Be Prepared! Be Red Cross Ready!

Being prepared for emergencies is crucial at home, school, work and in your local community.

Disasters can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood, workplace or school or can confine you to yours home. What would you do if basic services - water, gas, electricity or telephones-were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away. The best way to make you and your family safer is to be prepared before disaster strikes.

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Be Red Cross Ready!
The American Red Cross recommends everyone "Be Red Cross Ready" by taking the following three actions that can help make a difference before, during and after a disaster strikes:

1.nGet a Kit
2.nMake a Plan
3.nBe Informed

• Prepare Your Home and Family
• Prepare Your Workplace and Employees
• Prepare Your School and Students

Preparedness Checklists

• Be Red Cross Ready (PDF)
• Preparing for Disasters (PDF)
• Tornadoes (PDF)
• Thunderstorms ( PDF)
• Power Outage (PDF)
• Winter Storms (PDF)
• Fires (PDF)
• Pet Safety During Emergencies (PDF)
• Flu (PDF)
• Heat Waves (PDF)
• Floods (PDF)
• Earthquakes (PDF)
• High Wind Preparedness for Mobile Homes (PDF)
• Disaster Preparedness for Seniors by Seniors ( PDF)
• Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and Other Special Needs (PDF)
• 5-Week Emergency Supply Shopping List and Action Plan (PDF) 

Helpful Links 

• Get Trained. Register for a First Aid Class
• Chemical Emergencies
• Drought
• Recovery After Disaster
• Pandemic Flu