the red cross ready rating ™ program the time to prepare is now

The Red CrossReady Rating™ ProgramThe time to prepare is now.

Why Prepare?

Up to 40% of businesses fail following a natural or man-made disaster

94% of small business owners believe a disaster could seriously disrupt their business within the next two years

Disasters come in many forms: hurricane, tornado, snow storm, power outage, floods, etc.

Insurance coverage will not save the day!

Tuscaloosa, AL- April 28, 2011

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Close to 60% of Americans are wholly unprepared for a disaster of any kind

One-third of businesses surveyed have no business continuity plan

Here’s the good news: 82% of businesses agree:

“If someone could make it easy for me to be prepared, I’d do it.”

Program Overview Designed to allow businesses, schools

and non-profits to dramatically improve their preparedness

Assessment tool uniquely quantifies customer preparedness

Customized reports with confidential feedback to help members plan their improvement

On-line and self-paced

Assessment is free due to our generous sponsors

Join Ready Rating at readyrating.org

Highlights Since Launch Membership has tripled and is growing

Members love Ready Rating!

93% of Ready Rating members rate the service as good to excellent

Members are taking action!

75% of members have updated their plans due to Ready Rating

70% of Ready Rating Members have educated their employees on preparedness at work

Members have increased their scores – some by as much as 42%

Who Are the Members Businesses of all sizes

Schools – public and private

Non-Profits

Health Care

Financial Instructions

Insurance

Professionals

Retail Trade

Manufacturing

Real Estate

1500+ members have answers to their “What if” questions

Anheuser-Busch Pentagon Force Protection Agency Washington University Grainger Sam’s Club San Francisco Unified School District Beacon Capital Partners

Current Members Include:

Self- Assessment Steps

1. Commit to preparing Join the Red Cross Ready

Rating Program Complete an online

assessment to determine readiness level

2.

Understand possible threats to your facility / business and assess possible impact

Hazard vulnerability assessment

3. Create an action plan for before,

during and after emergencies

Emergency response plan

4.

Integrate preparedness in your organizational culture

Implement your plan

Self- Assessment Steps

5. Help others

Commit to support overall community preparedness

This scorecard will give you:

A unique quantification on your organization’s preparedness level

A color-coded snapshot of your organization’s current level of preparedness

Scorecard results drive action!

Ready Rating Scorecard

The Report will give you:

Recommendations customized to your assessment

Detailed feedback for every step of the assessment

Ranks the needed implementation actions by the resources required

Customized for schools and businesses/organizations

NEW! Ready Rating Next Steps Report

Show Your Customers and Community

Member Seal

Show your customers that you care about being prepared

Inclusion on Membership listing on readyrating.org

2012

Ready Rating Future

We are developing:

Additional tools to help current customers continue to improve their level of preparedness

Resources to help new companies in starting their preparedness journey

An improved customer experience to make the service more friendly and easy-to-use

National Sponsor

Program Sponsors

We would like to thank our:

National Founding Sponsor

Questions?Richard Smith

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It’s free. It’s easy. It’s necessary.