September is Emergency Preparedness Month
The Chief Blonde Remarks:
Emergency Preparedness Month
September 2013 marks the tenth annual National Preparedness Month, sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the US Department of Homeland Security. One goal of Homeland Security is to educate the public about how to prepare for emergencies, including natural disasters, mass casualties, biological and chemical threats, radiation emergencies, and terrorist attacks. —CDC Website
How can I prepare for an emergency?
- Get a Kit.
- Make a Plan.
- Be Informed.
- Get Involved.
Penny Wise features Emergency Preparedness Kits and more
The Emergency Preparedness Backpack ($69.95 by Acme United Corporation) is filled with essential, must-have items for any emergency. It contains critical components needed when an emergency occurs including bad weather and power outages. Contents include six purified waters, one flashlight, light stick, six food bars, one pair of white poly/cotton gloves, a whistle, emergency blanket, rain poncho, hand warmers, mask, gloves, hand sanitizer and a first aid kit. Lightweight backpack has padded shoulder straps. Glow-in-the-dark tag makes it easy to carry and easy to find. Backpack is perfectly sized to store additional items. This backpack is surprisingly small in size for holding all these different items. Great to keep in a closet, so you can grab and go if need be.
This First Aid Kit XL ($23/95 by Acme United Corporation) is a smaller mobile emergency pack to keep in your car. It offers a soft-sided case and see-through pockets to make basic first aid items easy to find and easy to access. Portable case makes it perfect for car and travel. Kit contains essential first aid items including adhesive bandages, gauze pads, alcohol pads, antibiotic ointment, sting relief pads, tape, and gloves. Emergency preparedness items include a survival blanket, whistle, light stick, rain poncho, face mask and hand sanitizer. This kit is quite small, but packed to the brim with all kinds of emergency supplies. It’s perfect for travel.
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I would say the food and water is most important to avoid dehydration weakness.
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I think the most important thing is the glow in the dark pack. It’s much safer this way, so you don’t have to be searching for it forever to get what you need fast.
The first aid kit because you need to take care of cuts and boo boos
I like that it has a shoulder strap and is easily portable.
I think the hand warmers are a great addition to the pack because I have gotten stuck in the snow and had to dig myself out. I could have used the hand warmers and boot warmers for that matter.
I think the emergency blanket might be the most important part of the kit – many years ago, I got stuck on the side of the road in a blizzard with no heat in my car (the heater only worked if the car was moving)… in northern Michigan, winter weather can temporarily strand you so a blanket in the car is a must!
water and batteries!
The water, because you can’t survive long without it.
I think the first aid kit is pretty important! Never know when there is gonna be an injury that needs to be taken care of as soon as possible!
The first aid kit is the most important in case you are hurt
That is very hard to choose, but I’d say hand sanitizer because you don’t know what kind of germs are on your hands at any time
I think the blanket & the water are most important! You need water to live and you need to stay warm!
Water, you can survive a few days without food but not water
Other than the purified water, I think that the gloves are most important! They can be used for so many things and it is so important to protect yourself and others while helping each other in an emergency!