Preparing and Getting Trained
Being prepared for emergencies is crucial at home, school, work and in your community.
The American Red Cross offers courses to help you prepare for emergencies. To take a Red Cross course, sign up through your local chapter. You can also enter your zip code in the box at the right to find your local Red Cross.
Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood, workplace or school or can confine you to your 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.
