A message from Ready.gov - Teachers and others who work with children understand that children and youth are an important part of our communities and can be vulnerable during disasters. It’s important to ensure their protection and to include their needs in your planning, response, and recovery efforts. This also includes knowing how you will reestablish your facilities and services if impacted by disaster. Ready.gov features preparedness, planning, response, and recovery resources to help educators integrate the needs of children and youth into their disaster planning efforts.
Children and youth also have unique abilities to prepare themselves as well as their families, schools, and communities. Children and youth are empowered through understanding risks and knowing how to protect themselves. Empowered youth can help involve their families, peers, and communities in disaster preparedness. At Ready Kids for Educators, you’ll also find activities for the classroom and other tools for those who work with children and youth. Today’s prepared children are tomorrow’s prepared adults!
A message from the Polk County Emergency Management Agency (Polk County EMA) – We are extremely happy to provide this information to our educators in Polk County. Youth can play an important role in disaster preparedness and recovery. Involving youth in disaster planning and recovery can increase their awareness of hazardous situations that may occur in their neighborhood and teach them how to respond in various types of emergencies.
In addition, we have provided some Public Service Announcements (PSA) videos and will continue to add these for different age groups.
To the right are PowerPoint presentations educators may use to teach your students about safety during severe weather. If you would like information on a particular subject related to Emergency Management please email our office at ema@polkga.org.
To our Polk County Educators – please do not hesitate to contact our office if you need assistance regarding the Ready Kids for Educators. Contact us ema@polkga.org or call our office at 770-748-3439.
Today’s prepared children are tomorrow’s prepared adults!
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