Emergency Preparedness Can Save Someone
Posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
by John Jones
The very idea of possibly having to prepare for a hardship of any manner threatens to annihilate the general calm. To a person who may be in denial about anything bad ever happening, anything that destroys the idea of peaceful coexistence with man and nature is unwelcome.
But, do you quit being a survivalist just because everybody thinks your labors are needless? Of course not.
Survival Tips
If we're speaking the same language, here are some suggestions on how you can fortify your emergency preparedness tactics for a crisis situation.
In any survival condition, the basic requirements of food, water and shelter must be met. This means packing food that will keep without refrigeration for a few days, and bringing an adequate amount of water to supply your needs. This also means preparing for the possibility that you may have to look for for food and water, and erect your own shelter.
Sharing. As much as we want to survive a catastrophe, we cannot deny that somebody else's welfare may become our problem during an emergency. So, my recommendation would be to bring enough for sharing, but not too much that you get held back from your foremost priority, which is saving your family and yourself from harm's way.
Your worst enemies in a calamity is your environment and your emotions. Being prepared will give you an edge when it comes to remaining calm and secure in the knowledge that you have the means to live on when the calamity gets any worse. But you can do little to manipulate the surroundings. All you can do is deal with it, and do what you have to do to endure for the next few hours or days.
Keeping the Frame of mind
As a survival oriented person you may have already discovered that even among the few million conservative members of the public you are in the minority. In addition, you are most likely thought of as an outcast or a "weird" person. Imagine all the raised eyebrows in the PTA gathering when someone finds out that you have been teaching survivalism principles to your little ones. The prevalent frame of mind of a community is that someone else is responsible for their survival. It could be the federal government or a higher religious force that takes care of their needs.
As a disaster management enthusiast myself, I understand what it feels to be considered a misfit during a period of calm, and a hero in a period of crisis. It is like being a square bolt in a sea of rounded ones. But you must understand that survival is a private decision and that the populace cannot be educated into survival preparation. They have got to develop the same interest so that they can make their own choices.
The author is an expert in survival medicine and a proponent of the preparedness mindset. Discover more about this author and his opinions on combat preparation, survival and physical fitness in the survival techniques website.
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