Sometimes surprises are good,
like a surprise birthday party or a surprise "going away" party.
Sometimes surprises are bad; for instance your cat decides to deposit a
"surprise" in your driveway dirt because her litter box isn't good
enough anymore. Nice. It is the polar opposite of the soft, warm feeling
you get from serving someone.
Emergencies can be THAT kind of surprise multiplied
exponentially. Let us plan ahead with an EPP (Emergency Preparedness
Plan), which a PIP (Plan In Place) is part of.
I am so
thankful for the easy to follow, common sense approach that the ladies
at Food Storage Made Easy have put together on their website. It is
completely absent of the "doom and gloom" or "zombie apocalypse" many
preparedness websites offer.
What I am about to share with you, I highly encourage you to
print it and implement it in your Family Home Evenings, family
discussions,
Sunday
afternoon down time or whenever. This Emergency Preparedness Plan tells
you step by step what you can do to be better ready for the larger
scale "bad" surprises. You can find that here:
http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/fsme/docs/eprep-handout.pdf
The plan includes instructions on :
- The Family Plan
- 72 hour kit and Emergency Binder
- Evacuation List and Car Kit
In
later tips, we will try to implement some scenarios to practice. For
instance, how long does it take you to put the essentials in your
vehicle for an evacuation?
Even though surprises of the uncomfortable variety sometimes
happen to us, if we have an EPP, there will be less stress where we will
be able to help our family with a cool head. Make a goal to do a little
something every day.
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