The Red Cross Ready Rating ™ Program The time to prepare is now.

Why Prepare? Up to 40% of businesses fail following a natural or man-made disaster 94% of small business owners believe a disaster could seriously disrupt their business within the next two years Disasters come in many forms: hurricane, tornado, snow storm, power outage, floods, etc. Insurance coverage will not save the day! Tuscaloosa, AL- April 28, 2011

A photo can be placed here  Close to 60% of Americans are wholly unprepared for a disaster of any kind  One-third of businesses surveyed have no business continuity plan  Here’s the good news: 82% of businesses agree: “If someone could make it easy for me to be prepared, I’d do it.”

Program Overview  Designed to allow businesses, schools and non-profits to dramatically improve their preparedness  Assessment tool uniquely quantifies customer preparedness  Customized reports with confidential feedback to help members plan their improvement  On-line and self-paced  Assessment is free due to our generous sponsors  Join Ready Rating at readyrating.org

Highlights Since Launch  Membership has tripled and is growing  Members love Ready Rating!  93% of Ready Rating members rate the service as good to excellent  Members are taking action!  75% of members have updated their plans due to Ready Rating  70% of Ready Rating Members have educated their employees on preparedness at work  Members have increased their scores – some by as much as 42%

Who Are the Members  Businesses of all sizes  Schools – public and private  Non-Profits  Health Care  Financial Instructions  Insurance  Professionals  Retail Trade  Manufacturing  Real Estate

1500+ members have answers to their “What if” questions  Anheuser-Busch  Pentagon Force Protection Agency  Washington University  Grainger  Sam’s Club  San Francisco Unified School District  Beacon Capital Partners Current Members Include:

Self- Assessment Steps 1. Commit to preparing  Join the Red Cross Ready Rating Program  Complete an online assessment to determine readiness level 2.  Understand possible threats to your facility / business and assess possible impact Hazard vulnerability assessment

3.  Create an action plan for before, during and after emergencies Emergency response plan 4.  Integrate preparedness in your organizational culture Implement your plan Self- Assessment Steps 5. Help others  Commit to support overall community preparedness

This scorecard will give you:  A unique quantification on your organization’s preparedness level  A color-coded snapshot of your organization’s current level of preparedness  Scorecard results drive action! Ready Rating Scorecard

The Report will give you:  Recommendations customized to your assessment  Detailed feedback for every step of the assessment  Ranks the needed implementation actions by the resources required  Customized for schools and businesses/organizations NEW! Ready Rating Next Steps Report

Show Your Customers and Community  Member Seal  Show your customers that you care about being prepared  Inclusion on Membership listing on readyrating.org 2012

Ready Rating Future We are developing:  Additional tools to help current customers continue to improve their level of preparedness  Resources to help new companies in starting their preparedness journey  An improved customer experience to make the service more friendly and easy-to-use

 National Sponsor Program Sponsors We would like to thank our:  National Founding Sponsor

Questions? Richard Smith

Join us. readyrating.org It’s free. It’s easy. It’s necessary.