This guide to emergency preparedness is not designed for the SHTF, TETOWAKA or the so-called ' Community ' survival, but rather focuses on the proven techniques that could save your life. This is a no-nonsense approach to disaster planning staff for the average person and is based on information from aid responsible organizations such as the Red Cross, The Federal Emergency Management Agency, from professionals and from my training in homeland security.
Why should prepare
Preparing for an emergency situation is often overlooked in the fast pace of modern life and there are many reasons to consider at least a weeks worth of emergency supplies so that you and your family can survive until the rescue.
Most people take for granted emergency responders, not that they don't value their services, but that assumes that they are there when needed; This is not always the case.
In the event of a large-scale emergency, first responders and their resources will be depleted quickly thanks to a sudden increase in demand.
First responders often become victims of disasters such as their vehicles and equipment are often rendered useless until they are cleared roads and debris.
Depends on the scale of the disaster could take several days for external emergency response crews from nearby cities or States. (During Hurricane Katrina Helicopter Rescue crews responded as far as Kodiak Alaska)
Budgeting constraints often leaves local emergency services woefully undermanned and under equipped to the duty of the media, let alone during a disaster.
Many people do not realize that they need to prepare for an emergency, because they do not live in areas traditionally affected by natural disasters, but there are literally hundreds of disaster scenarios that can occur anywhere and anytime.
Possible scenarios that may not have considered:
Severe seasonal flooding
A prolonged interruption mass
Winter storms that closed roadways
Prolonged disruptions of public utility
Water scarcity due to drought or contamination
Terrorist attacks involving radiological or biological chemistry nuclear weapons
Epidemic biofilters
Wild fires
Contamination of food supply (ie: e. coli or salmonella)
Despite the fact that many disasters can occur anywhere and at any time, many people simply refuse to submit to reality and ready themselves for an emergency situation. Let's take a look at some of the reasons why people do not prepare.
Because people do not prepare
The most common reason that people do not prepare for a disaster scenario is that you don't think that might happen to them. This is an absolute falsehood and simple psychology plays an important factor in this phenomenon.
One of the problems that contributed to the terrible consequences of Hurricane Katrina was that the previous year a big hurricane had struck the Gulf Coast and has had very little effect. Many people decided to ride Katrina under the assumption that it would be as harmless as the previous storm; Tragically, this was not the case.
People's brains are hard wired to assume that anything devastating happen to them because most disaster scenarios are extremely different from their normal experience.
In order to successfully prepare for a disaster we must reject this way of thinking and really about science, data and hard facts. We must also change the stigma of society associated with disasters.
Many people associate disaster preparedness tactics, like food, storage, to be the past tense of militia types paranoid; This couldn't be further from the truth.
Nonpartisan organizations such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross suggests that all have different supplies set aside for emergencies.
Being prepared is a Boy Scout motto or slogan paranoid, but rather an intelligent decision adopted by individual looking out for their own well-being and the well-being of their families.
Mark r. Seed studied political science at the University, is a veteran of several campaigns and is a life-long student of politics. In 2011 Mark founded the site Saturday night politics, a political commentary site that takes the spin out of politics by focusing on pragmatism rather than partisanship.
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