The IM Office of Disaster Preparedness and Response

Ready Houston! is committed to teaching individuals and families, members of faith communities, non-profit organizations and small businesses how to be more disaster resistant; by recruiting, training and mobilizing volunteers for relief and recovery efforts; and by coordinating the efforts of faith-based disaster recovery organizations with governmental disaster response agencies.

 

 

"Sometimes the most valuable lessons are the hardest learned, and last year's Hurricanes truly underscored how cirtical preparedness is in a disaster - literally a matter of life and death. In those chaotic hours and days after a disaster strikes, residents need to know how to help themselves and their neighbors until first responders can reach them."
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Harris County Judge Robert Eckels, 2006

"We can't control what life throws at us. But we sure can control how we react to it." -Houston Mayor Bill White

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helpful Links

United Way, Houston Red Cross, Salvation Army, Harris County CitizenCorps, Adventist Community Services, National VOAD, State of Texas, National Weather Service - Houston/Galveston, Houston Office of Emergency Management, Harris County Office of Emergency Management