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Council Supports National Preparedness Month in September with New Initiatives Encouraging Kids and Families to Better Prepare for Emergency SituationsNew research commissioned by the national nonprofit Home Safety Council (HSC) finds that while...

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Council Supports National Preparedness Month in September with New Initiatives Encouraging Kids and Families to Better Prepare for Emergency SituationsNew research commissioned by the national nonprofit Home Safety Council (HSC) finds that while a majority of mothers have talked with their children about preparing for emergencies, very few have taken action to ensure that their family is prepared to respond in the event of an emergency. As part of its effort to underscore the importance of family readiness during National Preparedness Month, the Home Safety Council is releasing findings from the new survey which assesses how ready U.S. families really are when it comes to emergency situations.The survey polled mothers and their children ages 6 to 11 and found that while nearly 60 percent of mothers feel their families are prepared for an emergency situation, less than one-third have developed and discussed a family communications plan. Alarmingly, even fewer families have assembled readiness kits. The children surveyed echo the same sentiment with 64 percent saying they think their family is prepared for an emergency, but only 27 percent reporting that their family has developed and discussed a communications plan or assembled readiness kits to use in an emergency situation.

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