USAready.com is a valuable preparedness tool
that leads families and businesses through similar
step-by-step processes in building their emergency response plans.  Incorporating many of the same philosophies, USAready.com assists in preparing for any catastrophic event that might occur, specific to the area in which they reside. 

Designed with simplicity in mind, an emergency preparedness plan can be developed in as little as 15 minutes. With just a few clicks of a mouse, a family member can develop a plan so easy-to-read and follow; even children can use it in the event of an emergency.  There are no special skills or requirements needed to develop an online plan with the solution.  Businesses follow an equally simple process specifically designed for businesses to create their disaster preparedness plan.

USAready.com allows a user to input certain parameters such as “disabled”, “elderly”, “immobile” or “adopted children” allowing the Governmental Agency to identify and map the locations of the residents that are at the most risk of inability to execute an evacuation.

It helps families strategize by producing a plan that recommends the appropriate amount of food, water and ice needed to survive in the event emergency personnel cannot reach a family within the first week.  It even incorporates family pets in the plan.  The solution delivers checklists to be utilized before and after an event, a meeting location should a family be separated during displacement, critical agency phone numbers and up-to-date evacuation routes based on a family or businesses actual location.

Businesses produce a plan that takes them through such critical issues as alternative locations, back-up vendors, retention and transparency of critical documents and is specifically designed to anticipate and meet the unique issues and problems businesses face during a disaster.

USAready.com is customizable to the individual Government Agency to maintain their look and feel.  In the aftermath of Katrina and other hurricanes, USAready.com was designed in conjunction with the Florida Broadcaster’s Association for the State of Florida to better prepare their citizens and businesses. 

“The State of Florida has been utilizing USAready.com for over a year now”, said Mike Allen, President of Xanthos Systems.  “The solution was customized using their store-front and gets exceptional usage by the citizens of Florida in planning for disasters”.

The major benefits of using a web-based Family and Business Emergency Preparedness Planning system are: