Interactive Disaster Preparedness Games
Games to educate the public about disaster preparedness range from earthquake games on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) website to lightning and weather games on the National Weather Service's site. From forest fires to issues of international aid in disaster areas, the Internet allows players to learn about safety while engaging in entertainment.
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Interactive Red Cross Games
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Players learn about triage in Red Cross simulated games. Control a Red Cross base unit, making life saving decisions, by playing a game created by the Red Cross called Emergency Rescue Unit. Learn about triage and time and resource constraints. Help Joseph, who has just escaped a war torn area of Uganda, find out if his mother is alive or dead from the Red Cross using his virtual cell phone to contact players through the Web. This life-like simulation of a disaster scene, called Traces of Hope, is one of two interactive games created by the Red Cross. Use the Disasters Masters lesson plan to "educate youth about important disaster safety and preparedness information."
FEMA Games About Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Weather and Emergency Preparedness
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Learn about hurricanes and other weather related disasters by playing online games at the FEMA website. Play games such as Hurricane Math, Disaster Maze, Professor B's Thunderstorm and Lightning Secrets, Shake With Quake and Rumble Tumble at FEMA's website. Download these FEMA games to your own computer, play them online with Flash or you can even print them out as board games complete with game boards and question and hazard cards. Read an online comic strip called Ready Kids, download Ready Kids wallpaper to computers and learn an emergency preparedness song to the tune of "She'll Be Comin' Around the Mountain" at FEMA's Ready Kids website.
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Games with Smokey Bear and Sparky the Fire Dog
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Learn about forest fires from legendary characters Smokey Bear and Sparky the Fire Dog. A virtual log cabin allows players to click on different items in Smokey Bear's home to unlock games and activities. Games such as Smoke Jumper, Ask Smokey Campfire game, Trail Blazer, Amazing Mazes and Story Maker allow players to learn about forest-related topics through interactivity. Play a simulated baseball game called Safety With Sparky, take the Great Escape Fire Drill Challenge, play the Safety Shuffle and recognize dangerous sounds with Know the Noise at the Sparky the Fire Dog website.
Weather and Home Safety Games
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Play flood safety games online at the National Weather Service's website. Learn about hurricanes, winter storms, tornadoes, lightning and thunder storms, floods, general weather information and safety tips at the National Weather Service's website. More online games are hosted at the Code Red Rover website using Flash. Play the Great Safety Adventure, Who Wants to Be A Safety Ranger, Think Fast, Penelope's Pool Party, Who Ordered Pizza and a Quick Safety Quiz at Code Red Rover. All of these interactive games teach about emergency preparedness and safety.
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