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Be Winter Ready leaflet for 2018-2019 published
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The ‘Be Winter Ready’ 2018-2019 Campaign – You, Your Community and the Winter
DRCD together with the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP), have produced the Be Winter Ready Leaflet for 2018-2019. Winter readiness is a challenge for individuals and communities across Ireland each year, and the campaign is designed to raise awareness of practical steps to keep safe through the winter months.
The department’s mission is to “promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland”. For this reason, we chose to highlight the importance of communities getting to know each other and preparing together in advance for extreme weather events.
We are asking communities to think about the structures and supports that are in place, or need to be put in place, at local level to respond to an extreme weather event. For example, who locally has first aid training, which neighbours may be vulnerable or in need of supplies. We are asking people to start thinking about these issues and the lessons learnt from previous events so that we can prepare in advance.
DRCD provides supports for communities nationwide throughout the whole year which become especially important in an extreme weather event. Several of these are listed on the leaflet:
For more information, please see the Be Winter Ready Information Booklet or visit Be Winter Ready Website