Emergency Supplies Could Help You and Your Family to Survive Disasters.

Are you prepared, do you have emergency supplies and survival kits? Could you protect your loved ones if a disaster occurred?

Do you know how to prepare and protect against disasters?

Knowing what to do during an emergency is an important part of being prepared and may make all the difference, when just seconds can count.

Being prepared gives peace of mind and could save lives. When a disaster hits, you won't have time to shop or search for supplies or survival kits, even if they are still available. If however you have prepared emergency supplies in advance, you and your family could endure an evacuation or home confinement for some time - allow for at least three days supplies.

Todays world is precarious, both from natural and man made disasters which may unfortunately affect any of us or our loved ones at any time. Whether they are natural - such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, or man made - such as terrorism - biological, chemical, nuclear, explosions, cyber or fire, you need to know what to do and to have survival kits and emergency supplies available to assist in the survival of you and your loved ones.

You rarely, if ever have advance warning when or where a disaster will happen and therefore don't know where you or your loved ones may be at that particular time, it is therefore important to plan ahead for such eventualities to minimise risks, threats and worries.

Bear in mind, that if a large disaster does occur the emergency personnel that we rely on to rescue and save us in our every day lives will be very stretched and may not be able to assist us in any way.

Utility and transport services are also likely to be severely disrupted in the immediate disaster zone for some time - perhaps no water, electricity, gas, petrol, diesel, food supplies or medical assistance, perhaps even martial law will be imposed.

You need to have your own EMERGENCY SUPPLIES readily available.

These can be obtained in ready-made kits - containing emergency food, water, shelter, first aid, sanitation, lighting, communications and search and rescue supplies or of course you can make up your own. To all of these kits should be added any special medication that you or other family members rely on as well as clothing and bedding.

Important family documents and sums of cash should also be included in the survival kits.

All kits should be easily accessible for when and where you need them most - at home and in the car. Hopefully your place of work and schools will also take the same precautions in case people cannot travel home.

Basic Kits should include:

• Food - at least three days supply of non persihable food per person
• Water - one gallon per person per day (drinking and sanitation)
• First Aid Kit
• Torch/flashlight with extra batteries or shake to charge
• Battery Powered Radio with extra batteries or wind-up radio
• Cell phone
• Dust or protective masks - to filter contaminated air supplies
• Whistle - to signal for help
• Can opener - for food in tins
• Moist towelettes - for hygeine/sanitation
• Garbage bags and ties - for personal sanitation
• Tools - pliers, screwdrivers, knife
• Clothing and Bedding - jacket/coat, hat, gloves, sturdy shoes/boots and sleeping bags or blankets per person

Other Items

• paper cups, plates and utensils
• paper towels
• water purifying tabletsli
• tent
• compass
• matches in waterproof container
• paper, pencils
• plastic sheeting and duct tape for sealing rooms
• personal hygiene items - for each family member
• disinfectant
• cash, change
• medications
• prescription medicines
• baby food, bottles, nappies, medication, clothing
• important family documents - insurance policies, bank statements, identification etc. - keep in waterproof container

With a little planning and common sense you can be better prepared for coping with the unexpected.

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