Here are 7 things to do after you receive your emergency kit supplies, are you prepared or worried? Get ready read this:

    Freeze dried emergency food, that is a long mouthful description. It is also referred to as "freeze dried backpacking food". It's what is commonly included in a commercially packed disaster evacuation kit, or a "grab and go", "bug out bag" or simply as an "emergency pack." So after you purchase your three day kit, what in the heck do you do with it? The kits have a lot of items in them;
    1) The first thing to do is to unpack the contents and read the descriptions. Take an inventory, get to know what each item is, which items you should use first to last. There will be some items not in the kit that you would like to add, so add them. Each kit ends up being a "custom" kit, the basics, water, lights, a poncho and a way to start a fire are some of the rudimentary items in the kit. You may want to add extra clothes, a small stove (some kits have a small stove included), and a way to purify water. If you're like me, I added a pot to boil water, and coffee and a cup.

It doesn't have to be fancy, only effective. Now to find
a solar coffee bean grinder. 

    2) Whatever kind of pack you choose, make sure it fits you, in the event that an evacuation is required we don't want to adjust it on the way out the door. Make sure the children's packs fit them, if it's a rolling bag make sure you and your child know how it works. Be certain to keep your packs in a convenient spot that is easy for the person responsible to access, practice going to it and putting it on or pulling it out the door. Be sure not to over pack it, all zippers must be secured and closed, if a second bag is needed for one person a backpack and a rolling bag may just be the ticket. You don't want articles hanging out exposing it to the weather. Doesn't it seem emergency's have a tendency to happen at about 2 am? Make the kits as easy as possible to grab.
    3) Not every event mandates evacuation to a remote place, sure floods, collapse of the home, house or apartment fire and the like depending on the amount of damage are common evacuation disasters. A disaster may occur many miles from your location and still cause a utility outage that lasts many days, possibly even weeks. Many times a utility outage can go on for days on end, allowing you to stay in the home. In a case like that the contents of the 3 day evacuation pack should be used last, relying on food in your pantry until it runs out.
   4) You know you can rely on your camping equipment, that camp stove is a very universal device. I prefer liquid fueled stoves, typically they are called "dual fuel" meaning they can operate with unleaded regular gas or readily available stove fuel. The limiting factor on a camp stoves use is the fuel, propane is fine however you will store more liquid fuel in the same space as a "gas bottle". Fire starting compounds can be used for many outdoor activities. We heat our house with wood pellets complimenting it with a wood burning stove on the 3rd level.
 

Over kill for me in the desert, but not if you live in
the Northern locals. 

5) Heat, the pellet stove we use can be rigged up to run off of a 12 volt car battery. That will dictate keeping a way to charge the battery, a solar cell or a small turbine could be used. Honestly we most likely would use the wood burning stove exclusively, reacquiring wood. How much firewood to keep on hand? It depends on where you live, in the north during a blizzard a great amount will be required. Where as in the southern deserts you will need much less.
   6) If your kit contains freeze dried food, vegetables and meat, the meals can be extended by making soup. Packets normally contain 1 meal, some contain as many as 8 servings each. One package of vegetables, one of meat and a little bit of rice in 1 1/2 gallons of water will make a very good soup, a little salt and pepper will do wonders.
    7) Flashlights and lanterns, make sure to have a few extra battery's if your's is not a solar or wind up type of light. Some emergency lights are solar, some you have to crank and some are multi-powered. A real good direction to go, and a lot of kits have them, is a radio, light and charger combined. There are also lights that create electrical current (Tea Lights is one common name), they are expensive but it all depends on your personal needs. My indulgence may just be a propane powered coffee pot, we're all different, customize your kit, make it your's. If your kit provides 80% of your needs, you are doing better than 90% of everyone else.  Kit suggestions click here.

Tea lamp, Burns candles, makes enough electrical energy
to charge your cell phone, or flashlight. 

    Our goal at EmergencyKitsPlus.com is to help you make it through the initial three days of a catastrophic occurrence. There is a chance the event can last for several days longer, or even several weeks. We suggest taking care of the immediate emergency now, and slowly building up your long range food inventory over several months or a year or two. Preparing for an event can become an overwhelming experience, depending on the amount of preparation you want to make. We will help with all of your needs for survival, but first let's concentrate on the shortest preparation needed. If we get past the first phase (3 days plus perhaps) we will be doing great. So get prepared today, look through EmergencyKitsPlus.com, email us with questions and together we will make it through the next event with your emergency kit supplies.
    Thank you for reading the blog, I hope it helped clear some things up, maybe simplify the choices, hopefully inspire you to get prepared and stay prepared today.

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