Emergency Preparedness

As a family we have made it a priority and goal to work on getting prepared for Emergencies and build our food storage.

Our goals for 2012:
- Be completely self sufficient after an emergency for 72 hours.
- Build a 3 month food storage

Here are templates and items I have found and put together that I would love to share with you. (Yes I made this according to us having kids so I didnt have to update plans and such in the future...at least tell we have older kids)

**Note on excel spread sheets...You will need to download them all to be able to update them**
72 Hour Check List

Family ID Kits:
Adult ID Kits
Child ID Kits

Perparing Your Pets:
Emergency Check List for Pets
Pet ID Kits
Prepared for Emergencies Information for Pet Owners

Family Emergency and Evacuation Plan
Family Emergency Contact List
Family Evacuation Plan
Sentimental Items to Pack
What to Take With You
What To Do Afer an Evacuation
Family Emergency Plan
During the Evacuation

Go Packet Check List

Your Grab and Go Folder


I have to love Pintrest I found a "pin" to this site it was my insperation behind my Grab and Go folder.



I took the items on that list and expanded upon them.



Make sure your Grab and Go Folder is in an easy location. I would suggest keeping it in the kitchen or on the main floor. You will want to refer to it when an emergency hits. The least amount of thinking and scrambling the better.



To begin your Grab and Go folder you will need:

*2 Inch Binder

*Divider tabs

*Protective sleeves

*If your a geek like me a way to laminate items





Sections for your grab and go Folder: (This is the order I have put mine together)



Note on Grab and Go Folder links. I made up many of the documents listed. Ones listed with a * are ones I found on Pintrest or online blogs. Any emergency packet and brochure I found on ready.gov. I only provided to the links to the ones I found pertanent to living in Eagle Mountain Utah. There are many more you might find a use for. I know I left off the links to a few that would be helpful in Utah by total accident, it was hard to remember to save them all.



Some of the terrorist attach related ones may seem a little over board but one day we were driving down Redwood Road when I realized that with in 10 miles of my home we have the National Data Security Center, no clue its real name, and Camp Williams. Kind of decided those could be good terrorist targets so best to be prepared.



Emergency Plan (The most important section and the most time consuming one for me to put together)

- Family Emergency Plan

- Family Evacuation Plan

-What to Take With You *

- Family Emergency Contact List

- Sentimental Items to Pack

-What To Do During an Evacuation *

-What To Do After an Evacuation *



Be Prepared for the Emergency Pamphlets:

-Flooding, After Floods

-Wind

- Biological Attack

-Chemical Attack

-Earth Quakes

-Tornados

-Winter Storms

-Wild Fires



First Add Info:

-Information sheets on basic first add



Family Identification and Documents (Keep a copy of all origionals in your Grab and Go Binder, store origionals in a fire proff safe

- Birth Certificates

-Marriage License

-Adoption Papers

- SS Cards

-Child ID Kits *

-Adult ID Kits *

-Family and Individual Photos



Insurance Information

-Insurance cards

-Isurance policies

-Home inventory

-Copies of deeds/titles

-Copy of car registrations



Pet Information

-Copy of recent vet records

-Copy of Vaccine Info

-Pet ID Kit *

-Home Again or Chip Info

- Shelter ID Kit (A copy of all items listed above, plus a copy of family contact info. Have this ready if you have to leave your pet at a shelter)



Check this list* for any items I may have forgotten to mention.  
Food Storage
 
I needed to make food storage easy and not a complete migrane type of project. I love the churchs info but it was to much of a head ache. I just didnt know what I was going to do with it all. So I found 15 dinner ideas that we would eat now and that could be made with non perishable items and that I could easily rotate into our mothly meals to rotate through my supply. I put together the recipes to learn exactly how much would be needed to make each item. I came up with 7 lunches and breakfasts. You will see some repeats.
 
Food Storage Recipes
 
Food Storage Check List
 
Note on the food storage checklist. When you update the red items that is saying how many times you will make that meal and it will give you an updated amount needed. But you will have to adjust the total you need for everything. That is excel knowledge I dont have. (At least for now)
 
*For eggs, butter and milk you can buy dehydrated for food storage. 

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