In case of emergency List:

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 I attended part of an emergency preparedness lecture tonight and learned some useful information. Here are some of my notes:

  • Buy windup flashlight at waymark $20
  • Have a compact shovel in your car, especially one that can be altered to scrape as well as dig.
  • Have a list already written out of what you to gather up in immediate evacuation because when you’re in an emergency, you won’t think of the list when you stressed. Access the list and have all the packets and emergency items prepared to grab and go.
  • Have an emergency packet for each member of the household and include an emergency packet for your pets as well as they are part of the family too.
  • Select a twice a year designated time to replenish all your kits with water, food and batteries in your emergency kits, such as conference.
  • Have a porta potty as part of your emergency kit.
  • Cat litter is a good item to use in a porta potty. Also have bags to replace the waste.
  • A bag of kitty litter can be purchased at Dollar tree for dollar.
  • The light on the lid of the porta potty is useful so that the men can hit the target better when going to the restroom.
  • Have sterile wipes to clean the toilet when target is missed.
  • Often sterile wipes will dry out but moisture is better maintained if you store wipes in a zip lock bag.
  • Purchase strips to buckle down your water heater in case of earthquake.
  • There is a rubber grip material that will help prevent objects from sliding around on a shelf. It will not prevent items from falling over.
  • Melva’s personal idea is to wrap rubber bands on the door handles of my kitchen so that if things rattle around, they will still be contained inside the door of the cupboards.
  • Start glass items low on the shelves and unbreakable items higher up
  • After an earthquake, use the buddy system to check each room to make sure there’s not electrical fire, smoke, or the smell of gas.
  • If you smell gas in or out of the house turn the gas main, open up the Windows and exit the premises. Have the tool to turn off the gas set aside in a designated place for use if necessary
  • In advance to catastrophe, get contact information of professionals who are willing to turn on the gas after an emergency.
  • Obtain updated addresses, phone numbers of family members
  • It would be smart to find how each family/friends plan to respond to emergency if they ever encounter it. You may want to know where their emergency location is, so you can anticipate how to contact them.
  • Maybe even have a common out of state contact that all family can call to give status
  • Always have whistles in multiple areas because the whistle is more efficient than crying out for help. It pierces the noise better and you have more breath to blow then to cry out for help. Keep blowing.
  • Items such as Band-Aids shampoos etc. grow old and lose their effectiveness. They all need to be replaced in the emergency kits.
  • Purchase straps to keep computer monitors, TVs screens, etc. secure,
  • Water does not store well in the heat. It can create poisonous gases in the bottle keep your water rotated.
  • Water containers during the winter can freeze breaks/cracks the container. Make sure stored in area that if compromised water won’t damage other items.
  • Water stored in Mylar bags is said to last for 5 years. Have water for humans and pets as part of each kit.

Have items to add to the list? Please include them in the comment section of the blog. If you have suggestions to add that maybe some of us have not considered, please share.

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