A CNN broadcast about Ready Kids Camp in Alabama.
Be Ready Camp is an innovative and unique program that promotes citizen preparedness and participation to sixth graders in Alabama using multiple approaches to learning. Be Ready Camp uses instructional techniques that expand traditional classroom instruction with tool kits, hands-on learning, exercises, take-away materials, and the use of technology to a diverse audience of sixth graders. Incorporated in Be Ready Camp are multiple
means of assessment that allows diverse learners to demonstrate their knowledge.
Be Ready Camp is a five-day full immersion residential camp with three sessions during National Preparedness Month in September. Be Ready Camp is located at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Intertwined throughout Be Ready Camp is the involvement of personnel with homeland security responsibilities at the local, state, and national level. The capstone of Be Ready Camp is a full scale mock disaster exercise incorporating the camp participants with first responders and citizens.
Who is Eligible to Attend Be Ready Camp?
All Alabama residents who will be in the sixth-grade by September 2009 are eligible to attend Be Ready Camp.
Curriculum
Be Ready Camp utilizes a modified Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training as its foundation and broadened to include additional lessons. Be Ready Camp curriculum includes: emergency preparedness, introduction to survival and first aid, developing an emergency kit, creating a family disaster plan, water survival, light search and rescue, disaster
psychology, triage, career exploration, and terrorism awareness. Throughout each lesson the participants have the ability to demonstrate their knowledge with hands-on demonstrations in addition to traditional assessment.
The camp concludes with a mock disaster, where the youth perform victim search and rescue alongside professional responders in a realistic setting. The participants are tasked with bringing the message of preparedness and what they have learned to their families and their communities. Parents are invited to graduation, held the last morning of the camp, to reflect on the
events of the past week and to celebrate the newfound skills of the participants. At this ceremony each student is recognized individually for their efforts and are tasked to educate their community on the importance of preparedness.
What is the Cost of Attending Be Ready Camp?
Be Ready Camp is free to participants who are selected. It is the responsibility of the participants parent/guardian to provide transportation to Huntsville, Alabama.
Who Sponsors Be Ready Camp?
Be Ready Camp is supported by multi-agency coordination at the local, state, and national level with the involvement of the Governors Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (GFBCI), the Alabama Department of
Homeland Security (ADHS), and the Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) partnered with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and the Madison County Emergency Management Agency.
The U.S. Space and Rocket Center has state of the art facilities and has extensive experience in hosting residential programs such as Space Camp, Space Academy, Aviation Challenge and X-Camp.
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