June 22–28 marks Lightning Safety Awareness Week — an awareness campaign to learn about the lightning hazards of summer and the preparedness actions you should take when storms threaten.

During the week, FEMA’s Region V office in Chicago will be distributing lightning safety tips as well as important information about protecting property in a storm and staying safe while at a park or anywhere else outdoors when lightning is near.

For even more readiness information throughout the week, follow FEMA on Twitter or Facebook. Individuals can always find valuable thunderstorm and lightning information at ready.gov/thunderstorms-lightning or download the free FEMA app, available for Android, Apple or Blackberry devices.

FEMA’s mission is to support citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.