Emergency Tips 101: Conclusion
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| Disaster Survival Guide |
In today’s blog, we will
conclude our emergency tips 101 series with a general action plan on how to
increase awareness and survivability during any disaster, man-made or
otherwise.
We hope that through our
emergency-themed blog posts, we have helped increased your knowledge and at the
same time instill the value of being prepared, every time, all the time.
So without further delay,
please read through our Top 10 Survival Tips during any disaster below:
1. Assume that a disaster
can happen. Don't assume that it won't. Survival is 90 percent psychology, so
being mentally and emotionally unprepared lowers your survival odds.
2. Try not to panic. You
will be scared during a survival scenario, but the act of preparing before an
emergency will help you deal more effectively. Spread facts, not fear. Share
survival training based upon sound human psychology and physiology from reputable
sources.
3. Know your limits.
Unless your family is a group of Special Forces soldiers, they will have
specific needs during a disaster. Lack of physical fitness, forgotten
medications, mobility challenges, and a host of other variables demand that you
custom-create a survival plan for your family.
4. Know how to do more
with less. The simple act of tent camping in the outdoors with a family will
teach you more in a weekend about what is required to live simply and be happy
than reading survival books in the comfort of your living room.
5. Keep it simple. Fancy
preparedness plans and survival gear fail under the pressures of a real-life
scenario. The less moving parts the better.
6. Prepare for whatever
disaster is likely to affect your area. Not every place on the planet has the
same needs.
7. Along with your
home-based supplies, create a "bug-out" kit(s) for your family,
containing mobile emergency supplies should you be forced to evacuate.
8. Act: Physically prepare
and act upon your preparedness plan. Talk is cheap. Practice, practice, and
practice your preparedness plan; and don't be afraid to modify it as your needs
change.
9. Do the neighborhood
thing. Once your family is prepared, get your neighbors on the same page,
similar to a neighborhood block watch.
10. When your preparation
work is done, rotate certain survival-kit items such as food and medications as
they expire, but live your life. Preparedness training that breeds fear and
paranoia is counterproductive and the enemy of true, long-term self-reliance.
We hope you enjoyed
reading this as well as our previous posts as much as we enjoyed putting them
together for you.
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