Be 2 Weeks Ready
Be 2 Weeks Ready is a community-based program that helps people prepare for emergencies alongside their friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers. It is organized into eight user-friendly lessons and an activity book (Tool Kit) filled with helpful hints, fun projects and resources to help you prepare for a disaster. By the end of this program, you’ll be confident and prepared when the next disaster strikes!
While this program was designed to be completed in a group setting, it can also be done individually by downloading the Tool Kit below. For groups, Community Hosts, selected by an OEM trained Program Coordinator, facilitate the program of 8 units of about 1 hour each.
Build Preparedness: the Be 2 Weeks Ready tool kit
The Be 2 Weeks Ready program is available through a comprehensive tool kit. The tool kit contains eight units that provide essential information and practical steps to ensure you are prepared for emergencies:
The tool kit also includes 30 engaging activities designed to enhance your readiness and understanding. Activities can be performed alone, or with a group lead by your local emergency prep team.
Do one unit at a time, at your own pace. By the end of the program, you’ll be confident and prepared when the next disaster strikes.
Kid Friendly Activities
Download entire toolkit here or individual units and activities below.
Tool kit activity ratings key
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Templates from B2WR
A disaster can happen anywhere, at any time. Think about how prepared you’d be if an earthquake happened and your household had to survive weeks without running water, working toilets and functioning appliances. In this section, you’ll record your thoughts for later use.
1: Journal
4: Mindfulness
5: Scavenger Hunt
Making a food plan is a key step to being 2 Weeks Ready. You and your household, including service animals, pets and large animals, need food to survive any emergency. With a food plan, you’ll know how to gather and store two weeks’ worth of non-perishable food and how to prepare it without electricity or gas.
A waste and hygiene plan is essential to maintain healthy living conditions during disasters. Studies show damage to sewer and wastewater infrastructure is likely to take much longer to recover than other types of infrastructure, such as drinking water supplies.
After a disaster, the emergency medical system will be in high demand and help may be delayed. Learning how to treat different injuries and illnesses can prepare you and the people you care about and help save lives. You are the help until help arrives.
Preparedness begins by thinking about what each person in your home might need and understanding the risks you might encounter. The goal is to make sure everyone in your household is ready. When everyone is prepared for unexpected situations, it can save lives and make it easier to go back to your usual routine faster.
Hydration matters, especially in times of stress. A water plan shows you how to gatherand store enough water for 14 days and make it safe to drink without modern conveniences.
14: Mark your water containers
A shelter plan helps you prepare for a variety of safe locations following a disaster. Whether you shelter inside or outside your home, in a community shelter, or with family and friends, you need to be prepared to shelter for up to two weeks following a disaster.
Emergency management agencies at the federal, state, tribal and local levels help protect people and places during disasters. Emergency managers partner with the public to help everyone Be 2 Weeks Ready. Building prepared communities means knowing what support you may or may not receive from emergency managers and first responders after a disaster and planning accordingly. Know where to go when the official response doesn’t meet all your needs.
Other Materials
COMMUNITY HOST GUIDE
Congratulations on being a Be 2 Weeks Ready Community Host! You play an important role in building your community’s preparedness. As a Community Host, you will educate members of your community on the eight units of preparedness, facilitate conversation regarding levels of preparedness and help build their confidence to survive any disaster.
PROGRAM COORDINATOR GUIDE
In times of emergency, being prepared can make a significant difference in the well-being of individuals and communities. This training aims to empower participants to play a crucial role in enhancing emergency preparedness and resilience within their circles. The Be 2 Weeks Ready program coordinator course is designed to equip participants with the knowledge, skills and resources needed to effectively deliver the Be 2 Weeks Ready program to their organization or community members.