Emergency Preparedness Week 2025

WHEREAS Emergency Preparedness Week a national awareness initiativeand an opportunity for you to take action to ensure you're prepared to protectyourself, your family and your community during an emergency; and

WHEREAS this year, the theme is Be Prepared. Know Your Risks; and

WHEREAS the safety of our community is the responsibility of each andevery one of us, and we must prepare now for a safe and healthy tomorrow.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that I, Shawn Pankow, Mayor of theTown of Smiths Falls do hereby proclaim May 4th to 10th, 2025 as"Emergency Preparedness Week" in the Town of Smiths Falls and urge allresidents to gain a better understanding of the need to prepare for thepossibility of an emergency by knowing your risks, making a plan andcreating an emergency kit.