Emergency Preparedness Checklist

Do you have your emergency preparedness checklist done? Do you know what you need to do to prepare you and your family to survive in an emergency situation? What if the river a mile down the road flooded and you had to suddenly evacuate you home, are you ready? If you live in a flood-prone area, probably…hopefully.

I would like to say that most people who live in areas likely to be hit by a hurricane or earthquake have their emergency preparedness checklist and most of the items on the list are marked off. I would like to say that. Unfortunately, history and recent events have shown us that most people live in a world in their head where disasters like that only happen to “other people”. Too late they wake up to realize that they are the “other people”.

Here are just a few items that should be on every emergency preparedness checklist: food for a minimum of three days, three days worth of water, shelter (tent, tarp, survival blanket, etc), light, heat, first aid, sanitary products (tp).

For a full list of what you should have in your survival pack (aka “bug out bag”) as part of your emergency preparedness checklist, click here.