Preparedness Quotes

You would think four years after 9-11, with billions of dollars spent to improve our emergency preparedness, that the response to Katrina would be far crisper, far better coordinated and not marred by failures at all levels of government. - Susan Collins

You clearly did your duty as law enforcement, but the question comes to bear about the interface between emergency preparedness and our first responders locally. We want to make sure there is intercommunication between agencies. - Sen. Donald DeFronzo

You can never have enough preparedness. This is a great opportunity to have someone come in and give us some training and enlightenment on certain safety issues. - Mayor Perry Barse

While we have put forth the best estimates so far on emergency responder needs, the nation must urgently develop a better framework and procedures to generate guidelines on national preparedness. - Warren Rudman

When we talk about preparedness ... we ask people to put together preparedness kits to plan for 72 hours to be without water and food. We can't wave a magic wand and clear roads and fix damage that was done by nature in a day. We are very well prepared here in Florida. We have had commodities throughout the state that are moving into affected areas. - Frances Marine

What has the federal government been doing all these years to prepare for a disaster striking a major American city... With all the bureaucratic federal agencies, super czars and homeland preparedness, there seems to be no national or regional master plan to evacuate people, bring in relief and adequately deal with a large scale emergency of this nature. Is there a plan in place for how to deal with the profiteers when the resettling and rebuilding begins? Is there a plan to freeze oil prices? - Gary Ackerman

We've taken a potentially life-saving idea, applied our proprietary technology, and developed mobile phone- and Web-based software called ICE First to store and automatically update emergency contact and medical information. ICE First puts medical and emergency preparedness in the palm of your hand. - Keith Buckley

We've been working on and implementing training and policy guidance to make sure we're prepared globally. We have to ensure we have the surveillance in place, installation preparedness, global understanding and a stockpile of necessary components to mount an effective medical response. It's an enormous task. - Ellen Embrey