| What: |
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) “Ready or Not? Have A Plan” Lubbock event. This interactive educational tour offers people a chance to create family emergency plans and learn about emergency preparedness in their communities. The tour is part of the “Ready or Not? Have a Plan” campaign launched by DSHS last fall to encourage Texans to prepare for disasters. |
| When: |
2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 16, Lubbock
Media availability 2:30 p.m. including interviews and visuals of the Plan Van, outdoor tent, sample emergency kit, other emergency planning supplies and computer kiosks where people can build their personalized plans. |
| Where: |
Wal-Mart parking lot, 6315 82nd St., Lubbock |
| Who: |
Jesse Boisse, DSHS Health Services Region 1, Lubbock; ZeeAnn Carter, South Plains Public Health District; Aida Martinez, 2-1-1 Texas; and representatives of the Governor's Division of Emergency Management, American Red Cross and other public health and emergency response agencies. |
| Why: |
Disasters can happen anywhere, at any time in Texas. The time to plan is now, before a disaster hits. |
| Web: |
For more information on the campaign and to create a personalized emergency plan visit www.TexasPrepares.org (English) or www.TexasPrepara.org (Spanish). |
| Contact: |
Emily Palmer, DSHS Assistant Press Officer, Austin, 512-458-7400. |