Arnoldsburg staff deemed their Emergency Preparation Week a success! They practiced drills and learned about fire safety and gun safety. They invited officer Todd Cole from Roane County to speak to the students about gun safety and the Arnoldsburg Volunteer Fire Department to speak on Fire safety.
Parents can also prepare their children at home for emergency situations such as how to remain calm during tough times and how to prepare for specific emergency incidents.
How do you teach emergency preparedness?
Tips for teaching your child what to do in an emergency:
- Talk to your kids in a calm way about prepping for weather and disasters. (Remember, emergency for kids can be super scary!)
- Review a wide range of emergency situations: earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, ice storms, fires, hazardous material spills, stranger danger, and other unexpected emergencies.
- Discuss different emergency scenarios for students and how to handle them.
- Break down emergency preparedness lessons for kids into smaller lessons or short prepping activities. Don’t spend a 12-hour day talking to kids about emergency situations. It’s just too much for young brains!
- Cover what to do before, during, and after different types of emergencies. Make a family emergency preparedness plan before during and after.
- Use educational videos and open discussion to help calm fears.
- Add drills as part of your emergency preparedness activity ideas can help kids understand exactly what to do in an emergency and confidently develop the skills they need.
- Get everyone involved in building an emergency supply kit, whether it be a 72 hour bag for home, an emergency car kit, or even an emergency bag for school or co-op.
- Use printables as part of your emergency preparedness lesson plans to reinforce what kids have learned, especially for younger kids.
- Print out the FEMA Prep Checklist or the Red Cross Emergency Preparedness Checklist and go through it with
For more information and to download your own curriculum, check out
https://www.ready.gov/collection/curriculum
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