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Planning for emergencies

8 replies

champagnesupernova · 18/09/2012 13:14

FlyLady often talks about being prepped for tornadoes etc Hmm

Only tornadoes round here are created by the DSes....Grin

BUT am doing some building work atm and thought we should get a fire blanket and an extinguisher for up & downstairs maybe
And we have waspeze but not burneze
What first aid/Emergency stuff do you have?

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champagnesupernova · 18/09/2012 13:39
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MrsjREwing · 18/09/2012 13:42

I have some longlife milk, about four litres of water, tinned food, basic first aid, extra loo roll. We wouldn't last long, we have enough to tide us over a short term emergency.

PigletJohn · 18/09/2012 13:43

smoke detectors

torches

plenty of spare batteries for both

at least one telephone that is not cordless or mobile

ArthurShappey · 18/09/2012 18:10

Create a lit full of emergency phone numbers and contacts. Including insurance policy numbers.

PigletJohn · 18/09/2012 20:39

in the event of a Severe Incident, mobile phone networks are liable to stop working or be overloaded. If there is a power cut, your cordless phone will stop working. BT corded phones are less likely to be interrupted, and the exchanges have stand-by batteries and generators that will keep them going for a while.

RaspberryLemonPavlova · 18/09/2012 23:30

I can speak from experience here as my city was flooded a few years ago. We were fine, but were completely cut off and had no electricity for 3 days.

The only contact to know what was going on was our battery operated radio. Mobile phones did indeed stop working, or were very intermittent (and you couldn't recharge them) so a corded BT old fashioned plug in phone was necessary.

We had a gas hob and so could cook. Some neighbours didn't and were given hot flasks of coffee by other neighbours.

Shops were shut because of the power (no lights or tills!).

So since then I've kept batteries, phone, supply of tinned food, water.

MrsBovary · 18/09/2012 23:38

We have a food store I like to keep well stocked, including non-perishables and bottles of water.

Also have basic first aid supplies

stove (though very little gas).

corded phone.

MousyMouse · 19/09/2012 14:08
  • camping cooker
  • bottles of water
  • non perishable foods (tea bags, tinned veg, dried peas, biscuits...)
  • camping lights (both led and gas)
  • first aid box (tupperware type box, watertight)
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