2020 Survey Reveals COVID-19 Pandemic Has Not Improved America's Emergency Preparedness - Iosco County News Herald
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. , Aug. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A national survey released today found that despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and the U.S. experiencing 14 separate billion-dollar natural disasters in 2019, 75% of Americans do not feel that they are well prepared for natural or man-made disasters, and only three out of ten Americans have an emergency preparedness plan. For the third year in a row, BELFOR Holdings, Inc. (BELFOR) – the world's largest disaster recovery and property restoration company, which includes BELFOR Property Restoration and BELFOR Franchise Group – conducted an independent, national survey of homeowners and renters across the U.S. to measure disaster preparedness in recognition of National Preparedness Month in September. Key findings of the survey, aimed at gauging how natural and man-made disasters as well as the COVID-19 crisis have impacted Americans' decisions about emergency preparedness, include: Only a third of r...