Making a plan for emergency food Once you answer the very first question you can get on you way to planning everything else.  With this answer everything else will start making sense and falling in place. Key Questions How many people are you preparing for and how long a period of time? Who are the exact people in this number? Do they have the right to bring others or pets?  Who feeds them? Who, what, or how are decisions made?  To ration?  How much?  How...

What do I need to know about water? The survival adage is, “Three minutes without air, three days without water, and three weeks without food.”   Without a sure source of pure water, the rest of your emergency plan is dust.  Most developed countries don’t often realize how much we take access to safe water for granted. Water.org cites that 100 years ago, New York, London and Paris were centers of infectious disease. Child death rates were as high then as...

What happens when the power is out? When considering power needs in an emergency you must assess having the comfort of working lights, air condition or heating, functioning fridges and freezers and being able to use your stove. Disaster is indiscriminate when it hits, but you can choose how to re-set your climate and sustain the things you need when you have an emergency plan for power. Your checklist for power includes asking: What do we do for lights, short term...

What does security in an emergency situation look like? To adequately cover this topic means considering your personal safety, your family’s safety, the safety of your property, your food and water assets, and finally, your financial assets. What are some things to think about?  A checklist of ideas will trigger your thinking.  Do you know the answer to the following for your home? Planning In General Do I know how many people I feel confident I can take...

How do I get ready to face medical care in any crisis? Medical concerns aren’t always trauma.  To create a lifestyle of preparedness, you must assess what short and long term health related issues you, your family, and those you’re charged to care for will face.  To start a course of action, ask and answer the below questions. Who, in the group I want to care for, has what known medical conditions? Is there diabetes? pacemakers? asthma? use of...

How do I communicate if power, phones, and the Internet are down? Communication is often first disrupted when an emergency strikes. To plan for emergency communication you must ask and answer these questions before hand and commit to memorizing the answers and action plan. How will you locate each other without working cell phones? Where will you meet? What if that place is unsafe? What’s next? How will you locate children at school or day care if...

How do I begin planning for an emergency? Once you answer the very first question you can get on you way to planning everything else.  With this answer everything else will start making sense and falling in place.  Key Questions How many people are you preparing for and how long a period of time? Who are the exact people in this number? Do they have the right to bring others or pets?  Who feeds them? Who, what, or how are decisions made?  To ration?  How...

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