The 2012 SBDR Award Recipients
Distinguished Service (in 2011) Ronnie Warren (AL) Lew Cook (KY) Bob and Judi Cook (CA)
Joel W. Phillips Outstanding Achievement James Carson (LA) Elaine Koch (KY)
Robert E. Dixon Lifetime Service Chuck Erickson (CA)
Learn more about the Disaster Relief Awards see photos of all of the 2012 award recipients.
Disaster Ready Church
Is your church ready if disaster strikes today? Southern Baptist Disaster Relief can help you prepare your church and church members to survive a disaster and to be prepared to minister in your community immediately after a disaster. Ask any pastor who has lead a church in the days immediately following a disaster and he will tell you of a multitude of things he wished he had known and done before the disaster hit his community. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Ready Church is an effort to help you be prepared and positioned for ministry when a disaster hits your community, and to prepare you to assist another church to minister when disaster strikes their community.
Find out more about becoming a Disaster Ready Church.
Lessons Learned From 2011 Disaster Responses
FEMA Administrator, Craig Fugate, recently reflected on 2011 and the number and variety of disasters we experienced. From the massive snowfalls that lead to spring flooding, fires that raged in several states, the deadliest tornado outbreak in the US since the 1950s, the third busiest tropical season on record including Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, to the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan and a smaller quake that shook the eastern US from Virginia to New York damaging the Washington Monument and other structures. From this reflection Fugate articulated three lessons learned.
- Not all disasters come with warnings - we all need to be ready.
- We cannot underestimate the importance of the entire team - government, business, non-profit, the faith community, and the public.
- We must prepare for worst-case scenarios - we need to get serious in planning for incidents that involve significant loss of life, and damage to property and infrastructure.
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