Free Preparedness Tips

Get Prepared
  
Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services such as 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. Knowing what to do to protect yourself and your household is essential.

A recent national survey revealed that only 7 percent of Americans have taken the recommended actions to prepare for disasters. If you're in the remaining 93 percent, the American Red Cross of Utah urges you to get ready for the unexpected.

Here are three key steps to being prepared for any disaster: 
 
   
 
By following these three easy steps, you will ensure that you and your family are on the right track for being prepared for an emergency or disaster.
 
Click here to shop for 72-hour kits and other life saving preparedness items in the American Red Cross store and click the Red Cross box below to watch a preparedness video: