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Every community is different. Citizen Corps calls <br />on your community's creativity and inventiveness <br />to develop other programs or activities that work <br />in your area and that encompass all sectors of <br />your community. Successful programs or <br />approaches to citizen participation that start in <br />one community can spread nationwide through <br />the Citizen Corps network. <br /> <br />BENEFITS TO YOUR COMMUNITY <br />Securing our safety and freedom requires that we all <br />work together. Every American has a critical role to <br />play. Major disasters in a community can overload the <br />capability of first responders, especially during the first <br />critical 12 to 72 hours of the event. Citizen Corps will <br />provide the community with a well-trained, readily <br />available pool of local people who know their <br />community and who can help during this critical time <br />when outside assistance may have not yet arrived. <br /> <br />On a day-to-day basis, your council will help citizens <br />take a more active role in crime prevention, risk <br />reduction, emergency preparedness, and public health <br />issues. Citizen Corps Councils and the programs they <br />oversee will make your community a safer, better <br />place to live. Specific benefits include: <br /> <br /> ~ Supplementing a community's professional <br /> police, fire, emergency management, public health, <br /> and public safety capabilities where appropriate, espe- <br /> cially in times of emergency; <br /> <br /> ~g Giving the residents of your community a greater <br />sense of security, responsibility, and personal control; <br /> · Showcasing your community's efforts in crime <br />prevention, public health and safety, emergency med- <br />ical response, risk reduction and mitigation practices, <br />emergency preparedness, and emergency response as <br />part of the national Citizen Corps initiatiVe; <br /> <br /> $: Bringing together the volunteer and the first <br />respondcr communities to promote thc concept that <br />everyone has a role in making their community safer, <br />stronger, and better prepared; <br /> <br /> 8 Demonstrating your leadership and your personal <br />commitment to the safety of your community; <br /> · Building community pride and patriotism; and <br /> <br /> · Preparing us all for the vital role of caring for <br />ourselves and others in times of crisis. · <br /> <br /> <br />