Different Survival Logistics

Many people who know me have heard me talk about the logistics of survival plans. When you look at all the types of items you need to survive it may seem a bit overwhelming. I hope to break down some of the logistics in order to give you a simplified view on what to prepare for.

First you need to be prepared for Initial Response. Initial Response is your first response to a situation. The situation might be big or small, from major earthquake to small power outages. You might be in this situation for a short amount of time. If it continues for more than a day you will need to be prepared for that. Simple things for your first response are first aid, water, some food, candles, and other minor items.

If your crisis situation is more than one day you will need to move on to the next step. This is your time to locate all the canned food, maybe tap into your water heater for water rations. Get gas for your generator, collect fire wood to heat your home. If gas stations are closed, which they probably will be, you will need to siphon gas from one of your vehicles. I would choose the less fuel efficient car, because it probably has a larger tank and in an emergency evacuation you want to conserve your gas by using a more fuel efficient car to evacuate the city. Next if you have small children gather them and play board games to keep their spirits up. Another tip is, don't use your generator to power your whole house. It is not appropriate to power your whole house, and will use too much fuel. Use the power for important things like your refrigerator, radio, and other essential items. You might be in this situation longer than you may expect and if you are, you may want to conserver your resources. If this situation lasts more that 3-4 days it’s time to move on to your long term survival plan.

I believe being prepared for your long term survival is the most important one of all. This is the time that you need to conserve every resource you have. Now is the time to turn off your generator. If your power isn’t back on yet it may be a while until it is. Government aid might be on its way, but if we look at the past natural disasters we know that even though the government aid is on its way it may be a long time before they get to you. If it is possible for you to leave your city now is the time. Most people who were not prepared are now driven by desperation and are starting to loot. Disorder and chaos usually starts after the 4 day period. If you can get far from it, do it. You should have food storage like grains, flower, pastas like macaroni and cheese, water rations and so on. If you decided to evacuate your home, make sure you have shelter like a tent and camping gear. You might not be able to find a hotel that has vacancy. Were you decided to go it up to you however I would recommend you be far from any city. Criminals love to take advantage of crisis situations. You will want to listen to your radio and talk to others on your CB radio to find out when it might be safe to go home.

The most important thing I can tell you is this... Your survival depends on you. Not your government. As we have seen in the past, many people die before they get government aid.

Items needed for each stage differs upon were your live. But the stages of survival are true were ever you are.