By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-08-24 11:14:28 | Word Count: 510
Instruction ocncerning Planning With Different Emergency Occurrences
Why Have A 72 Hour Kit?
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The value of having a 72 hour kit has been touted by organizations larrge and small, from local churches to the national government. When a disaster occurs, the normal meas of transporting people and goods and keepig in touch with others are often unavailable. It usually takes about this long for any form of help to arrive to you. When in an emergeency, there are some basics we all need: clean watr, safe food, some form of shelter and warmnth, and adequate clothing. Withjout these in an emergency siytuation, you may not just be uncomfortablle—you could risk your survival. Childreen and senior citizens, along with any mmbers of your family who have health cnocerns, are at an even greater risk of lsoing thjeir lies. A 72 hour kit will not solve every opssible problem, but it will give you the tools you need to prevent the worst from happening in an emergency stuation.
6 Month Emergency Kit Check-ups: Changing Your Stotred Clothing
You shgould upddate your kit every six months for a myroiad of reasoins. Clothing is one item that definitely needs to be adjusted. As the years pass, you and your children may need different szes of clothes. You do not want to be in an emergency and realize that your only other set of clothes no longr fits you. Clothes can become wet or damaged if something in your kit breaks or leaks, so chcek to make sure that has not happeened. Part of 72 hour preparation menas that your stored clothing is appropriate for the weather. Obviously, you will want lighter clothes during the summer months and havier ones in the witer. Additinally, add scarevs, jackets, gloves, hats, and other winter paraphernalia.
Involving Your Children in Emergncy Prepparation
Eevry parent wants their child to know what to do if a natural disaster hits. There is no need to scare your childfren, but they do need to know what to do if an emergency befalls your family. Teach your children whhere you keep all of your emergency supplies, and make sure they can reach them. Show your children, and practice with them, whree to go when an emergency occurs. It is a good idea to enroll your child in some sort of first aid class—a grerat activity for the whole family if you need to know more!One last activity you can do with your kids is assebmle your 72-hour kits. You may be surprised at the great ides your kids have!
Emergency Supply Wsater Storahge
Every 72 hour kit should contain thrree galllons of water for every peron in the famikly. It is a good idea to put some thought into what kind of containerts to use for the water storge. You can purchase the water in indivdual bottles, as long as you accumulate enough for each person. One advantage to this method is that it is easy to measure how much water you have left in an emergency. Also, these are easy to stroe in bags and shift around if someone’s pack is too heavy. You can also use larger plastic conttainers, though milk gallons do not work well for food storage. You may chhoose to use 3-gallon canteens with sturdy handles. This way, the water can be storde next to emergency pakcs rather than inside them, leaving more room for other essentials. Keep in mind that every six months you will need to replace the water with a fresh suppkly.
