Family Survival Planning
Survival Planning - Emergency Supplies - Survival Tips
I know . . . survival planning, gathering survival supplies, food storage — it all seems overwhelming.
This web site is here to help you to prepare your family to survive a natural disaster or any crisis that may come your way.
Every day there are headlines in the news that should motivate each of us to prepare as quickly as we can. Unemployment, hurricane season, floods, and other disasters happen somewhere in the world.
How long do you think it will take for the grocery store shelves to become empty? Numerous articles have stated that the entire world is only 3 days away from starvation - meaning, in 3 days there would be no more food in the stores. This scenario, of course, would depend on the scope of a disaster.
So, in my opinion, your family survival "plan" should include these 4 elements of preparedness:
- Enough supplies to last at least 14 days (if you stay where you are).
- Enough supplies to last at least 6 months (staying where you are or moving to another location).
- Long term: the skills and ability to provide food, water, clothing, and shelter for your family for 20 years.
- The desire to survive extreme circumstances without sacrificing your humanity or your values.
Where to start:
Before you begin your food storage, it is critical to have a plan for your family that includes the following:
- Contact Plan: This list should include emergency contact information, a place where all family members can meet, numbers for school, work, close neighbors, etc.
- Emergency Preparedness Kit: This would include supplies, 72-Hour Food Kit, and a Family Planner.
- Evacuation Plan: Know what to take when evacuating your home, including a list of important things to grab and have a Auto Emergency Kit in place.
- Find the coolest place in your home (I mean temperature "cool").
- Clean out everything including dirt if necessary.
- Research shelving possibilities.
- It's best to begin with an inventory of what you have, what you need, and a schedule to acquire items later.
- Be careful not to think too far ahead or you'll never get started.
- Make this a family fun night. Get the kids involved so they will know what's going on and where everything will be kept.
- Set deadlines and do one step at a time. This makes the job less overwhelming. (Try rewarding yourself when you have accomplished each task. A generous piece of chocolate cake, maybe?)
- Determine how much per month you can spend.
- Eventually your grocery budget should mostly include food storage items; however, when you're starting from scratch you may need to invest a little more up front.
- It is not wise to go into debt for food storage, so be prepared to be frugal and shop carefully.
- Food Storage Guidelines gives you the basics to get you started.
- How Much Food will you need for your family size?
- Long-Term Food Storage products include wheat, powdered milk, sugar/honey, beans, pasta, and other recipe ingredients that will last 10 to 30 years.
- Long Term Shelf Life will give you an idea about how long different foods will last.
- Short Term Shelf Life includes items you should have on hand in your pantry. You should have at least a 3-month supply of these foods (except for perishables).
- Food Storage Questions - Ask all your food storage questions here and read what other's have asked. This section is a wealth of information on basic food storage, as well as unusual circumstances and storage issues.
- Grow Your Own Food to have fresh greens all years, or can or freeze it to add variety to your dehydrated or freeze-dried food supplies.
- Learn how to store and purify water - how to prepare the containers, where to store it, where to find water to sustain you in your home, and how to purify any water to make it potable.
- Emergency shelter - A shelter can be built in your garage, basement or an inside room; how to create one and when it is necessary.
- Emergency Lighting - The variety of ways to light up the darkness should the electricity be out for an hour or a month.
- Emergency Heating - Keeping warm is important depending on the weather when a crisis happens.
- Cooking When Power's Out - A warm meal will give you strength as well as be a comfort to your family when there is no electricity.
- Evacuation Plans - When to evacuate and what to take with you.
Surviving disasters, whether natural or an act of war, is the goal of all of our planning and storing. What to do before, during and after a tornado, flood, hurricane, earthquake, or a wild fire, is vidal information.
'How To' Series
- Learn how to shut off the utilities in case of a disaster like an earthquake.
- Make your own port-a-potty.
- Create an emergency shelter or a safe room with these easy instructions.
- Learn how to protect yourself and your home from criminals and involve your entire neighborhood in a safety program.
Disasters usually come without warning - inflation creeps up on us slowly. Don't be vulnerable. Plan ahead using the emergency preparedness tips found throughout this web site. You could be forced to evacuate your home, office or school. Or you could be confined to your home by a disaster.
If you hear it on the 6 o'clock news, it's already too late.
If you sign up for our Family Survival Planning Alert now, you will always have access to the latest survival planning and food storage information, such as:
- How to grow your own groceries in a mini-garden.
- How to quickly pick up your "house" and evacuate.
- 10 water storage options including purifying.
- How to rotate your food storage and avoid spoilage.
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Family Survival Planning - Table of Contents
Emergency shelters - How to provide a safe haven for your family during a crisis.
72 hour kit - What should I put into my 72 hour kit?
Emergency Heating - How to keep the family warm when there is a power outage: space heaters, blankets, survival sleeping bags and ponchos.
Food storage guidelines - How to rotate your food storage, Food Storage Chart, Shelf Life of Food, Tips on food Storage
What kind of cooking fuel can you use during a power outage.
Create a safe room or learn how to build a storm shelter.
A well-planned food storage system will reduce stress in a crisis situation.
Family survival books - Helpful survival books, including how to cook with your food storage, preserving food, backyard farming, healing herbs, and home security.
Survival supplies inventory - a must for planning your family's survival.
Home food storage - how much, what kind, how to store and use it.
Long term food storage, bulk food storage is a good place to begin your emergency food storage plan.
Emergency water supply - How to store water, keep it fresh and purified.
Your emergency preparedness kit should include a planner with all your important documents.
Food shelf life - How long can you store your food before spoilage occurs?
Emergency contact list - Where should we meet? Who should we call in case of a disaster?
Personal self defense tips to keep you safe both inside and outside of your home.
Strategies to save money on healthcare during these trying times.
Product Reviews for emergency survival foods - like freeze dried food, survival supplies.
About Me
Family Survival Planning: Consider the 'what if's' in planning for your family to survive in a crisis. Get tips on budgeting, tips on saving money, types of survival foods.
How to store water - clean, prepare and fill water barrels for your family survival storage.
Disaster survival - Preparing for natural disasters and how to survive floods, earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, extreme heat, extreme cold.
Survival Preparedness Challenge - Can your family survive "off the grid" for 72 hours? Take the challenge!
Survival tips - Ask questions, get answers, share ideas and suggestions on how to get your family survival planning done.
How to purify water: reasons and methods to purify water in a disaster situation.
Give survival supplies as gifts and help someone start or add to their emergency preparedness supplies.
Surviving a financial crisis: Is your family prepared?
Frugal living tips to ensure your family's financial survival it is dependent on your planning and family money management knowledge.
This list of food storage basics has been compiled to help you find the information that you need easily and quickly.
The goal of this home food preservation section is to learn the best methods for preserving food that will be safe, nutritious, and easily stored for future use.
What to do next...
HELP! Where should I begin with food storage?
----------How to organize a family preparedness meeting.
----------No basement? - Where to store your supplies.
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Take an inventory of what you have.
----------Dehydrated or Freeze-Dried - you decide...
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