Get a copy of your community's hazard mitigation plan from your local office of emergency management. Create a mitigation plan for yourself that addresses the hazards identified in the community plan as they affect you on a personal level. Determine if there are any hazards that you face as an individual that are not covered by the plan, and describe what mitigation measures you can take or have taken to address those hazards.

? Contact your state's office of emergency management, and find out what mitigation programs are currently offered. Are they all federally funded, or are there any programs funded by the state or another entity? Find out if your local government participates in any of these programs or if they offer any additional programs funded by other sources. Do you believe that your community is taking advantage of every mitigation program that it can, or do you feel more could be done with what is currently offered?

? The Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) has developed a mitigation guide for daycare centers ( http://www.ibhs.org/docs/childcare.pdf ). Using this guide, assist a daycare center in your community to perform the mitigation techniques suggested in the guide.