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100
This percentage of businesses fail following a natural or man-made disaster.
What is 40%?
100

As a business, it is necessary to form this group to establish planning priorities, budgeting needs, and roles and responsibilities

What is the emergency response planning committee?
100
In this year, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross dedicated to serving people in need.
What is 1881?
100

During a major one, you may hear a roaring or rumbling sound that gradually gets louder. 

What is an earthquake?
100

From small house fires to multi-state natural disasters, this organization goes wherever they are needed, so people can have clean water, safe shelter and hot meals when they need them most.

What is the Red Cross?
200
This percentage of businesses do not have a business continuity plan in place.
What is 33%?
200

This describes the steps your business or organization will take to protect your business and employees before, during and after an emergency.

What is an emergency action plan?
200

65,000 meals and snacks, 23,000 relief supplies and 7,500 overnight shelter stays.


What is the support given by the American Red Cross during the 2017 western wildfires?

200

This occurs when soil, rocks, trees, parts of houses and other debris is swept downhill.

What is a landslide?
200

This government agency works with a number of local partners to counsel, mentor, and train small businesses

What is the Small Business Administration (SBA)?
300
This causes 9 out of 10 wildfires.

What are people who don’t follow safe outdoor fire safety guidance?

300
By practicing these twice a year, your employees can learn to react correctly and automatically when a disaster occurs.
What are emergency drills?
300

This program is a series of home fire safety and smoke alarm installation events across the country. 

What is the Sound the Alarm campaign?
300

Although smaller in magnitude, this commonly occurring event after a major earthquake can cause buildings to collapse due to damage from the originate quake.

What is an aftershock?
300

President Jimmy Carter created this agency with a mission to lead America to prepare for, prevent, respond to and recover from disasters with a vision of "A Nation Prepared." 

What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)?
400

In 2017, there were 2x more of these than the past 4 years combined

What are overnight shelter stays with the American Red Cross?

400

It is recommended that the Emergency Response Planning committee meet at least this often each year?

What is quarterly?
400

The Red Cross supplies about this percent of the nation's blood supply.

What is 40%?
400

In California, these are most often caused by prolonged rainfall from a storm.

What are floods?
400

This government agency provides the coordinated, comprehensive federal response in the event of a terrorist attack, natural disaster or other large-scale emergency while working with federal, state, local, and private sector partners to ensure a swift and effective recovery effort.

What is the Department of Homeland Security?

500

This was the most frequent disaster in 2017.

What are home fires?
500
Water, food, and a first aid kit are just a few items you should have in this.
What is an emergency supply kit?
500
This percentage of the Red Cross Workforce are Volunteers.
What is 90%?
500

These can be started by lightning, extremely dry vegetation in warm climates, human carelessness or intentionally.

What are wildfires?
500

As the nation's health protection agency, this organization saves lives and protects people from health, safety, and security threats.

What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?