TY - JOUR T1 - Time to prepare: FEMA’s Charlotte Porter talks emergency preparedness, action plans in Q&A: September, National Preparedness Month, prime time to get ready JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 7 LP - 7 VL - 45 IS - 7 AU - Lindsey Wahowiak Y1 - 2015/09/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/45/7/7.abstract N2 - When Charlotte Porter, MPH, took over as deputy director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Individual and Community Preparedness Division early this year, she already had preparedness in her sights for years. The former director of the office of FEMA’s National Advisory Council, Porter has seen the importance of preparedness played out during many local and national emergencies. As September is National Preparedness Month, Porter spoke with The Nation’s Health on the importance of being ready in case of disaster. ER -