| Emergency food and water are important | | | | Lastly, it is vital that you carefully choose the |
| components of any emergency preparedness plan | | | | type of food that you will store in your survival |
| and survival kit. In times of disasters, you may | | | | kits. Aside from preparing the usual foods eaten |
| not be able to have any access to water or food | | | | by your family, you also need to choose ones |
| supplies, even if you have a lot of money to | | | | that have longer shelf life. |
| spend. The best way to ensure that you and | | | | In order to make the job of organizing or planning |
| members of your family, including your pets, can | | | | emergency food and water kits easy for the |
| live through emergency situations or calamities like | | | | whole family, it may be a wise idea to invest in |
| floods, hurricanes, power outages, earthquakes | | | | food ration bars or ready-to-eat meals. These do |
| and fires is to prepare in advance emergency | | | | not only have longer shelf life, but also are also |
| food supplies and water storage units that could | | | | easier to store and carry in case you need to |
| last from 72 hours and are portable too. Even if | | | | evacuate or leave your home. Since it would be |
| emergency rescue units and paramedics do not | | | | impossible to have a six-month supply of clean |
| reach your home or area immediately, you can | | | | water, your emergency food supplies kit should |
| be assured that every member of your | | | | also contain portable water filtration system so |
| household will not get sick, or even die, of | | | | you can safely use other sources, such as |
| starvation or dehydration. | | | | rainwater and even water stored in your |
| In preparing for emergency food and water, one | | | | hot-water tank or pool. |
| should first think of the needs of each member | | | | Other important tools that you need to add in |
| of the family. If you have an infant or a senior in | | | | your emergency food and water supplies are |
| your home, you have to take into consideration | | | | utensils, mechanical can opener, and even cooking |
| their special needs while preparing your | | | | units and supplies. Since power and gas may not |
| emergency food. Next, you need to prepare an | | | | be available after a disaster strikes, you need to |
| emergency water storage plan that will not only | | | | make sure that you have equipment that can |
| provide clean water for drinking but also, if | | | | help you boil water or cook food properly to |
| applicable, for hygienic and sanitation purposes. | | | | ensure your families health. |