Torontonians get emergency prepared!

Guest post by Yosé Cormier, Red Cross blogger



About 30 Canadian Red Cross Disaster Management volunteers and staff helped kick off Emergency Preparedness Week, May 4-10, at Toronto City Hall this week. Red Crossers were on hand to teach Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly how to set up cots for a shelter and share information to help Torontonians be ready for disasters.

Also on display was one of the Red Cross’ emergency shipping containers – or what we call ‘shelter-in-a-box’ because these containers can hold enough supplies to set up a 200-person shelter.

Red Crossers have been busy with Emergency Preparedness Week events across the country, from Juan de Fuca to Calgary to Charlottetown and points in between.

Learn more about being ready at www.redcross.ca/ready and share your stories with us about being ready on our Facebook page or via Twitter @redcrosscanada.