Safety Season

Now that I’m living in Florida I’m more aware of hurricane season June to November. Since this is a new place for us we need to get prepped for emergencies. 

Regardless of where you live you should have some sort of emergency or evacuation plan and stock up on emergency supplies.  Part of my preparation supplies are listed out below. I have never experienced a major hurricane yet but I have had the parking lot of my old apartment in Florida flooded out before. I ended up stranded for a day and a night before the water went down the next morning. I had to survive off of canned food for lunch and dinner that time.  

Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide sensors. Make sure to test them and make sure they are working 

Fire extinguisher. Note that there are different types  of extinguishers for different types of fires such as cooking fires 

First aid kit 

Have some emergency supplies depending on where you live such as: 

Freeze dried food or canned food with a non electric can opener  

Propane or Biolite stove 

Emergency flashlights  

Battery powered radio. My favorite is my all in one Eton 

Poncho 

Waterproof case to store it all in 

Tea lights or candles 

Water pouch  

Drinking water 

I got us emergency walkie talkies in case cellphones are not working 

 Another safety prep is to take CPR training and learn how to use a defibrillator. 

The defibrillator has instructions in it but I think it’s better to know how to work one just in case you do need to use it you’re not stuck reading the instructions for the first time while someone is dying. I’m certified to save a life; got free training from work. 

Safety first!