WePartner website launches

WePartner is the Wisconsin Emergency Partnership, a coalition of businesses, government, and community organizations working together to protect Wisconsin communities and improve disaster preparedness.

The hub of WePartner is the WePartner website, an online community for sharing news, best practices and training opportunities around the state.

On the site you can:

• Get connected with volunteers and community organizations through the WeVolunteer Registry
• Join a network to receive and share important information with public safety officials about crimes and threats in your community
• Request assistance for conducting a security assessment of your facility
• Find out about online and classroom-based training opportunities on workplace security, crisis communication, disaster recovery, and more
• Link with local public-private partnerships and volunteer organizations, and find out what is going on in your community

WePartner starts with a website - but that’s just the beginning. WePartner is a community where everyone — individuals, organizations, businesses — can come together to share resources, expertise, and upcoming events. Everyone can contribute to a safer community.

Another major component of the WePartner project is the WeVolunteer Registry, accessible from the WePartner site. Through the Registry, volunteers can see and get connected to onetime and on-going service opportunities, and to disaster volunteering. Nonprofit, government, faith-based and civic organizations can register their needs for volunteers.

Disaster response organizations can use the registry to identify and activate volunteers. Volunteers use the registry to see where and how they can be helpful and can be directly referred to opportunities of their choice.

Download a brochure on the WePartner project

Register to receive email updates about WePartner

Funding Announcements

Homeland Security: WISCOM Upgrades to Local Agencies (2009) Funds are available to local agencies to upgrade their voice radio equipment to implement WISCOM. Applications must be received through Egrants on or before January 31, 2012.

VAWA STOP: Specialized Enforcement (2012) Funding is available to all Wisconsin law enforcement agencies to enhance the ability of local communities to keep women safe and hold perpetrators accountable. Applications must be received through Egrants on or before April 12, 2012.