20220228 Word of the Week – Supplies

Author: danielkilburn 2022-02-28 0 Comments

Word of the Week – Supplies

Tools, equipment, and supplies are usually mentioned in the same breath. Though I am talking about them separately.

Disaster supplies can be identified as items that will be used, discarded, and will need to be replenished.

For example.

Toilet-Paper

Batteries

Paper Plates

Supply Categories:

First-Aid

Sanitation and Hygiene

Kitchen Items

Batteries

And Comfort Items

Review and inventory the tools and supplies you have. Inspect them for serviceability, if damaged or deteriorated, replace them.

Compare these lists against the tools and supplies you will need.

Plan to secure them.

How much is this going to cost? That all depend on you. This is not the place to be cheap. Cheap tools and supplies will break sooner and degrade faster in storage.

Tools, Equipment, and Supplies will fail for one of two reasons.

1. You do not know how to use it
2. You have attempted to use it beyond its capability.

There should be no confusion about the hazards and risks presented with certain tools and supplies. Tools, equipment, and supplies can and will cut, burn, poke holes, amputate, dismember, poison, and kill you.

You are responsible to become familiar with the form, function, and serviceability of what you are getting or doing and accept no unnecessary risks.

Download the Disaster Supplies checklists. This is Appendix B, in the FEMA 2004 Are You Ready Handbook, and is no longer available.

The September 2020 Version of Are You Ready? An In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness is available for free. Call the FEMA Publication Warehouse at 1-800-480-2520 and ask for publication P-2064. It is also available as a free download online at Ready.gov. https://www.ready.gov/publications. You will need to scroll to the middle of the page to find and download the publication. I recommend calling the 800 phone number and requesting a physical copy.

Download the Sanitation Shopping List, Hardware Store List, and First Aid List.

There will be some redundancy in the lists. That’s OK.

Till next time

“Be Safe”

Appendix B; https://www.emergencyactionplanning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Appendix-B-Disaster-Supplies-Checklists.pdf

Are You Ready?: https://www.ready.gov/publications

Sanitation Shopping List: https://www.emergencyactionplanning.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sanitation-Shopping-List.pdf

Hardware Store List: https://www.emergencyactionplanning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Hardware-Store-2.pdf

First Aid List: https://www.emergencyactionplanning.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Minimum-First-Aid-Supplies.pdf