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Start Your Family’s Emergency Preparedness Program

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Start Your Family’s Emergency Preparedness Program

Is your family prepared for the worst days? You don’t have to wait for the nightmare to come true for you to learn a way to prepare for emergency. Right now, you can really grab a pen and paper, sit with the family members and start discussing your emergency preparedness program.

It may sound difficult at first to create an emergency preparedness program particularly if you have not been through a crisis or natural disaster before. But to help you with this, what it all takes is just an easy imagination or assumption of how an emergency disaster might happen. The primary issue you need to identify is the fire exit route of your house. Note that a fire exit isn’t only intended during a fire accident, it’s also applicable for different disasters such as earthquake, hurricane, typhoon, flooding and even crime-related home invasions.

The second factor you need to think about in your emergency preparedness program could be a meeting place for your family. There might be case to case basis here. For instance during a fire accident, determine which house or place your family members will be staying temporarily. If there’s an incoming hurricane, orient the family to evacuate to a relative on a close-by city or state. Another vital element in your emergency preparedness program is the list of contacts who live outside your city or state.

In case of regional disaster such as hurricane or earthquake, it’d be difficult to stay connected using native lines. Make it a point that every one in the family shares the same list of contacts. Your pets should also be a part of your emergency preparation program. Sadly, however, pets aren’t allowed in evacuation and resettlement areas. You’ll leave your pets in a veterinary clinic or a relative.

Always check, keep, maintain and change your provides in your emergency kits. You could be storing expired foods in your kits so make sure they’re constantly checked for expiration. To avoid unnecessary spoilage of food in your emergency kits, create a schedule or calendar of maintenance or better yet eat the canned foods in your emergency kits. Then call your children’s school and ask regarding their emergency set up.

Also, keep in mind that kids could become stressful during a disaster. Children are usually afraid of scenes like injured persons and are afraid of being alone. Keep your kids calm and give assurance that everything will be alright. These emergency preparedness program tips may not be enough for you, so you add more. Remember, that in being prepared, the risks and unwell effects of a disaster are reduced.

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John Turner
John Turnerhttp://www.patriotdirect.org/
Dedicated to upgrowth, developement and prepared for the "worst" to come... Simple guy, simple skills, simple attitude. Just an ordinary guy who tries to survive!

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