This is a drill on steroids. As a family, or with other
family or friends, plan a weekend staged disaster. I recommend this as part of
your 72 hour kit rotation schedule. For one weekend you will live in the
aftermath of a disaster. Together pick your disaster and weekend (incase you
need to get work off and to avoid missing events). Use the disaster handouts
and your emergency plan to review and plan the weekend. Be sure to include a drill as well, just keep the start time a secret from your kids. Live off your kits,
whether sheltering in place or in the wilderness, or evacuate to a friends
house (with their approval). Remember no electricity! After the weekend review
your plan, update your kits, and evaluate how it went and what would be
different if there really was a disaster. I’m not sure I would recommend
staging a car emergency and living in your car for the weekend, but I guess
that really is up to you, however you may want to warn the neighbors.
http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=1422&itemID=33723&URL=Research%20&%20Reports/Fact%20sheets/Prepare%20for%20an%20emergency/Get%20Ready!&cookie%5Ftest=1
- use these Fact Sheets to plan your disaster weekend, and then after word use
them to update your kits and plans from what you’ve learned and what was used.
Available in English and Spanish.
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