OEM: Brooklyn residents need to prepare for next disaster
Advice at Borough Hall forum
At Brooklyn’s Emergency Preparedness Forum on Tuesday night, Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Commissioner Joseph Esposito told the packed Borough Hall courtroom, “The main thing is, be prepared. Get your plan, know your zone, and be ready to put that plan into effect if any disaster happens.”
Borough President Eric Adams hosted the program with speakers from the NYPD and FDNY, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), the American Red Cross, Con Edison, and National Grid.
“Disasters [put] an awesome strain on city agencies, so it is of the utmost importance that we prepare ourselves as individual citizens for when disaster strikes,” Adams said.