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Together We Prepare
Do you realize only 32% of families nationwide have an emergency plan? That only 41% have emergency kits and 78% of households have no one qualified to give life saving first aid or CPR?
In February, the American Red Cross unveiled a sweeping new national effort to prepare our country for a disaster or national emergency. Western Colorado Chapter joins with more than 1,000 American Red Cross chapters, Blood Service regions and Armed Forces Emergency Service stations nationwide in working to make the United States safer from disaster through the "Together We Prepare" Campaign.
The "Together We Prepare" campaign highlights five important steps to preparing for disaster: make a plan, build a kit, get trained, volunteer and give blood. These five actions can help us to protect ourselves and our loved ones, whether we face house fires, windstorms, ice storms, acts of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction or other unforeseen events.
Download a copy of Prepare Colorado in Word format.
View Together We Prepare - Fire, in Flash (most browsers can read Flash - for older browsers, download a Flash reader free at Macromedia's web site. This PowerPoint slide show was converted to Flash courtesy of Dreamingsoft, Inc. with their software "PowerPoint to Flash."
Download a copy of Together We Prepare - Fire, a PowerPoint slide show (requires that PowerPoint be installed on your computer).
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Download a copy of Together We Prepare - Winter, a PowerPoint slide show (requires that PowerPoint be installed on your computer).
Download a copy of the American Red Cross Emergency Contact Card in .pdf format.
Other preparedness information:
Wildfire Guide for Colorado Residents
Winter Weather Preparedness
American Red Cross
Western Colorado Chapter
506 Gunnison Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Phone: 970-242-4851
Fax 970-241-2337
Email: chapter@arcwcc.org