Emergency Disaster Kits For Earthquake Preparedness

We had the privilege recently of being included in a National Preparedness Task Force town hall meeting in San Diego to talk about emergency preparedness and naturally earthquake preparedness was a big part of the discussion. In this article we will primarily discuss about the importance of emergency disaster kits

In a previous article we mentioned that federal and state agencies now encourage all of us to be self-sufficient for at least three days in the event of an emergency, natural or manmade, and a key aspect of that is having emergency disaster kits on hand.

The idea is to have three-day emergency disaster kits readily accessible in your home, office and car because you just never know where you will be when something happens such as an earthquake.

Being prepared is your best defense against earthquakes and making sure that you, your loved ones and your employees have survival kits and or disaster kits is part of the process of being prepared.

Emergency Disaster Kits

In our previous article we talked about the need to have a kit, so in this blog we’ll look at what should go into them.

When discussing emergency kits, the conversation can sometimes get bogged down in a debate about the contents of kits. What are the best items to have in them, should you put them together yourself, if so, where do you start, and if not, where do you get ones that are already assembled?

We’ve taken all the worry and stress out of the decision-making. We’ve done the research, sought advice from emergency preparedness experts and sourced the necessary items to develop a wide range of three-day kits to suit any situation.

While we had earthquakes in mind when we developed our kits, they’re also applicable to just about any other emergency situation including hurricanes, wildfires and floods. The one thing all of these natural disasters have in common is that they can be extremely disruptive to your normal everyday life.

In a very short space of time you can suddenly find yourself without electricity, food and water, and shelter and that’s where our emergency kits come into play.

Disaster Supplies Or Emergency Disaster Kits

The Grab ‘n Go kits contain the three basic essentials as recommended by the American Red Cross - food, water and a blanket.

The food and water is approved by the US Coast Guard and both have a five-year shelf life.

Other contents include First Aid kits, emergency lightsticks, ponchos, dust masks, nitrile gloves, eye goggles, leather work gloves, a multi-function Emergency Power Station (flashlight, AM/FM radio, cell phone charger and personal alarm), multi-function tool, tissues, duct tape and more.

You can easily find a variety of kits for different needs. There are one-person, two-person and four-person kits for the home and family. There are 10 and 20 person versions for the office and workplace situations along with pet evacuation kits.

How To Get An Emergency Disaster Kit

For individuals, the easiest way to get one of our kits is to go to a home improvement center. The big box stores up and down the West Coast carry them in the Hardware Department.

The two-person and four-person kits are available nationally in the online stores of Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Amazon and Overstock.

You can also get them from online stores, like we have one at www.readyamerica.com. Businesses can purchase disaster kits directly, which can be ordered as per the business requirement.