No one knows when or where the next hurricane or earthquake will strike. But strike it will, and sooner rather than later. In fact, during the past ten years, natural disasters have occurred more frequently than ever before, putting homes, and the lives they shelter, in the gravest danger.

This means committed licensed child care centers, second homes to more than a third of all children under the age of six, must take serious precautions if they’re going to be ready the next time nature lets loose.

That’s why the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), whose mission is to protect families, homes and businesses from windstorms, wildfires, floods, hailstorms and earthquakes, has developed the Protecting Our Kids from Disasters kit. You can use this unique program to retrofit your child’s day care center and others, better preparing them to withstand natural disasters and improving dayto-day safety, too.

The Protecting Our Kids from Disasters kit supplies everything your volunteer team will need to perform a basic, nonstructural retrofit from start to finish, including:

• A step-by-step checklist for project leaders
• Media strategy, including sample news releases
• An information video that shows examples of possible retrofits in child care centers, and how to do them
• Text that puts the how-to information into handy, easy-to-use instructions

Once upon a time, we could only do so much to prepare for natural disasters. Now we can do much more for only a small investment. After all, California doesn’t get every earthquake. Tornadoes do hit New England. Wildfires can burn in the Everglades. And the next hurricane already has a name.

For more information, contact the IBHS Protecting Our Kids from Disasters coordinator toll-free at 1-877-580-8885.

Download Protecting Our Kids from Disasters

PDF format, 971KB, 65Pages.

Prepared by the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), an initiative of the insurance industry to reduce deaths, injuries, property damage, economic losses and human suffering caused by natural disasters.

IBHS is a nonprofit research and communications organization committed to institutionalizing natural disaster protection as a public value.

CONTENTS
Project Leader’s Checklist
Nonstructural Safety Checklist
Publicizing Your Event
• Sample Media Advisory
• Sample News Release
Project Wrap-Up Form
Retrofit Instructions
Leave-Behind Materials:
• Being Prepared Before a Disaster Strikes (for the child care center)
• Protecting Your Home… (for parents)

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