Emergency Preparedness - Week 2 Food & Water. How to create a 72 hour kit.
Are you ready for an Emergency? What would happen if you had to evacuate your home today? Would you be prepared? Those are many of the questions that were addressed during an Emergency Preparedness Fair that I participated in on Saturday. I put together a booth about 72 hour kits. During a crisis, these …
Augason Farms 4-Person 72hr Emergency Food Supply Kit Augason Farms' 72-Hour 4-Person Emergency Food Supply was created with convenience and nutrition in mind. Within this kit are individually packed soups and entrees that contain nutritious ingredients such as rice, dehydrated vegetables, and delicious dry soup mix flavoring. Along with these delicious emergency food items is Morning Moo’s Low Fat Milk Alternative, a tasty powdered milk drink. All meals are easy to prepare—just add the indicated amount of water and simmer a few minutes. This 72-Hour 4-Person Emergency Food Supply is designed to provide four individuals with 2,230 calories each day for three days. It can also be used by one individual for 12 days. What You Get (60) Servings Morning Moo's Lowfat Milk Alternative (24) Servings Creamy Potato Soup Mix (16) Servings Hearty Vegetable Chicken-Flavored Soup (24) Servings Creamy Chicken-Flavored Rice (16) Servings Cheesy Broccoli Rice (16) Servings Homestyle Mashed Potatoes (20) Servings Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal Good to Know Shelf life ranges from 20 to 25 years based on food type. Unopened products included within a kit retain their shelf life after kit container is opened. Best when stored in a cool and dry place at temperatures between 55°F and 70°F. Actual shelf life may vary based on individual storage conditions.
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For some reason when talking about 72-hour kits, most people seem to imagine themselves running with their family and kits into the mountains or surrounding areas. However, when I tried to think through our own actual risks, I couldn't imagine a single situation where running with a kit would be necessary. During an earthquake, I wouldn't want anyone running anywhere. Afterwards, we would proceed carefully to retrieve our kits. During an approaching wildfire or hurricane, you would just need quick access to your kits in order to move them into the car for evacuation. Short of a war-type situation, I just can't see any reason that you would be running long-term with your kits. In a raging fire, tsunami, mud slide or tornado, you wouldn't even want to delay an extra second to grab a kit. In those cases, you just get out of the way as fast as possible. I recommend that you do a risk assessment to help you plan what to put into your 72-hour kits? When you know your most likely emergency situations, you can include items customized for those moments. For example, here is an assessment of risks for our family (you can use the same list to evaluate needs for your family which will likely be different): Tsunami - No risk Hurricane - No risk where we live. Volcano - No risk. Mud slide - No risk. Riots - Low risk. War - Low risk. Evacuate to extended family outside of state/country. Terrorism - Low risk. Tornado - Little risk where we live (shelter in basement if needed). Flood - No risk where we live. Possible risk for interior flooding. Would stay with extended family. Nuclear - Evacuation unlikely as there are few escape routes available and they are likely to be jammed. Safer to shelter in home. Fire - High risk. Speedy evacuation required. If required, we would evacuate to stay with family. Biggest needs: Change of clothes, underwear, credit cards, cash, etc. Earthquake - High risk. Speedy evacuation may be required if there are gas leaks and/or fires. Three possible evacuation locations. Stay with extended family if they are not affected. Even in large earthquake, we would likely be able to access our supplies in our home (though it may have significant damage). Husband and sons would likely be involved in clean up and rescue. Biggest needs: Shelter, food, clothing, tools. My family's biggest risks are fire and earthquake. I try to make my 72 hour kit reflect those most-likely situations. In a fire situation, we will still have easy access to food and shelter. I know I'd want something to wear that I felt comfortable in (not cut-off sweats) as we would likely be assessing damage and cleaning up in the next few days. Customized 72 hour kit: includes comfortable clothing and underwear. Cash and/or credit card. In an earthquake scenario, I realize that most earthquakes have damage limited to a specific area. It is likely that our extended family would be able to come and get us if needed, but that might take some time. Our home is earthquake-prepared as it has been fastened to the foundation and is wood construction with limited masonry. Even in a worst-case earthquake, we would likely be able to use our home as a shelter. However, there are accompanying risks of gas leaks and fire. Those would require full evacuation. In that situation, we would likely end up in a shelter if available (which might take a day or so to locate) or in a field below our home. More likely, though, we would shelter in our home or yard. Customized 72 hour kit: Food that is calorie rich so that we have the energy to help with rescues and evacuations, food that is familiar to the kids, clothing that is comfortable for work, gloves, tools including a crow bar, flashlights, whistles, cash, tarps, communication, radio, etc. We also need cold-weather gear located in an easily accessible space. These kits don't have to be light as I don't anticipate that we would be walking far enough that we couldn't return and get more. Customized Extra kit: For my husband which he keeps at work. My main thoughts are that he would likely be walking home. His kit ideally reflects that specific need and would include 1 days worth of food, spare shoes, flashlight, cold-weather supplies and minimal shelter. His kit needs to be light-weight. We keep similar kits in each of our cars. What are your family's biggest risks? How can you customize your 72-hour kits to be ready for those situations?
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Emergency Preparedness - Week 2 Food & Water. How to create a 72 hour kit.
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SUPER SURVIVOR SATURDAY June 11, 2011 10am-2pm At the church A light lunch will be served We will be making everything you need to be a "Super Survivor" in emergencies, so you can outplay, outwit and outlast any disaster!! Bring your husband so he can be a "Super Survivor" too! Below are pictures of each of the items we will be making or they are on display each Sunday at church. Money is due to Natalie Bagley by May 29. If you have any questions call her. We would like everyone to come even if you don't sign up for something. There will be lunch and also displays to look at. BUDDY BURNER Great for cooking a meal in a single pot or small can. You can boil water, cook noodles, Mac & Cheese, soup, etc. Please save your empty #10 cans, empty tuna fish cans and heavy cardboard. This price is with you providing your own #10 can and tuna fish can. The cost is $0.50 72 HOUR FOOD KIT This kit has 3 days worth of food with 3 meals and a snack each day. We will be sealing these with a Food Saver. Not included, but needed 4 cups of water. The cost is $8.60. FIRE STARTERS These are great when you need a fire. Place in fire area and light as kindling. The fire starters will burn for 30 minutes. We will provide the wax to dip them in. Please start saving your dryer lint and toilet paper rolls. The cost is $0.50. NECESSITY BAG FOR WOMEN Every woman needs these (feminine products) and would not want to go without these in an emergency. We are going to seal them up in Food Saver bags so they will be protected from water. They are no good if they are wet. We will be providing the bags. You will need to bring your favorite brand of feminine products. You can fit more than a one month supply in each bag, so if you want a year supply plan on about 6 bags. The cost is $0.30 per bag. CANDLES Each container will have 10 candles, 2 boxes of matches and 2 candle holders. The cost is $8.50. HEAT CANS Heat cans would be awesome on the cold winter nights when the power goes out and there is no heat or light. One little can will give heat and light to one room in your house for 8 hours. Also would be great for a car kit, if you get stuck on a cold winter day. The cost is $5.75 each or $11.00 for 2 cans. QUICK & EASY CLEAN UP KIT AND BAG As women we have the fun job of doing dishes everyday. Well during emergencies we will still have this job. So we want to make things easier for us. This kit has a really cool collapsable kitchen sink (no bigger than your hand, so it makes it nice for 72 hour kits), dishwashing soap, 1 sponge and a drawstring bag. The bag will hold the sink, soap, sponge and will be big enough you could add your own small plates, cups and utensils for your family. The cost is $24.65 FIRST AID KIT These first aid kits are nice and compact and would be great in a 72 hour kit. Each kit will have 8 compartments filled with 10 bandaids and 5 gloves. The cost is $4.30
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I mentioned last week about an activity that we had for Relief Society for our church. We made 72 hour food kits to put in a 72 hour emergency kit. These kits contain enough food for one person for 72 hours. They have non-perishable foods in them. The only thing that you have to add is … Continue reading 72 Hour Food Kits →
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