Is Your School Prepared?

• During times of crisis, schools must function temporarily as a parent, a nurse, and a physician. They must do so until families can be reunited. Feeding, sheltering, administering First Aid and handling mental health needs could become extended school responsibilities.⁶
• 30 percent of schools have never conducted an evacuation drill.⁷
• 92 percent of parents agree it’s important for their child’s school emergency preparedness efforts to be recognized by the American Red Cross.⁸

 Are Your Employees Ready?

• Only 2 in 10 Americans feel prepared for a catastrophic event.⁴
• Close to 60 percent of Americans are wholly unprepared for a disaster of any kind.⁴
• 54 percent of Americans don't prepare because they believe a disaster will not affect them.⁵
• Only 1 in 10 American households has taken the appropriate preparedness steps: a family emergency plan, an emergency supply kit and training in First Aid and CPR/AED.⁴
• 82 percent of Americans agree “If someone could make it easy for me to be prepared, I’d do it”.⁴

Emergencies are Inevitable.    


The Ready Rating program is designed to help your school get better prepared for emergencies. Learn more about how it works.



Sources: ¹Report of the conference “Schools: Prudent Preparation for a Catastrophic Terrorism Incident,” 2003; ²American Academy of Pediatrics, “Disaster Planning for Schools,” 2008; ³ORC International Public Perspective on Disaster and Emergency Preparedness Report, 2009; ⁴American Red Cross Preparedness Survey, May 2006; ⁵The Aftershock of Katrina and Rita: Public Not Moved to Prepare, 2005; ⁶American Red Cross/Worthlin Worldwide Preparedness Poll, 2004