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Portsmouth emergency management urges businesses to join new Portsmouth Preparedness Partnership ahead of Aug. 15 workshop
Summary
City emergency management staff presented a voluntary business preparedness program—Portsmouth Preparedness Partnership (P3)—that uses bronze/silver/gold tiers and a business Emergency Operations Center model. Staff requested the EDA endorse the program and promote an Aug. 15 workshop; no formal endorsement vote was recorded.
Portsmouth emergency management on Tuesday asked the Economic Development Authority to endorse a new nonregulatory business preparedness program called the Portsmouth Preparedness Partnership, or P3, and to encourage local businesses to attend a training workshop on Aug. 15.
The program, presented to the EDA by the city’s emergency management deputy coordinator (introduced in the meeting as Stan Latray), is built on three voluntary tiers: bronze (submit an emergency plan for city review), silver (add drills and exercises), and gold (signatory businesses join a business Emergency Operations Center). “If we have a prepared business sector, mom and dad can go back to work quicker,” Latray said, describing how business continuity supports community recovery after disasters.
Why it matters: the P3 is framed as a low-cost, locally led…
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