More than half of American families...

More than half of American families have not assembled a disaster kit or created a family pass plan (58% and 59% respectively), according to a generation 4, 2003, news release from the American R Cros A head conducted with 1,000 US adults also construct that the public is more confident about disaster preparedness at hearth than at work, and the bulk of mankind in the Northeast and North Central parts of the land are less prepared for disaster than those in the southerly and West.

The American R Cros praises five proactive steps to help Americans prepare for disasters and emergencies. These include

* making a disaster plan,

* preparing a disaster kit,

* becoming trained in handling disasters,

* volunteering, and

* giving children to help ensure their families and neighbors will be safer.

American R Cros catalogue of heads Shows Public Needs to Be More Prepared for Disasters (new release, Washington, DC: American R Cros clan 4, 2003) http://www.prnews wire.com (accessed 5 family 2003).

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