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Psychological preparedness is not being emotionally invincible, but about understanding how we are likely to react in a stressful situation and employ strategies for better management of those psychological responses while attending emergency responsibilities. According to the Australian Psychological Society (APS, 2007),“psychological preparedness involves processes and capacities such as knowledge, anticipation, recognition, thinking, feeling, decision making and management of one’s own thoughts, feelings and actions.” Reser and Morrissey (2009) defined Psychological preparedness as personal processes and capacities, including concern, anticipation, arousal, feeling, intentions, decision-making and management of thoughts, feelings and actions.Preparedness, a multi-faceted construct, is manifested at three levels: Cognitive level, Emotional level and the Instrumental level (Mashiach, & Dekel, 2012).The cognitive level includes thinking about the traumatic event before it happens. Cognitive strengths like Creativity, Curiosity, Open-mindedness, Love of learning, Perspective, and Hope are related to the cognitive level of preparedness. All strengths in combination help persons to improve their cognitive level of preparedness.The emotional level includes the extent to which people occupy themselves with the emotional aspects associated with the traumatic event. Self-regulation is a key strength of the emotional level of preparedness. Self-regulation helps individuals to control over their behavior, feelings and thoughts.The instrumental level pertains to the practical decisions people must take to prepare themselves for the threatening event. Strengths like Bravery, Persistence, Vitality and Integrity make prepared at the instrumental level (Singh & Gupta, 2013).