Emergency Preparedness Ready Quotient

Everyone as Quotient just like a nose! Find out where you stand in disaster preparedness – it could easily save your life!

The best to move forward is to know where you currently are. You can’t know if you are moving forward or backward unless you have an accurate idea of what direction you are facing! Common sense, but, many in our society certainly don’t know much about common sense when it comes to disaster preparedness!

To get a good sense of where you are in you emergency preparedness is to get tested. Yep there is an excellent resource to help you know just where you stand on disaster preparedness. It may be a painful eye-opener for some and a calming resource for others.

All kinds of disaster preparedness information is helpful when considering for the first time or in your semi-annual review of your emergency preparedness checklist and low cost emergency survival kits to see if you are ready and how much is there.

Here are three major facts that should give you a big hint of how ready or not ready a community is for a disaster. Unfortunately unsurprisingly, these statistics are not unexpected.

The good news first – 65% of the people surveyed stated that they knew how to find on the radio the emergency broadcasting station. That is good news since that will give current emergency information on who to respond to a present danger regarding a disaster either human-made or natural in configuration like a hurricane.

Now the bad news.--- Only 4% of the population in the US have taken the necessary steps to be adequately prepared for a emergency situation. 23% have taken NO actions to help themselves prepare for an emergency. While 63% have done some sort of emergency preparedness actions. Most of thee is to collect the most basic 3 day supply of materials. Frankly, a three day supply is enough to tell you that you don’t’ have enough!

To find out your RQ (Ready Quotient) go to http://www.whatsyourrq.org

This site has some really exceptional materials. So take your time and review it.

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Be Safe

Terrie
www.trainforahurricane.com