Plan - Prepare - Practice
Enhancing community safety through public education
About Ready Rhode Island
Community Preparedness Programs
Ready Rhode Island offers comprehensive community preparedness programs designed to enhance resilience across Northern Rhode Island. Our training sessions include CPR/AED certification, bleeding emergency training, civilian response to active threats, emergency response drills, and safety workshops to empower local residents and organizations.
June starts the beginning of the Hurricane Season.
Heat Advisory
Extreme heat can directly affect our health, through heat-related illnesses, and can indirectly affect our health by putting a strain on infrastructure, through events like power outages and droughts.
During periods of extreme heat, your body may not be able to cool itself or stay hydrated like it normally does. This can cause different kinds of heat-related illnesses, like heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, sunburn, and heat rash.
Symptoms can include muscle cramping, unusually heavy sweating, shortness of breath, dizziness, headaches, weakness, and nausea.