区参与紧急准备就绪而出名。例如，纽约市公民兵团计划与60多个社区组织，政府机构，私营部门组织和志愿者计划合作。
其他人则在训练和教育社区成员的能力上是典范的。大芝加哥的美国红十字会在20多个低收入社区中培训了55,000多名青年及其家人。地震国家联盟进行了成功的加利福尼亚大战，这是一年一度的全州地震演习，涉及数百万参与者，这一概念在其他州和国家 /地区已被复制。
The following are this year’s award winners, selected in thirteen categories:
- 杰出的州公民委员会倡议：阿肯色州Citizen Corps (AR)
- Outstanding Local Citizen Corps Council Initiatives:New York CityCitizen Corps (NY)
- Outstanding Community Emergency Response Team Initiatives:NBC通用证书（CA）
- Outstanding Achievement in Youth Preparedness:American Red Cross of Greater Chicago (IL)
- 准备整个社区：San ManuelBand of Serrano Mission Indians (CA)
- Promising Partnerships:Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies (BRACE) (FL)
- engagement with Faith-Based Communities:David L. Maack（WI）
- Innovative Training and Education Programs:华盛顿州emergency Management Division (WA)
- Outstanding Drill, Exercise, or Event:The Great Central United States ShakeOut (TN)
- 意识到行动：earthquake Country Alliance (CA)
- 技术的创新使用：圣克莱尔县公民军（MI）
- Outstanding Achievement in Public Health:Cobb County公共卫生准备和反应（GA）
- Community Preparedness Heroes:Brenda Gormley（TX），Tod Pritchard（WI），Carolyn Bluhm（CO）
- First Annual Recipient of theJohn D. Solomon Preparedness Award:JohnD. Solomon是紧急情况的创建者，阅读博客（纽约）
获奖者将获得他们的奖项，并在华盛顿特区举行的社区准备圆桌会议上获得尊敬的客人。该活动还将为他们提供与其他奖励获奖者，公民兵团计划经理，公民准备的经验，想法和解决方案的机会和选定的官员。还将选出一名获胜者参加2011年在内华达州拉斯维加斯举行的国际紧急管理协会会议，并参加FEMA社区准备小组的客人。
今年的获奖者的完整列表,包括descriptions and those applicants that received honorable mentions in each category, is available at:http://www.citizencorps.gov/councils/awards/2011/awards2011.shtm。
有关申请过程的信息，请访问FEMA的博客文章宣布申请呼叫。
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
