The beginning of a new year is a great time for Fort Wayne area preppers to re-evaluate their emergency preparedness plans. Here are some resolutions that can be embraced by both experienced preppers and those just beginning their prepper journey.
- Take inventory. What survival goods/food do you have in storage? If you don't have anything yet, where and how will you start gathering these? If you do, check your expiration dates.
- If you're a gun owner, schedule gun safety classes for your entire family. Become a skilled shooter. Check out Fort Wayne's Targetmaster Indoor Shooting Range at 1525 Director's Row.
- Check your dried goods for bugs and moisture.Make a plan to purchase oxygen absorbers and buckets for storing your dried foods such as rice and wheat grains.
- Check your bug-out bags to be sure you have everything you think you have. If you're a new prepper, make creating bug out bags for each member of your family a first priority.
- Help someone else become a prepper. Invite them to go with you when you shop for items to add to your survival kits.
- Check your water supply. Remember that bottled water expires, too. What is your plan for purifying water? Make a plan. Execute it.
- Take survival skill classes or purchase books that will help you become a well-rounded prepper.
- Start a community garden. If you don't live where anyone wants to plant a garden and you don't know how, start small. Square Foot Gardening is a great way to start.
- If you're new to prepping, take time to educate yourself about what you should be doing to prepare your family for a worst-case scenario. Stay informed and teachable.
- Beginners: resolve to start by purchasing a few extra items each week until you have a sufficient food supply for three months. Also, start your emergency first aid items by building your bug out bags.
- Consider two sets of bug out bags -- one set to be kept in the vehicle, another set for the house. But remember, one set is better than none.
- Start somewhere. Big projects start with small beginnings. Every little bit you do will add up to more safety for your family in the long run.
Project Prepare 2013
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