Emergency and Disaster Preparedness

You want to learn how to prepare and get ready for emergencies. Get free information for your family, business or pets here. Disaster Planning and survival equipment can reduce the fear and losses that comes with disasters. Businesses and families should have written plans. You\’ll need the right survival equipment and know how to care for your basic medical needs. Having enough food and water in your 72 hour survival kit will be critical.

Your Family Disaster Plan

If a disaster occurs in your community, local agencies and disaster-relief groups are there to help you. But, emergency personnel may not be able to reach you immediately, or they may need to focus their efforts elsewhere. That is why you need to be ready with your own survival kit. Your Dooms Day Essentials survival equipment will be the key to your safety and survival. You should plan for severe weather or other disaster that could occur in your area. Where will you be when disaster strikes – at the office, at school, in the car or at home? You will need an emergency kit, in each of these places. Every disaster provides its own set of problems; but one thing is constant, you\’ll need to prepare for emergency situations to protect yourself and your family. Natural and man-made disasters cause you to either stay where you are, move to a protective structure, shelter-in-place or evacuate.

Stay where you are – this may be true when you are at home during a blizzard or thunderstorm. Similarly, if you are outdoors during an earthquake and not near anything that could fall on you, stay where you are.

Protective Structure – move to a protective structure (e.g., home, office, storm shelter or building) during a blizzard, hurricane or tornado.

Shelter-in-Place – when hazardous materials (i.e., chemical, biological, or radiological agents) may have been released into the air you\’ll be advised to shelter-in-place.

Evacuate – when your home, office or building is in immediate danger, local officials will issue an evacuation order. Comply with their request immediately in an orderly fashion.

Dooms Day Essentials survival kits are made with all of these response scenarios in mind. When staying in a building or home, our 5 gallon survival kits can be used as a toilet in case your water is turned off. Should you need to evacuate, these same 5 gallon buckets are easily transported. We also offer several backpack kits to make evacuation (potentially on foot) much easier. Carrying a backpack keeps your arms available to assist others and manage flashlights or signal devices. These soft sided backpacks fit well in car trunks.

At home, you should keep your survival gear in a designated place ready to go if you have to evacuate. Also consider storing extra survival supplies that could be used in addition to your Dooms Day Essentials kit items. A key thing to consider is additional water. Most experts suggest storing a minimum of one gallon per day (3 days minimum) per person. While water is the key to your survival, you would have difficulty carrying 3 gallons of water very far on foot. This is why Dooms Day Essentials 72 hour kits come with sufficient, but not too much water. If you were able to evacuate with your vehicle, carrying more water is possible.

Also consider additional food. If you are able to remain at home during an emergency, imagine how a canned ham, dried fruit and drinks could make the event more comfortable. Remember to rotate your canned or dried food supplies to keep them fresh. Your stored water bottles at home could only have a shelf-life of 6 to 24 months depending on the storage container and location. An advantage of the Dooms Day Essentials survival kits is that the food rations and water boxes are storable for up to 5 years! So, take advantage of your home as a shelter and ensure that you have sufficient emergency supplies to keep you safe and healthy.

Business Disaster Planning

Making sure that your business is prepared for disasters is key to your safety and continued operation. Every year companies lose employees and revenue as a result of disasters. Businesses can limit injuries and return more quickly to normal operations if you plan ahead. What you need is the head of the company to make disaster planning part of your company\’s culture.

Many planning tools have been developed to help businesses prepare for emergencies. Yet, the NFPA 1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs endorsed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal 9-11 Commission is the baseline planning document. In addition to requiring emergency preparedness supplies on hand, this standard provides guidelines to assess current business programs or to develop, implement, and maintain a current program.

To be successful, business preparedness for emergencies requires upper management support. The chief executive or owner sets the tone by authorizing planning to take place and management to get involved. When presenting the \”case\” for emergency management, avoid dwelling on the negative effects of an emergency (e.g., deaths, fines, criminal prosecution) and emphasize the positive aspects such as.

Helps companies fulfill their responsibility to protect employees, the community and the environment.

Promotes compliance with regulations.

Makes it easier to recover from financial losses, regulatory fines, loss of market share, damages to equipment or products, or business interruption.

Reduces exposure to civil or criminal liability in the event of an incident.

Enhances a company\’s image and credibility with employees, customers, suppliers and the community.

Reduces insurance premiums.

Making sure your employees are prepared is a key way to reducing the negative effects of an emergency situation. Also consider ways to help employees with their family disaster preparedness planning with emergency preparedness supplies and survival gear. This will increase their personal safety and help your business get back up and running as employees will be better able to focus and carry out their responsibilities at work. One way to accomplish this is to provide survival gear as part of a company reward or recognition program. Corporations and small businesses alike are constantly looking for new ways to improve morale, reduce injuries and worker compensation costs, reduce absenteeism, boost sales, or motivate employees to make productivity suggestions. If you provide such supplies, or make on online store available through your intranet for discount purchases, you will be helping your employees and their families as well.

Additionally, to prepare and train your employees, as required by NFPA 1600, consider encouraging your employees to attend free local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. Contact your local fire department for further information. CERT training provides 24 hours of disaster training and emergency skills, and meets the requirements of NFPA 1600 which requires training to \”create awareness and enhance the skills required to develop, implement, maintain, and execute the program.\” CERT members are trained in disaster readiness, fire suppression, light search & rescue, incident command system protocol and basic first aid.

To support your emergency preparedness plan, Dooms Day Essentials offers several larger quantity survival kits to meet the emergency preparedness requirements of businesses including our 10 Person Survival Kit, 20 Person Survival Kit, and 100 Person Survival Kit. In addition to this survival gear, you may want to consult with Dooms Day Essentials Search & Rescue pros on additional items that may be useful to your employees during and after an emergency event. Whether it be a geological, meteorological, biological or human-caused (both accidental and intentional) catastrophic event, we can assist you in determining the proper quantity and make-up of your emergency supplies and survival gear.

Dooms Day Essentials is committed to assisting you in your emergency preparedness planning and making the best decisions for your survival gear.

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