National Hurricane Preparedness Week, 2018

This proclamation designates May 6–12, 2018 as National Hurricane Preparedness Week, encouraging individuals in hurricane-prone areas to prepare for the upcoming season and urging federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management officials to inform communities about preparedness. It references the 2017 hurricane season's devastation and ongoing recovery efforts, and recognizes the National Level Exercise 2018.

Federal Register Open PDF 83 FR 22167

Impact dates

May 6, 2018
National Hurricane Preparedness Week begins

Key directives

proclaim May 6 through May 12, 2018 as National Hurricane Preparedness Week
call upon everyone to use National Weather Service and FEMA online resources
call upon Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management officials to inform communities about hurricane preparedness and response
recognize the ongoing National Level Exercise 2018

Who is ordered

Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management officials · various

Timeline

Immediate

National Hurricane Preparedness Week designation (May 6-12, 2018)
call to action for individuals and emergency officials

Near term (90d)

2018 hurricane season begins (Eastern Pacific: May 2018; Atlantic/Central Pacific: June 2018)

Long term

ongoing recovery from 2017 hurricanes
long-term community resilience building

Risks & tensions

no binding mandates or funding allocations; purely exhortatory
vague on what 'help inform' entails for officials