Ready New York is the City’s educational campaign to encourage New York City residents to prepare for emergencies. Ready New York takes an all-hazards approach to preparing based on three guiding principles: knowing the hazards in New York City, making a household disaster plan, and stocking emergency supplies. Ready New York’s resources now include nine multilingual publications, numerous public service announcements, multimedia advertising campaigns, extensive web content, a speakers’ bureau, a reprinting program, corporate partnerships, and continuous community outreach.

All Ready New York guides are available online or by calling 311 (TTY: 212-504-4115). New Yorkers can also request guides on audio tape or in Braille. 

OEM and the Department of Education created an emergency preparedness program for children. Ready New York for Kids has two versions - one for elementary school kids and one for middle and high schoolers.

The guides are available in nine languages. People can receive hard copies by calling 311 (TTY: 212-504-4115).

Read the press release  
View the guides online

Public Safety Officers from the Grand Central Partnership distributed 500 copies of Ready New York for Business to encourage local businesses to prepare for emergencies. The guide, created by OEM and the Department of Small Business Services, coaches business owners and managers through five basic steps to help them prepare for and recover from emergencies.

Download a copy of Ready New York for Business

Find out how ready you are in the event of an emergency — determine your "Readiness Quotient" or RQ. The Council for Excellence in Government has created an online program to determine Americans' level of preparedness.

Contact Ready New York