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 GIVEAWAY
Giveaway runs from Sept. 7-Sept. 21, 11:59 PM EST US ONLY 18+
THE PRIZE
$95 Emergency Preparedness Kits –1 Emergency Preparedness Backpack ($70) + 1 First Aid Kit ($24)
UPDATE: The Emergency Preparedness Kits giveaway is over. The Rafflecopter entry device has been removed and had 2362 entries. See Giveaway Winners.
I’d have to say the waters. You don’t have any use for the other items if you are dead from dehydration!
I like the grab and go back- easy to keep important things all in one place and handy to grab in case of emergency
i like that it has white gloves-very useful for signaling if needed. thanks for such a grand and useful giveaway!
The six purified waters is the most important to me, because it’s a must have item that you can’t live without!
personal pack that you could take with you leave in car or kids in school locker, keep at work ect
I love the fact that the bag looks so lightweight. A good ‘bug out bag’ is every ‘survivalist’s’ dream. 🙂
I think the backpack is the most important because I would put a lot more in there and keep it in my car. It is glow in the dark so it is easy to find. Things I would add are a gas shut off wrench, 1 week supply of whatever prescription meds I am taking, toilet paper, feminine products, small pack of baby wipes, a folding military-like shovel, one of those silver blankets that fold up small and keep you warm, and more when I think of it.
I think that all of it is important and hard to pick one. you have to have water and light to see. first aid kit if you are hurt, i think they are equally important
It’s really difficult to choose. I would think the purified water would be the most important because we can’t afford dehydration during a disaster and it could also be used to wash off foods or cleanse wounds.
The water is probably the most important since you can’t survive 3 days (I believe it’s 3 days) without water.
I need this kit. The water is vitally important. You can go without food but not without potable H2O. But it would be nice to have the flashlight too.
It is all important, but I think I’d prefer the whistle so someone can find me!
I’m going to say that it has food and water. And that’s because of where I live. We get a lot of twisters tho here. But I also like that it has a little bit of everything in. That way you can take it camping or on car trips. Thank you for the chance to win 🙂
I think the most important thing in the kit is the purified water. In a disaster water is at a premium.
I think the light stick is important to find your way in the dark.
I think the most important part of the kit is the six purified waters, because you need to be sure you have clean water to stay alive in an emergency situation.
I think the emergency blanket is the most important because I live in the Midwest where it gets very cold and you could freeze to death.
Clean water is always important to have in a emergency.
I think the bag itself is the lifesaver. In a true emergency … well there is a flashlight, water and a firstaid kit in the car but given an actual emergency it would be chaos of not remembering what to grab or where actual supplies are located.
I think the flashlight is most important. The light would help keep my 2 youngest sons from panicking if we were in an emergency situation in the dark! Lol, two of my biggest fears as a mother with 2 sons with autism are power and internet outages!