Emergency Preparedness

emergency preparedness, exercise - September 27, 2011

Shape Up for a Bug Out

You may have done a good job of emergency preparedness by gathering food, water and emergency supplies, but if you had to bug out today, that is, evacuate due to an emergency situation, would you be able to withstand the physical demands placed on you? Imagine hiking for days with all your gear on your back, lifting heavy objects and just surviving outside. Have you done a good job preparing your body for the challenge? The majority of us would probably answer “no”.Conditioning your muscles and cardiovascular system for strenuous activity is often overlooked while stocking supplies for an evacuation,...

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emergency preparedness, survival gear, survival kit - September 22, 2011

Beyond the Basics: Survival Tools and Utensils

There are basic items that you would want to have in your survival kit, such as food, water, shelter, first aid kit and clothing. These are the essentials that will help you get through any emergency situation, and you have planned out in detail the items to be packed. Beyond the basics that you’ve prepared for emergencies, there are some other tools and utensils that will make a survival situation much more tolerable. Some you will want to pack in your bug out bag, and some you will want to pack in your secondary survival storage to be grabbed given...

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emergency preparedness, survival gear, survival kit, survival kits - September 20, 2011

Starting a Fire Without Your Survival Kit

A fire in an emergency situation can provide warmth, a method for cooking food and purifying water, a way to signal for help and can repel pesky insects. For these reasons, stocking your survival kit with at least three different methods for starting fires is essential. My gear includes waterproof, easy strike matches, a butane lighter, and a magnesium compound striker. I also pack steel wool and a battery, char cloth (strips of 100% cotton, lit on fire and snuffed out once blackened,) and dryer lint coated in paraffin wax. And there are flammable cotton balls and alcohol rubs in...

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dehydrated food, emergency preparedness, survival gear - September 15, 2011

Harvest Series: Dehydrating Food

Dehydrated foods are an essential part of emergency survival gear. They are also a very useful item to have in your everyday pantry. Canning, smoking and other preservation techniques are useful as well, but dehydrating food creates a food item that does not take up much storage space at all and can be eaten dried or reconstituted easily for recipes.During the harvest season we can find a surplus of local fresh and tasty vegetables and fruit from our gardens or local markets at a lower cost than any other time of the year. Dehydrating these items for storage and for...

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canning, emergency preparedness, food storage - September 14, 2011

Harvest Series: Canning

With harvest season in full force you might feel overwhelmed with all the fruits and vegetables from your garden and maybe wondering what is the best way to use your harvest for emergency preparedness. Canning is a great way to preserve most fruits and vegetables and you can also prepare these items many ways before the canning process, like creating jams and jellies or pickling items. Anyway you want to prepare your harvest, canning is a great way to preserve that food.Let’s take a minute to talk about how to use the boiling water method of canning to preserve your...

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