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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The water, for sure. Can’t live without it!
I think the water is probably the most important item because its one of the basics needed for survival
it may sound crazy but to me, the most important thing is the sanitizer. After living pretty much cut off from the world for a couple of weeks after a storm, you would be amazed how handy that one little item is, Doing a lot of house cleaning zfter having flood waters in your house, you have no idea, what kind of contaminants are in those waters. And while not having power or running water, having hand sanitizer is an absolute must!
Definitely the water purifier. I have most of the stuff but not that.
sting relief pads–My daughter gets stung a lot by bees and I never know what to do.
I think that the emergency blanket is most important because I live in Alaska and staying warm is crucial in an emergency.
The first aid kit will really come in handy for us. We are accident prone and we will certainly use this.
Water because I cannot live without it, period.
The flashlight so that you can see if the power goes out
I think the water is the most important because it’s essential to have on hand.
The Forma Spa sounds luxurious for my side sleeping.
In winter, the emergency blanket to stay warm, but the water is also important.
Though I know it’s all important, I like that there is water in the pack. I live in earthquake country and we not only have kits in the house and car, I’ve also got 72 second kits available as well. This way we have clothes and shoes we can grab if we need to run! I worry that it will take days to get any type of help so I like to try and prepare that we have basics to get through!
After living through the Joplin tornado I can say without a doubt a few of the most needed items for our family was, blankets, working flashlight, water, rain gear, and most important, copies of all your documents needed in case all your items are simply… gone.
for me, it would be the purified water-because you can exist on just water if need be for a little while in an emergency.
I think everything in it is important but I would appreciate the hand warmers and blanket the most. I sincerely hate being cold.
I think the flashlight is most important, you can’t see anything if you happen to be in our basement when the lights go out. That’s as close to an emergency as we’ve come lately thankfully.
I like that there is a flashlight as when there is no power it is very dark where we live. This would help us find each other
It would definitely be the light for me , I cant stand to be in the dark.
Oh, boy, do I need that here in Louisiana. What a great, compact idea.