Master of Disaster student kit

Last updated on September 18, 2024

Each student receives two printed resources:

Every student kit comes with a drawstring Master of Disaster bag. After students complete the Gather Your Supplies section, teachers can hand them out for students to start their personal grab-and-go bag.

Before teaching the Master of Disaster program, educators are encouraged to send the Letter Home 1: Program Notice (DOC). It outlines the Master of Disaster program content and can be customized.

Get Ready Guide

The Get Ready Guide (PDF, 10.6MB) is a workbook divided into 3 parts. 

 

Part 1: Know Your Hazards

Part 1 introduces the most common hazards in B.C., including wildfires, floods, earthquakes and tsunamis. It also includes an introduction to Indigenous traditional knowledge. This section ends with learners identifying and ranking the hazards in their local community and across the province. Using the disaster catcher game, learners can quiz each other and test their knowledge.

 

Part 2: Gather Your Supplies

Part 2 outlines how to build a home emergency kit and a grab-and-go bag. Using the grab-and-go game, learners can work as a group and decide what to include in their grab-and-go bag. Correct items are placed on a poster to create an informational diagram.

 

Part 3: Make Your Plan

Part 3 prepares students to create a home emergency plan with the adults they live with. Learners explore the importance of selecting emergency meeting places and emergency contacts. Learners will understand which sources of information are reliable and easy to access during an emergency. The section ends with a poster activity, where learners can summarize their home emergency plan on a single page to mount on the fridge at home. Part 3 includes a complete fill-in-the-blanks home emergency plan to begin working on and to complete at home.

Home Emergency Plan

The Home Emergency Plan (PDF, 2.6 MB) is designed to be completed at home between students and the adults they live with. Learners complete pages 2 and 3 by applying what they learned throughout the program. The rest of the fill-in-the-blanks document is divided into two parts. 

 

Part 1: Communication Planning

Part 1 encourages households to document information that might be important during an emergency. This includes school and workplace details, emergency contacts and medical information. This section also asks households to consider where they will find reliable information during an emergency. 

 

Part 2: Preparing at Home

Part 2 invites households to build a home emergency kit as well as grab-and-go bags for each person. This plan also asks households to select emergency meeting places both near their home and further away. The home emergency plan is meant to be kept at home, with the household’s emergency kit.

After teaching part 3, educators may want to send a letter home inviting members of the student’s household to complete the home emergency plan with the student. The Letter Home 2: Emergency Plan Introduction (DOC) outlines things the student has learned and can be customized.

Educators may also want to provide student with a certificate of completion (PDF, 1.58 MB).

Additional resources

If you're teaching kindergarten to grade 3, consider the Emergency Preparedness Squad learning modules. The curriculum-linked content helps students become emergency preparedness superheroes and to make sure their families are ready when disaster strikes.

Contact us

If you have questions about the Master of Disaster program, contact us at MasterOfDisaster@gov.bc.ca.