Video: Managing the Media
This video highlights the importance of skillfully dealing with the media as well as having briefing material in template form ready to go.
Emergency Preparedness Checklist for Small Businesses US
Developing an emergency preparedness plan is one of the most important strategic decisions you will make as a small business owner. Consider how a natural, human-caused or public health disaster could affect your employees, customers and workplace.
American Red Cross Safe and Well Website
After a disaster, letting your family and friends know that you are safe and well can bring your loved ones great peace of mind. This website is designed to help make that communication easier.
Be Red Cross Ready Website
This interactive website can provide a lot of useful information! Learn how to get a kit, make a plan and be informed about emergencies and disasters. The site has a tool that allows you to generate a customized shopping list to help you put your kit together and a personalized emergency plan that you can email to your friends and family. You can also view short video clips on performing CPR, caring for a conscious choking victim and using an AED.
Emergency Contact Card
Print out a card for every member of your household. Fill in your emergency contact information and carry this card with you to reference in the event of a disaster or other emergency.
Fact Sheet: Landslide Safety
Landslides have occurred in almost every state and can cause significant damage. Most landslides are caused by natural forces or events, such as heavy rain and snow melt, earthquake shaking, volcanic eruptions and gravity. Learn how to prepare if you are in an area that is at risk for landslides, what to do if a landslide is occurring or is imminent, and what to do afterwards.
Training Your Personnel For The Unexpected
As the owner, manager, or representative of your organization, you have taken some steps to prepare for an emergency. You have joined the Red Cross Ready Rating® program and may have even created an Emergency Action Plan. However, is the rest of your organization ready? Training personnel for the unexpected can be critical to ensuring your organization is truly prepared.
How to Conduct a Drill
Use this checklist to prepare, develop, and evaluate a drill. Adapt and customize it to meet the needs of your organization. Refer to the Quick Drills Hub for easy-to-follow, scenario-specific tabletop drills.
Quick Drill Hub
Seven quick drill guides focusing on weather incidents; including preliminary set-up and two expanded checklists for evacuation and sheltering-in-place.
Quick Drills include: Floods, Earthquake, Hurricane, Tornado, Wildfire and Winter Storm. Drill checklists are included for Evacuation and Sheltering-In-Place. These drills can be completed separately or combined based on the specific needs of your organization.