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Bugging Out: What You Should Have In Your Bag

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April 9, 2019 By Prepared Mom Team 2 Comments

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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 […]

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Create a 72-Hour Emergency Kit: FREE DOWNLOADABLE CHECKLIST

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March 15, 2019 By Prepared Mom Team 11 Comments

Create a 72 Hour Emergency Kit for those times when you need to grab a bag and go! @ Momwithaprep.com FREE DOWNLOADABLE CHECKLIST

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 […]

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Dad’s Get-Home Bag: So He Can Get Home to Us!

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March 14, 2019 By Prepared Mom Team 36 Comments

backpack with emergency gear by a car with text - Dad's Get Home Bag

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 […]

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Emergency Water in a Bag for Your Emergency Kits

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March 2, 2017 By Prepared Mom Team 5 Comments

Emergency water in pouches for your bug out bags or 72 hour kits? You bet!! It may seem weird, but it's a cool way to store shots of water for those times you desperately need it! Emergency Kits | water storage

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 […]

Filed Under: EDC/Bug Out/72 hour kit, Water Tagged With: emergency kits, emergency preparedness, store water, water in a bag, water in a pouch, water storage

Create an Office Emergency Preparedness Kit

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June 8, 2015 By Prepared Mom Team 6 Comments

Is that first aid kit in your stockroom fully stocked with something useful? If the lights go out and you do not have the corner office with the windows, are you prepared with light? Consider creating an Office Emergency Kit for yourself just in case!

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 […]

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My Favorite Personal Flashlight! Cree Mini LED Personal Flashlight

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June 13, 2014 By Prepared Mom Team 65 Comments

Mom with a PREP | My absolute, most favorite personal, EDC flashlight ever...and the price will amaze you!

Hi. I’m Jane. And I’m a flashlight junkie. I fully admit my addiction to all things flashlight, from big chunky flashlights for the back of the car to wee itty bitty things to fit onto my keychain. Why are flashlights so important? Light. Truly, simply, light. Not only for the convenience of being able to […]

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Using Paracord in Everyday Objects

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February 13, 2014 By Prepared Mom Team 25 Comments

Using Paracord in Everday Ojects | Mom with a PREP - where can YOU hide your paracord?

Paracord is an essential survival material to have. Not only can it serve to pull you out of a bad situation, but taken apart, can be used as tinder, as fish bait/hooks, and so much more! But who wants to walk around with a large blog of it hanging off of their toolbelt, or a […]

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Preparedness Quick Tip #19 – Save Your Computer Files on Your Thumb!

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November 16, 2013 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

Preparedness Quick Tip #19 - Save your computer files onto flash drives so you have access anywhere. Not every emergency situation will result in not having electronics {Mom with a Prep}

If you had a short or long term local disaster, would you be able to access your computer files? Do you have your emergency documents available somewhere else other than your own personal computer? Make a plan to back them up to a secondary source! Here are some options: This week’s Preparedness Quick Tip is […]

Filed Under: EDC/Bug Out/72 hour kit, Preparedness, Preparedness Quick Tip Tagged With: cloud storage, electronic files, flash drive, storing photos, thumb drive

Aquamira Water Bottle Filter Review

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October 28, 2013 By Prepared Mom Team 2 Comments

Mom with a PREP | A review of the Aquamira Water Filter Bottle...a water filter that you can store water in. But does it work?....

Having clean, safe, affordable drinking water is one of the cornerstone of survival in an emergency situation. Sure, you need to get yourself out of harm’s way, treat any immergent first aid issue, but for prolonged survival – water is your number one concern. You have about three days before the body begins to shut […]

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Preparedness Quick Tip #13: Pack a Bandana

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September 29, 2013 By Prepared Mom Team 1 Comment

Preparedness Quick Tip #13 - Bandanas, not just for hip, young fashionistas anymore - the multiple uses of bandanas @ Mom with a Prep

Bandanas aren’t just for hip, young, fashionistas any more. There are many uses for a bandana in your preparedness gear. Head covering to protect from sun Cooling rag – get it wet and wrap around head or neck Dust Mask – wrap around face to help protect from debris First Aid – use to pack […]

Filed Under: EDC/Bug Out/72 hour kit, Preparedness, Preparedness Quick Tip Tagged With: bandanas, bug out bags

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