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Ready At Work
     
When an emergency strikes, will your business be ready?

Power outages, brown-outs or surges can affect your daily business operations.  Many disasters, like flooding, severe storms, hurricanes or tornadoes, can strike quickly and with little or no warning.  Medical emergencies – heart attacks, sudden cardiac arrest, seizures – can also strike with little or no advance warning.

For businesses large and small, being prepared for an emergency makes good business sense.  And so is helping your employees and their families to prepare at home.

Our Red Cross Ready Workplace program can help you plan for emergencies.  We’ve developed a five-part program which, when fully implemented, makes your business better prepared to withstand a natural, man-made or medical emergency.

The five key elements of the Red Cross Ready Workplace are:

In addition to the inherent benefits of being a Red Cross Ready Workplace, companies achieving this designation also benefit by:
  • Receiving incident specific preparedness tips from the American Red Cross Regional Chapter
  • Enhancing employee relations by demonstrating concern for their well-being with our Be Red Cross Ready program
  • Increased community visibility through the publication of joint media releases announcing your Red Cross Ready Workplace designation
  • A listing on the American Red Cross Regional Chapter’s “Ready Workplaces” website at www.accredcross.org


To learn more about Ready at Work, please contact Health & Safety Manager at the American Red Cross  Southern Shore Chapter at (856) 413-0909 or Dalicea@accredcross.org