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.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Survival Gifts
If your friends and family think you’ve gone off the deep end with your survival preparations and don’t make any effort to prepare, then you can get them started by survival gifts. Even if they don’t use the survival gift as an incentive to start their own preparations, you will have the peace of mind knowing that they have something that may help them in an emergency.
A 72-hour emergency bag is one of the best survival gifts you can give. They usually come with enough food and water for one person to last for three days. They also include an emergency blanket, a first aid kit, a flashlight, a radio and dust mask.
You can also create your own homemade emergency go bag or bug out bag by purchasing a small backpack and filling it with items you pick up from the dollar store. In fact for less than you would spend on a commercially prepared 72-hour kit, you can completely stock your own bag.
The average 72-hour kit runs between $25 to $35 dollars. You can pick up a used backpack for a less than $5 at a thrift store. Then stock it with the following items: Flashlight, lighters, water, sandwich crackers, granola bars, Vienna sausage, dust masks, first aid kit, sanitizer, tissues, radio, batteries and knife for $13. For under $20 you have a stocked kit for less money that a commercially created 72-hour kit.
http://www.survival-homestead.com/create-a-survival-fanny-pack.html
A 72-hour emergency bag is one of the best survival gifts you can give. They usually come with enough food and water for one person to last for three days. They also include an emergency blanket, a first aid kit, a flashlight, a radio and dust mask.
You can also create your own homemade emergency go bag or bug out bag by purchasing a small backpack and filling it with items you pick up from the dollar store. In fact for less than you would spend on a commercially prepared 72-hour kit, you can completely stock your own bag.
The average 72-hour kit runs between $25 to $35 dollars. You can pick up a used backpack for a less than $5 at a thrift store. Then stock it with the following items: Flashlight, lighters, water, sandwich crackers, granola bars, Vienna sausage, dust masks, first aid kit, sanitizer, tissues, radio, batteries and knife for $13. For under $20 you have a stocked kit for less money that a commercially created 72-hour kit.
http://www.survival-homestead.com/create-a-survival-fanny-pack.html
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