People of every age need to be prepared for disasters and emergencies. The Disaster Dodgers video series from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) introduces kids to emergency preparedness and management, highlighting topics like severe weather, fire safety, and earthquakes. View the video series below. For more information on youth preparedness, visit: www.ready.gov/kids
Disaster Dodger: Introduction to Emergency Planning
This video teaches youth the difference between a disaster, emergency, and hazard. Children will also learn what types of emergencies to prepare for and what to do to prepare for them.
Family Communications Plan and Emergency Kit
This video teaches youth about making a family communications plan and emergency kit. The video covers what questions to ask when making a plan, what to put in an emergency kit, and ideas for getting families together to make a plan or kit.
Disaster Dodgers: Fire Emergencies
This video teaches children about ways to stay safe if a fire occurs, including making and practicing a family communications plan.
Earthquakes
This video teaches youth what to do in case of an earthquake and what they can do to prepare for one.
Disaster Dodgers: Severe Weather
This video teaches children what to do in different types of severe weather—such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and extreme heat or cold—and what they can do to prepare.
FEMA’s STEP Program visits Virgil Bailey Elementary School
At the Virgil Bailey Elementary School in Lake Station, Indiana, part of the 4th and 5th grade curriculum includes learning about emergency preparedness through FEMA’s STEP program. School administrators and teachers realize the importance of having students prepared for disasters and emergencies at school and at home.
