One family. One team. Ready for anything.

Emergency Skills • Disaster Readiness • Survival Confidence • Family Preparedness

Little heroes.
Real preparedness.

Teaching kids real-world safety, survival, and preparedness skills for fire, flood, earthquakes, and everyday emergencies.

Young hero wearing a blue mask and red cape

Family Survival Education · For every home

Teaching Kids to Be Ready,
Not Scared!

Ready Little Heroes is a family survival education adventure. We help your family become active, not reactive. No fear. Just a plan, a squad, and the courage to use them.

Our Story

Born From a Real Emergency

Ready Little Heroes began after our family experienced a frightening grass fire.

We thought we were ready—until the moment came when there was no time to think.

That experience became the beginning of Ready Little Heroes: helping families talk, learn, practice, and prepare together before an emergency happens.

“Our goal is simple: no child should ever be afraid to speak up when something is wrong. In a scary moment, they should know what to do, who to tell, and that asking for help is always the right choice.”
How Ready Little Heroes Began story poster

Parent Hub · Start here

Help your child feel prepared, not afraid.

You do not need to be an emergency expert. Ready Little Heroes gives you a calm, practical way to teach emergency preparedness. You lead the real family plan. Your child learns through stories, missions, games, and practice.

A smiling girl hero wearing a blue mask and red cape

One connected family system

Here is exactly how it works.

One tool holds your real plan. One teaches your child.

The Family Packet holds your household information. The Workbook prepares little heroes with lessons and missions your child can understand.

The parent prepares first, the family practices together, and the child finishes with a hero mission. Nothing is handed to your child without giving you context first.

Ready Little Heroes Family Preparedness Plan

Parent planning tool

Family Emergency Plan

Record the real information your household needs.

  • Contacts and meeting places
  • Pets, supplies, and household details
  • Print for home, go-bag, or caregivers
Open Family Plan →
Ready Little Heroes Emergency Preparedness Workbook

Child learning tool

Interactive Workbook

Teach the skill through guided hero missions.

  • First four missions free
  • Stories, activities, and badges
  • Progress stays in the browser
Open the Interactive Workbook →

The connection: Your child learns the idea in the Workbook. Your family records the real answer in the Family Packet.

The family handoff

Parent approved.
Kid ready.

Once you understand the lesson and choose the family details, hand the adventure to your little hero. They get the fun; you stay connected to the purpose.

  • ✓ I previewed what my child will learn.
  • ✓ I know the family action we will complete together.
  • ✓ My child can explore without fear-based content.

Every little hero starts with a plan.

Start the First 4 Missions Free

Parent Starter Guide

Your first family mission

Use this short path the first time you visit. Return whenever you need a refresher.

  1. 1Pick one decisionChoose a meeting place, trusted contact, or emergency your family needs to discuss first.
  2. 2Record the real answerPut your family’s specific information in the Family Packet.
  3. 3Preview the child lessonRead what your child will learn and the family action you will complete together.
  4. 4Hand off the adventureLet your child enter the Kids Zone or Workbook, then rejoin them for practice.

A Ready Little Heroes Family Game

Deschutes & Disasters

Online game coming November 2026

Adventure is big in Central Oregon. Families work together, make smart choices, help others, and practice what to do when wildfire, flood, storms, and other emergencies happen.

Deschutes & Disasters family preparedness adventure game box

Work Together

Team up and solve the challenge.

Make Smart Choices

Think through what you would really do.

Help Others

Prepared heroes look out for people around them.

Stay Safe

Learn the risks, make a plan, and practice.

The Game Board

Climb the ladders. Ride the river chutes. Make it to 50.

Deschutes & Disasters family preparedness adventure game board

Where adventure is big—and being prepared makes you a hero.