Family Survival Planning
What, Why, Where and How Much
Family survival planning may seem like a daunting task.
In these pages, we hope to simplify the planning and help you on your way to workable solutions for meeting your needs in an emergency.
Being prepared is not just a matter of keeping a flashlight in the drawer in the kitchen and tons of whole wheat in your storage. It's about acquiring enough survival supplies to sustain your family in any crisis. |
It's a matter of understanding what to store, how to store it, and how much.
It's learning the principles of survival and using that knowledge to create a personalized plan tailored to your family.
Disaster can and does strike quickly and without warning. You could be forced to evacuate your home, office or school. Or you could be confined to your home. Preparing your family, no matter what their ages, is the best way to survive any catastrophe.
There are so many ways life can rain on your parade. So being prepared for one crisis does not necessarily prepare you for every crisis. That's why we need to plan. Commodities, combined with knowledge and skills will create the confidence needed to lessen chaos in times of crisis.
Let's begin our planning with a list of topics we need to cover, as well as a broad list of items you will need to have in storage. Remember, this should be a personal list, so assessing your family's needs and likes is important, rather than just following my lists blindly. Use what you need and need what you use.
(Click on each item for more description and discussion.)
BASIC EMERGENCY SUPPLIES
NATURAL DISASTERS
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Extreme Heat (heat exhaustion)
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Extreme Cold (winter storms)
FOOD STORAGE
FRUGAL LIVING
Family preparedness and emergency supplies and information for your family survival planning.
First Aid Kit - What to put in and what to know about first aid.
Emergency water supply - How do your store water and how long will it keep?
Emergency shelter - How to provide a safe haven for your family during a crisis.
Emergency heating - How to keep warm in an emergency situation.
Emergency sanitation - What to do when the sewer system breaks due to a disaster.
Auto emergency kit: What are the necessary items to put in yours?
Natural Disasters - What to do in case of flood, earthquake, fire, hurricanes, tornados, mud slides, extreme heat, extreme cold.
Food storage guidelines - how much, what kind, how to store and use it.
Frugal living - how to save money, store food and supplies - on any budget.
Survival planning contact page - ask questions, make comments.
