You never know when an emergency is going to strike. Many times, we are not prepared! The best time to plan for an emergency is before it happens. In this article were going to take a look at a few things you can do to help your family if it is faced with a crisis situation.
You never know when you will be it with an emergency. Many times it is caused by weather. Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, blizzards, floods, and so on, are all emergencies that can strike with very short notice. Therefore many times you are not give time to prepare. Also because of being in a hurry people will be rushed to make decisions and that does not always work out.
So how do you get your family prepared? Will you have the emergency resources you need!
1. Call a family meeting regardless of the ages of your children. Everybody needs to know what their role will be, in case of emergency need to talk Frank openly about what can happen, both good and bad in emergency hits you especially related to weather.
2. Put together an emergency can kit. This should include first aid material extra food and extra water. Water is especially important. The basic rule of thumb is that you have 1 gallon of water per day for each family member and it should have a least three days worth of water available. You can take your kit and water with you no matter where you had to go in the case of emergency.
3. You should establish a meeting place if your family becomes separated. For example, if your home is a fire everybody is able to get out safely where we meet will be across the street at a neighbors' house or flared just make it so that everybody knows in the case of a natural disaster. Maybe you'll meet at a relatives' home run a school playground. Again, just somewhere so that everyone in the family tries to go there first.
Which are really doing is just creating a plan of attack that your family is aware of. You have to consider the many different possible things that can happen. Having an evacuation plan, an emergency plan, or emergency resource plan, whatever you wan to call it, take the time to do it now so that you don't worry about it later.
And lastly, you should always be ready with a family evacuation plan in case worse comes to worst. This is very important during emergencies because this will help you ensure the safety of each member of the household and prevent panic and possibly, an accident.
