July is National Preparedness Month, so this is a good time to think about preparedness and about resilience. Resilience is a measure of a community's ability to recover from a disaster. Every community is vulnerable to disasters, and disasters come in different sizes and severity. Some communities are quite literally destroyed by a disaster, such as a flood or a tornado, but other communities band together and recover.
The American Red Cross helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to disasters. Recognizing the need for long-term recovery, the Red Cross has adopted a Community Resilience Strategy aimed at helping communities recover from disasters. A resilient community will be better able to fully recover after a disaster strikes. Resilience involves preparation, infrastructure, resources and attitudes.
Red Cross officials hope that by building up their resilience, more communities will be able to fully recover from disasters.
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