PLAN to Prepare Survive Thrive

We all know to have a 72 hour kit, however, what if (where we live there are lots of forest fires) you were told you had 45 minutes to gather your stuff and leave, and you may not ever see your home again if the fire could not be stopped. Forty-five minutes is a bit of time that you could gather some things from your home and put into your car that you would not want to loose, but with time counting down most people would freeze and not know what to gather or end up getting things that you don’t really need and leave things that you could use or that mean a lot to you.  This has been proven time and time again. The best way to prevent this is to have a few different [time frame] plans and to organize and gather things together. One thing is to have a concrete plan just like a 72 hour kit and written down in a notebook that if you have 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes and an hour, exactly what you would gather from your home to take with you.

Also included you might want to have what you could bury in a hole already dug with a trash can already in the hole and the top on it and a pile of dirt beside the hole and a shovel close by or bags of dirt that you could throw on top, that you could come back after the fire and retrieve. Or just go ahead and build a fire proof root cellar that you can secure stuff in. That way you would not have to take it with you, but it would be safe even if your house went up in flames. There are places that would not burn in a house like the refrigerator, freezer and if you have a safe.

Write a separate list for each time frame that might happen, this will be a “What if” scenario. Also you need to think of what type of disasters could happen where you live, like tornado, hurricane, fire, flood, tsunami, or radiation leak. Taking the time now, saves time and added stress at the time something might happen. Have different tabs for the different scenarios. Also included in the notebook needs to be what is in your 72 hour kit and a page for when you come up with something you would like to include in it for the next time you go through it or something you would like to purchase for your kit. Also anything that may expire before the next time you would go through the kit. It is best if you go through your kit at least every 6 months [for example the fist full weekend of April and October] to change out clothes and food. And it is a good idea to keep the notebook next to your 72 hour kit and maybe a sack to place the items that you would like to include in it next time.

PLAN Prepare to Survive and Thrive ;]

 

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