{"611558":{"#nid":"611558","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dedicate September to Emergency Preparation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith hurricane season underway, National Preparedness Month provides a chance to focus on being prepared for the next emergency.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta has seen its share of emergency events, including flooded and iced-over interstates. Emergencies can happen at any time of year, and Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Office of Emergency Preparedness is dedicated to preventing and managing emergency situations on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo keep up with potential threats, follow the office on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/b.com\/GTEmergency\u0022\u003EFacebook\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/GTPDalerts\u0022\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E, or visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/prepare.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eprepare.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E to learn more about their work. A list of emergency preparedness training opportunities is also available at the Emergency Preparedness site or at trains.gatech.edu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENational Preparedness Month is an initiative of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which also offers resources to help with preparation. This September, focus is on planning, with a theme of \u0026ldquo;Disasters Happen. Prepare Now. Learn How.\u0026rdquo; To view a toolkit to start preparations and to follow the month\u0026rsquo;s activities, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ready.gov\/september\u0022\u003Eready.gov\/september\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith hurricane season underway, National Preparedness Month provides a chance to focus on being prepared for the next emergency.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With hurricane season underway, National Preparedness Month provides a chance to focus on being prepared for the next emergency."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2018-09-17 14:49:07","changed_gmt":"2018-09-17 14:52:46","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"611559":{"id":"611559","type":"image","title":"Hurricane Florence Satellite Image","body":null,"created":"1537195940","gmt_created":"2018-09-17 14:52:20","changed":"1537195940","gmt_changed":"2018-09-17 14:52:20","alt":"Hurricane Florence Satellite Image","file":{"fid":"232812","name":"https---blueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com-uploads-card-image-843130-c2e1a116-39a5-4679-b51e-05c3ad0a141d.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/https---blueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com-uploads-card-image-843130-c2e1a116-39a5-4679-b51e-05c3ad0a141d.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/https---blueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com-uploads-card-image-843130-c2e1a116-39a5-4679-b51e-05c3ad0a141d.png","mime":"image\/png","size":877304,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/https---blueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com-uploads-card-image-843130-c2e1a116-39a5-4679-b51e-05c3ad0a141d.png?itok=IPxlnOxa"}}},"media_ids":["611559"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/prepare.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Emergency Preparedness"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"},{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8743","name":"emergency preparedness"},{"id":"167060","name":"safety"},{"id":"13093","name":"natural disaster"},{"id":"1860","name":"hurricane"},{"id":"1233","name":"tornado"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}