Emergency Preparedness
Emergency preparedness for the common man (or woman) is simply about making yourself, your family, and your community safer and more resilient when more likely disastrous incidents do occur.
Emergency preparedness and being prepared means a lot of different things for different people.
You may be familiar with the term “prepper” as applied to that off-grid survivalist living in the wilderness or the militia group preparing for government collapse. This site is not geared toward those folks. Nor is it geared toward those preparing for the end of the world apocalypse. There is no preparedness efforts to save you from that event other than being right with God.
It’s my goal with this website to help keep you informed about the “common sense” steps in emergency preparedness and resources to keep you and your family safe should a disaster or other type of emergency occur. I will also write about my personal journey towards emergency preparedness and some things I’ve learned along the way.
While recent events such as hurricanes, coronavirus, civil unrest, 9/11, floods, and western wild fires might raise your awareness about potential disasters, sadly most people seem to have the attitude that it won’t happen to them.
When SARS-CoV-2 spread across the globe, many of those naysayers were shocked when their local economy was closed down by government officials, they were declared essential or non-essential, and they were ordered to wear a mask and stay at home.
They discovered it can happen to them – either directly or indirectly.
The Covid-19 crisis should be your wake up call to be more prepared for more lock-downs and restrictions in the future.
Instead of being that person crying out for rescue by the government, it’s my hope you and I will be those self-sufficient persons reaching out to help those victims.
You might consider starting a Side Hustle now to help finance your preps and make you more secure in the future.
While disasters on the scale of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are not common and most people won’t generally experience other major disasters, it’s pretty much guaranteed you will likely experience at least some other minor emergencies like an illness, accident, or job loss. It only makes sense for you to be prepared for those.
The more prepared you are for those minor emergencies, the better prepared you will be when the big one strikes.
You can improve your level of emergency preparedness through…
Education and intelligence would include learning about the potential emergencies you might encounter and their potential impact, the steps you might take to mitigate the crisis, and some basic skills in coping with the event. Having a degree of situational awareness in your particular scenario can mean the difference between life and death.
Prioritize Your Emergency Preparedness It's impossible to be prepared for EVERY disaster.
It’s important to understand that not all emergencies are equal and the likelihood of emergencies and the degree of your preparations vary with your personal situation.
Plan Your Emergency Preparedness
Planning allows you to prepare for and respond to anticipated disruptions and potential hazards following a disaster. Planning also includes anticipating events that may occur such as natural disasters, emergencies, or inflation, and purchasing necessary supplies before you need them and they become more expensive.
You’ll need to assess each of your prioritized categories of disaster and needed resources for different time periods. Your emergency may only be a short-term power outage, for example, or the disaster may extend for a longer period of time.
The fact is… disasters happen and are generally unexpected with little or no time for you to prepare.
It only makes sense you should do what you can to minimize the impact of these emergencies. And, since you never know what might happen next, if you haven’t begun emergency preparedness already…
you should start NOW.
Get Prepared Now!: Why A Great Crisis Is Coming & How You Can Survive It
Are you and your family prepared for the greatest economic collapse that America has ever seen? Economic expert Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse Blog and Barbara Fix, author of Survival: Prepare Before Disaster Strikes, address the whys and the hows of getting prepared for the coming crisis in their new book. Topics include looming economic collapse, Ebola, drought and increasing weather-related disasters, our extremely vulnerable power grid, civil unrest, and practical steps for storing food and supplies that you will need.
Organize Your Preparedness Be sure to cover all your needs.
You may need one or more of these in varying degrees for each of the above emergencies. Start with the basics in each category and expand your resources over time as you can. Begin your preparation with the focus on your basic needs, and what you must have in order to survive, regardless of the nature and scope of the disaster.