The Red Cross of St. Louis is test piloting a program that will soon spread to other Red Cross organizations nationwide. The Red Cross Ready Rating™ Program is a first-of-its-kind program designed to help your business or organization become better prepared for an emergency or disaster. The Red Cross Ready Rating Program provides a framework for businesses to get prepared at the office and help their employees get prepared at home.
Incidentally, it coincides with an effort that King. Pierce and Snohomish (WA) counties have been trying to put together on their own - a way to encourage long term care facilities to beef up their emergency plans. After talking with some facility managers and owners, they felt they needed something that would help them in the marketing of their facility - and thus the idenification as a "Red Cross Ready Rating" business would be a selling point. We are looking into utilizing this Red Cross program that has already been set up to encourage long term care facilities to go beyond their fire safety plans and their required-by-law plans to a full and robust disaster plan that will benefit their clients, staff and the company. The program
We'll keep you updated on the progress. Our first test site is in Everett, WA. Washington Oakes Retirement Community has been working with our group for the past year to help move this project along.
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