City promoting National Emergency Preparedness Week

Plan. Prepare. Be Aware.

The theme for this year’s National Emergency Preparedness Week promotes knowing the risks in your community, making an emergency plan for your family, and having a 72-hour emergency kit.

Karen Mann, Emergency Management Coordinator with the City of Red Deer, says emergencies can happen anywhere, and in any season.

“Small acts today can have a big impact if you are faced with a crisis,” she says. “The Ft. McMurray wildfires last year resulted in the evacuation of nearly 90,000 people under stressful and uncertain conditions.”