Nov. 19, 2024 Thanksgiving safety The kitchen is the heart of the home, especially at Thanksgiving. Kids love to be involved in holiday preparations. Safety in the kitchen is important, especially on Thanksgiving Day when there is a lot of activity and people at home.
Oct. 29, 2024 Cyber Security Month: Install software updates to fix security risks Veda didn’t have time to update software and regularly clicked “Remind Me Later” on her computer and phone. After her son played an online game, she noticed her computer was running slow. At first, she thought it must be her Wi-Fi running slowly and figured it wasn’t a big deal.Until one day, Veda
Oct. 22, 2024 Cyber Security Month: Detecting the Undetected Phishing attacks and scams have thrived since the COVID pandemic began in 2020 and today, phishing attacks account for more than 80 percent of reported security incidents. It's important to be wary of emails, text messages or chat boxes that come from a stranger or someone you were not expecting.
Oct. 16, 2024 Cyber Security Month: Use strong passwords Passwords are a means by which a user proves they are authorized to use a computing device. Using strong passwords is an easy way to improve your cyber security posture.
Oct. 7, 2024 October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month Cybersecurity Awareness Month highlights the growing importance of cybersecurity in our daily lives and encourages individuals and businesses to take important cybersecurity steps every day to Secure Our World and stay safe online.
Sept. 24, 2024 Help the youth in your family prepare for disasters Disasters can be very overwhelming for anyone, but especially so for children. It is important to talk with the children in your family about what to do and what to expect during disasters.
Sept. 17, 2024 Be prepared: build an emergency plan for your family Just like each person is different, each person has different needs during emergencies. Often, older adults and those with disabilities need additional assistance or additional planning for emergency situations.
Sept. 9, 2024 Are you prepared for an earthquake? Edwards AFB can make ground shaking improvements to aerospace, but that doesn’t stop the ground from shaking under us! Kern County has a 75% likelihood of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hitting our area at any given time. Are you ready for when the next big earthquake hits?
Sept. 3, 2024 September is National Preparedness Month Throughout this month, the Edwards AFB Office of Emergency Management will bring you information you need to be ready when disasters occur. Join us at our second annual Preparedness Fair to learn more about preparedness from agencies on and off base on Sept. 27, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., in the Base
Aug. 27, 2024 Election Season is Here: Do You Know The Rules? Did you know that Edwards Air Force Base is a nonpublic forum and communication can be more strictly regulated than at public forums? This ensures preservation of military installations for their dedicated purposes: training and readiness. Why does this matter to you? It matters because it’s