I discuss your DIY emergency action plan, the template to follow, and a very easy to remember family evacuation procedure for bugging out

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News:

Oregon wildfire threatens 740 homes as residents are told to evacuate

140 homes told to evacuate and another 600 have been put on alert

400 firefighters are working on the fire and it is still spreading although they are making gain on it.

this fire is just an hour away from J. Bradbury, he would be better for this story.

The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/08/oregon-wildfire-columbia-river-residents-evacuate

typhoon Halong in Japan has caused the order for evacuation of half a million people

the biggest threat here was flooding

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/typhoon-halong-prompts-evacuation-of-half-a-million-people-in-japan-1.1952737

Both stories required evacuation, which most people had time to do so, but if you were already ready, you wouldn’t be fighting 500,000 people.

Discussion:

Related Blog Post: Disasters Emergency Action Plans Emergency Evacuation Procedures

This entire episode was just a tiny bit of my one year preparedness system.

How To Be A Prepper: One Year Emergency Preparedness System

When there is a disaster you will have to decide:

to bug-in for security

or to bug-out to get away from danger

We must prepare for both bugging in and out

discussing the latter

You will bug in when:

disaster requires you to stay home (such as a food shortage or sickness)

or at home the disaster will do you no harm (loss of job)

You will bug out when:

You have a disaster that is immediately hazardous to life and health (forest fire spreading, nuclear disaster that hasn’t made it to you yet)

A disaster is regional and you have an evacuation location out of the region (such as a storm that has destroyed the area)

When stress is high, will you know what to do, what to grab, or the best way to get to your BOL?

we use emergency action plans

what is an emergency action plan?

A document with important information and documentation to help you and others to follow well thought out steps to ensure success when executing a bug-out plan.

Why should you have an Emergency Action Plan or Emergency Evacuation Procedure?

Family members stressed can follow the easy written steps

stress clouds the mind