A 72-hour kit is a set of supplies that helps your household manage on its own for about three days. The idea is simple: during or after an emergency, services such as power, water and shops may be interrupted, and help may take time to reach everyone. The Government of Canada puts it plainly: “Be…
A family emergency plan answers a few simple questions before you ever need the answers: How will we hear about an emergency? Where will we go? How will we find each other? Who looks after whom? Those questions get more interesting when your household includes young children, pets, or an older relative with specific needs….
Search for emergency bags online and you quickly run into a pile of overlapping names: go-bag, bug-out bag, grab bag, 72-hour kit, get-home bag, stay-at-home kit. It is easy to feel you need five different bags and a garage full of gear. In this post I untangle the terms, explain what official preparedness agencies actually…
If you have been meaning to “get prepared” but are not sure where to begin, you are in good company. The topic can feel overwhelming, especially online, where it is easy to land on content that is louder and more alarming than it needs to be. Real preparedness is quiet and ordinary. It is knowing…