Chapter 1: Origins
Getting to Know Ready2Respond
8 articles
- What the first hour of Ready2Respond looks likeWhat happened in the first hour of the 2026 camp, from the scenario and the opening briefing to the first tents going up.
- What is Ready2Respond?What Ready2Respond is, why it exists, how it started and what year one looked like.
- Who’s behind Ready2RespondThe agencies, schools and companies that built the 2026 camp, the people who led it and what each one brought.
- How the Ready2Respond model worksA short overview of Ready2Respond: the disaster scenario, the villages, the real work and who runs it.
- Why Ready2Respond existsThe three reasons Ready2Respond exists (readiness, workforce and service) and the philosophy behind them.
- Mission, Vision, and ValuesThe mission, vision and values the 2026 planning team adopted, and how to adapt them.
- Year one by the numbersThe headline numbers from the 2026 camp: students, educators, partners, units and cost.
- How Ready2Respond startedHow a remark at a training center in 2025 became a five-day camp in June 2026.