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By Ericka Marsh


One of the things that you tend to be a bit apprehensive about are emergencies. There will always be that possibility of disaster striking and there is no way for you to actually predict when they will occur. The best that you can do though is make sure that you take appropriate steps to ensure that you are able to be better prepared when these situations arrive.

There are a things that you'll have to do to ensure that you get a good chance at surviving this predicament a good move would be to have your own family survival kit. This is made up of supplies that could be considered very handy and helpful towards ensuring that you will survive should you be involved in an accident or a disaster, regardless of its scale.

It is important to consider a number of things before you will decide to put together this stash. Remember, you want to make sure that you do this early on, the last thing you want is to scurry around, trying to assembles these kits when there is already an emergency. Remember, the best way to prepare for these situations is to make sure that you're set beforehand.

Note that there as a good chance for you to be isolated on your own once an emergency strikes. Ensuring that you have the ability to survive on your own is important, having essentials like food and water and some other supplies would be very important. Stock these supplies for 72 hours too as often, you have to wait that long before help comes.

Note to that most of the time, basic services may be down as well. For instance, water, electricity, gas, telephones, and even sewage treatment may be down during the emergency. They can be expected to remain cut off for several days to. So, having items that will help you while these outages are present is definitely going to be very helpful.

Before you go shopping to gather the stuff you need to include in these kits. It is best that you list down everything that you need first. It can be overwhelming when you are not too sure which of the items that are around should be included in the kit. Do some research and get a sample checklist of the stuff you need to get to help guide you later.

It is always best not to pack a single kit for the entire household alone, always consider the possibility of you and the rest of your loved ones being separated from each other, though you would prefer if you all get to stick together. Have kits that each of your loved ones can carry with them too, so they can make it through as well.

For goods and food and medications on these kits, check if they are still up to date. Always check their expiry dates every once in a while. Then, you can get them replaced with newer stocks so they would be ready to use any time. This is especially true for perishable goods like food items.




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