When building a bug out bag for your family, remember that you should stock it with supplies with the assumption that you won’t be returning home or will be away for a very long time. Essentially bugging out is leaving your home when it is no longer safe to be there. When preparing for a […]
Create a 72-Hour Emergency Kit: FREE DOWNLOADABLE CHECKLIST
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Picture this: A local emergency of some sort has emergency personnel knocking on your door telling you that you have 5 minutes to evacuate your house (fire, gas leak, railroad collision, earthquake). What will you grab in those 5 minutes? Hopefully, you’ll get your children and your 72-hour kit (and then whatever else you think […]
Dad’s Get-Home Bag: So He Can Get Home to Us!
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If you work and travel within a few walking hours of home, consider a get-home bag instead of hauling a massive survival bag in the back of your car. With a get-home bag, there’s not quite as much to pack, it’s convenient to carry, and it makes traveling back home to your family fast! Why […]
Emergency Water in a Bag for Your Emergency Kits
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Goodbye Plastic Bottles – there’s emergency water in a bag now! What will they think of next? Awhile back I won a little emergency kit that was the size of a large paperback book. Inside were some essentials for survival – an emergency blanket, some weird food bars, a few bits of first aid, and 2 […]
Create an Office Emergency Preparedness Kit
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Consider this scenario: You arrive at work to find that a German madman has taken over your building, has all of the employees held hostage on the Lido deck, and the other bad guys are busy downstairs trying to rob the vault. What if you find yourself in a situation where you are crawling across […]
Your Own 72 Hr Kit Plan: A 26 Week Plan to Build Your Family’s Emergency Kits
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Not only is it a great idea to have a Family Binder full of all the useful information that your family may need for a 72 hour period that includes personal papers, emergency numbers and other information, taking the next step to create a 72 hour emregency kit to keep you stocked with food, water, […]
Free Family Emergency Binder Cover Printable
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Tomorrow, I’m going to be sharing with you a great resource. It’ll be how to create your own emergency binder with ready-made resources and free printables. So to get ready for it, I’m offering you a free printable today so that you can get your binder ready! A tip for printing: Trying to insert a […]
Emergency ID Cards – Free Download
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Does your family have emergency ID cards in emergency bags or in school backpacks? Download these free printables to include in all of your emergency bags! In the event of an emergency when you are not readily available to your child, do they have anything that they carry that lets rescue workers know anything about […]
PREParedness Quick Tip #33: Travel-Sized Items for Emergency Kits
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When was the last time you wandered down the travel-sized or sample aisle of your local mega-mart and wondered how you could use those things? They are always so expensive for the size they are, and seem like a waste, don’t they? But wait. They are perfect for your emergency bags! When you are putting […]
DIY Pill Bottle Firestarters
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One of the best things that you can do for your kids is to teach them to be more self-reliant and knowledgeable about their own survival at an early age. Make it a part of everything that you do and it won’t seem like such a weird concept. Each week, we tackle one skill, one […]