preparedness movementnoun.
A movement that encourages people to always be prepared for emergencies caused by natural or technological disasters.
Example Citation:
"The Connecticut-based GartnerGroup, recently said 90 percent of millennium bug problems should be corrected within three days of Jan. 1, 2000but advised individuals to keep two weeks' salary in cash on hand and a five-day supply of food, medicine and fuel. The American Red Cross recently recommended that people keep a week of disaster supplies and extra cash. The Y2K preparedness movement that began with survivalists and militia types, has gone mainstream."
"Believers prepare for tribulation of 2000," The Patriot Ledger, January 2, 1999