FEMA & Red Cross - Emergency Skills Activity Book for Children

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FEMA Partners with the American Red Cross on Emergency Skills Activity Book for Children

Many parents and educators often need to be creative teaching children how to prepare for disasters and emergencies. To help with this important topic, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Red Cross have teamed up to introduce the Prepare with Pedro Disaster Preparedness Activity Book (Prepare with Pedro). Prepare with Pedro is a fun new way for parents, teachers, and community leaders to talk about safety with young children.

The activity book features Red Cross character Pedro the Penguin, who demonstrates how to stay safe during a variety of natural hazards. The activity book is designed to be both educational and engaging for young children, offering safety advice alongside crosswords, coloring pages, matching games, and more.

“Reaching young people with disaster readiness information is foundational to building an overall culture of preparedness across the country,” said James K. Joseph, regional administrator for FEMA Region 5 in Chicago. “With this tool, kids can be empowered with the information needed to help stay safe during emergencies and to become leaders in their families for preparedness.”

“Disasters can be very scary for children,” said Sherri Brown, president of Humanitarian Services for the American Red Cross. “Thanks to our collaboration with FEMA, youth and their household members can learn how to prepare and what to do for a variety of disasters from thunderstorms and heat waves to hurricanes and tornadoes.”

The Red Cross and FEMA launched Prepare with Pedro at a special event on July 18, 2018. A group of local children joined the event to get their own copy of Prepare with Pedro. Members of the FEMA Youth Preparedness Council also offered additional advice and information to guide children through the activity book.

Prepare with Pedro is available free from FEMA in English and Spanish.

Community members can call 1-800-480-2520 and request printed copies of publication number P-2005, or download the book themselves by visiting www.ready.gov/youth-preparedness

Fore more youth preparedness activities, please visit https://www.ready.gov/kids

Parents, caregivers and educators can also learn about disaster safety for children by visiting the American Red Cross website at http://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/disaster-safety-for-children

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