READY, SET, PREPARE YOURSELF!
New York City’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and Department of Education joined together to bring emergency preparedness education to elementary school classrooms with a program called Ready Schools. What began with two fun-filled guides has grown to include interactive web games and a dynamic presentation. OEM contracted Small Factory to create cartoons based on the principles of Ready Schools to help teach children about preparing for emergencies. Small Factory Productions guided campers at a Police Athletic League summer program in the Rockaways as they drew original cartoon characters, created scripts, and recorded voice-overs and songs for two cartoons based on emergency preparedness.
Chris Dudick, President of Small Factory Productions (pictured on the left) with Children from the Police Athletic League in the Rockaways Celebrating the New York City Office of Emergency Management’s (OEM) “Ready Schools Partners in Preparedness” launch event at the Museum of Natural History
