I had a friend write with an idea for 72 hour kits or first aid kits. Her son fell about 9 feet out of a tree onto the cement edge of their pond and got a nasty gash by his eye and a concussion. After getting it all cleaned up and disinfected, a neighbor who […]
New Car, New Car Kit
We recently added a second vehicle to our family. This is a good thing. I’m seeing some substantial fuel savings over driving the suburban everywhere we go. This car has been in the plans for a few weeks, so I started gathering gear for a vehicle emergency kit before we even bought it. Who wants […]
Kids 72 Hour Emergency Kits
Children are a special consideration when planning emergency/evacuation type kits. They obviously cannot carry as much as an adult, yet require enough of their own stuff to make it impossible for the adults to carry the supplies for the entire family. Our solution was to make abbreviated kits for the kids. My idea when putting […]
Rotating the Adult 72 Hour/Emergency Kits
Remember the 72 hour emergency kits? Well, if you’ve put one together for yourself or your loved ones, it’s a good idea to get into them and rotate the supplies every so often. I actually like to do this every spring and fall (I use the LDS General Conference weekend as a reminder). Getting the […]
Preparedness Enrichment Night
A few months ago I was asked if I would do an Enrichment night for the ladies at church about preparedness. Of course I said yes. Now, for those who don’t know, the LDS church has a program for the ladies called Relief Society, and part of that is having activities or meetings called Home, […]
Making Better Char Cloth
Hey, check out my post on Making Better Char Cloth over at the Utah Preppers site–some good information for firestarting, and something you might want included in your emergency kits especially if you have a striker type firestarting tool (flint/steel, etc.) you plan on using. Keep preparing! Angela *************************************************************** Subscribe to my email newsletter for […]
Vehicle Emergency Kit
Here’s a little kit I put together a while back for my vehicle. And yes, it was in the suburban when I had the flat tire, so if it had happened somewhere where Incident Management Team was not available to fix my jack issue, I would not have died waiting for my sweet husband to […]
Make Your Own Homemade Survival Bars
Check out the new and improved version here! Have you ever wanted to make your own survival food bars? Like the survival food bars the stores sell, but homemade survival bars so you know what’s in them. Well, I got together with a few friends to make some homemade survival food bars and here’s how […]
Survival Food Bars/Food Rations Review
Ever wondered what those survival food bars taste like? Are they all the same or is one brand better tasting than the others? Well my little group of ladies decided to have a taste test and lucky you, we’re sharing the results with you! I ordered one of each 2400 calorie food bar from Emergency […]
72 Hour Emergency Kit Camp
How fun is this??? How would you actually do if you had to head to the hills with your emergency kit? A group of Utah preppers is going to find out this spring with a 72 Hour KitCamp. The basic plan is to meet at a designated parking place, hike to the first night’s location […]