Emergency kits, how prepared are U??
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Topic: Emergency kits, how prepared are U??
Posted By: nuttymama
Subject: Emergency kits, how prepared are U??
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 1:01pm
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I was reading stuff today about the earthquakes in the south Island (I never felt them) but it made me think.
We have three children and although we have a gas BBQ and heaps of canned food and a well stocked first Aid kit,these are just everyday items, we don't have any candles or tourches, batteries or even water stored incase of emergencies. Who here has an Emergency civil defence Kit and what do you have in it? Or are we as New Zealand just really complacent and think nothing will happen. Just Curious ------------- Abigail 06/01/2005 Jayden 21/11/2001 Micheal 03/04/1997 |
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 1:05pm
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We don't have anything "officially" prepared. Water is easy.. hot water cylinder if you have the type that can be drained.. it makes plenty of drinkable water
We too have a gas BBQ. We have plenty of canned food all the time. We have 3 torches.. I think thats cause we thought we had lost one so bought another etc lol.. we have candles too. |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 1:06pm
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I put one together a while ago from the civil Defence thing we got in the mail - just a big plastic box with our first aid kit, gas cooker and extra canisters, torch (must buy new batteries tho!) and enough food for 3 days (tins, rice, pasta etc). I figure if we are able to stay in our house we would also have whatever food is in pantry/freezer as well as all our utensils. Oh also in the box are all our plastic plates/knives etc and toilet paper, plus some plastic bags. Need to restock the water too.
Only thing left that I want to do is have a box to put all our important stuff like photo negatives, passports, documents etc into that we could grab if there was a fire. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 1:07pm
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The CD get thru website has a helpful checklist ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 1:21pm
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We don't have anything, is on my to do list lol
On the ad they tell you you could be anywhere, probably won't be at home etc, so I wonder how useful the kit would be if non of us are here or can't get here to use it. Where were the earthquakes? I didn't feel them either ------------- 
 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 1:21pm
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Perhaps I should put a kit together for keeping in the car as well, will add that to the to do list!!! -------------
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Posted By: nuttymama
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 1:24pm
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It was centered 50kms from the bottom of the south island but was 6.7 and was felt right up to Christchurch with another big aftershock measuring 6.2 around 10-28am. I never felt a thing! ------------- Abigail 06/01/2005 Jayden 21/11/2001 Micheal 03/04/1997 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 1:28pm
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I figure for us living in a small town where everything is easy walking distance and hubby's work is about 10 mins walk away, as long as we weren't out of town when something happened, we would be ok to meet up and get home.
Also we are really high here so not likely to flood, a long way from the sea so no tsunamis. Worst we are likely to get is an earthquake (we have had a few big ones here as we are on the fault line) or a massive storm where we are cut off. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 1:30pm
i flet it i thought my bed was moving felt like relly wried ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Helen21
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 1:46pm
We haven't got a kit together but we have a good first aid kit, tons of canned food, gas bbq, candles(scented ones!) and frozen water(I use it in the summer water my rabbits are hot!). We have talked about where we would meet if we weren't together, who would get chloe from kindy, the nearest CD point. But to be honest we only talked about because I had a horrible dream that there was a massive earthquake
For most of the people I know getting ready for an emergency is on their to do but that's about as far as it goes. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Chloe 12/7/03 Miya 5/11/05 |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 2:11pm
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We have the makings of one, but not all in one place we're pretty safe from floods, but we would struggle to go anywhere if it did flood again, and being in the Manawatu there is always a chance of earthquake.
I remember when the '04 floods hit and we had nothing but 1/2 a cooked chicken and a loaf of bread in the house, and no running water, and we were cut off from the closest towns. It was scary how isolating it was. At the time I was living in Bulls, and we had the service station but no eftpos terminal. Having available cash is something to remember. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 2:59pm
| Fleury - where in bulls did you live? |
Posted By: LizzyJ
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 4:26pm
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My fil is a fireman so we have a kick ass emergancy kit, don't rely on the hot water cylander though, if this is damaged in the emergency or the house becomes unstable then you need an alternate source, emeregancy kits should ideally be designed to be moved out of the house quickly should you need. We have three large plastic bins with handels under the stairs, we put tinned food in them and rotate the food out and into the cupboard on a regulat basis (and raid the rice when i run out) we also have bottled water, pasta, dried food stuffs, first aid kit, camp stove, blah blah blah this is all my DH's doing though. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 6:34pm
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I have everything in the house but not all in the same place, I should put it together - a job for next year. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 7:12pm
We haven't got much organised. Last time I saw the torch I couldn't get it to work, so I figured it needed new batteries and now I can't find it!  We have matches and candles - ornamental though. No bottled water here, but we do have regular stock of tinned food nowadays. We wouldn't last long on all that, but we live close to the hospital so it's not like we're in an isolated place or anything.-------------  |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 7:49pm
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We have candles, about 5 torches and lanterns (we go camping a lot), purification tabs for water (if all else fails with finding water elsewhere), freezer packs and our cooler bag (just to keep meat not stinking for too long - prob won't be worried about it anyway, but good to have it available). Always have enough gas in the gas bottle as well as small canisters to hook into our little gas burner. Heaps of rice, pasta, canned stuff, cereal (you can survive a long time on cereal!) and then there's the wonderful army ration packs that contain muesli with milk powder (just add water!) yay!
It's a good idea to get some longlife milk too if you've got kids, just to supplement their diet over the 3 days, and keep fluids up. We've also got a kickass first aid kit (again, army issue) with everything you need to perform minor surgery if need be haha (that's DH's job, I don't do needles). Just remember, if you take a kit in your car and you have cans, TAKE A CAN OPENER! They're not THAT easy to get into without one 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 8:28pm
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Well I've now PMed Emz and have EVERYTHING I need for if a natural distaster strikes - her address!!!! ------------- |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 9:14pm
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Stuff to look forward to then Emma ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 9:31pm
We live on many fault lines & are in the rim of fire  Ive got rain water & grey water tanks ,BBQ. Gas cookers, 3days worth or non perishable food, torches, first aid kit, blankets/clothing, radio, batteries, swiss army knife & such like, in a box, in the hotwater cupboard- near the fire extinguisher. I crazily thought about getting an inflatable incase we flood out then we could float to safety ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 17 October 2007 at 9:14am
In a airforce house, and I couldn't get to work in Palmy as road was flooded at Awahuri, Feilding was flooded, road north to Wanganui was flooded, and so was parts of Marton. Bulls water treatment plant was washed away, so we didn't have running water for 36 hours, and not drinkable for a week. We weren't badly effected at all, but was amazing how unprepared we were. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
kebakat wrote:Posted By: Aprilfools
Date Posted: 17 October 2007 at 12:37pm
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We have an emergency kit also. Some big plastic bins with lots of tinned foods, pasta and rice, heaps of water, some tablets to put in the water to help keep them sanitary, loo paper, sanitary pads, rubbish bags, torches, batteries, candles, matches, nurofen and first aid kit, blow up pillows, rain coats. All sorts of stuff. We've also got all our camping equipment which we always keep with it. We could survive for a month we reckon.
Personally I think it's wise to have one. You just never know. |
Posted By: nuttymama
Date Posted: 17 October 2007 at 1:42pm
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I think we will definitely start working on one, my mother was dismayed when she heard we didn't have one. But with three kids we would be screwed, if something did happen. We are in town but I guess you can't always guarantee you will be able to get out or that there would be anything left in the stores. New Orleans springs to mind when I think about what could happen. OK it's worse case scenario but they were so unprepared I couldn't imagine my kids having to go without water for 48 hours.
And there's lots of ideas and things I hadn't thought to put in there so thanks heaps. ------------- Abigail 06/01/2005 Jayden 21/11/2001 Micheal 03/04/1997 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 17 October 2007 at 1:50pm
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Well, I don't have a kit as such, but have a huge canned and dried food supply in the pantry and some of those big clear boxes for storage to biff them in, freezer is always chocka block (so I would be giving it all away before it went off, lol) torch is next to the fridge, as is a huge bin of paracetamol, plasters etc, as well as candles and matches all in the one place. Our papers are all in a concentina file, but our passports and birth certs are in a plastic bag in case we needed to grab and go, and as for cash money we always have the work float here, so we could use that in case of emergency. I also always have 2 or 3 l of bottled water in the fridge (to drink) so I guess that counts as well. In my car, I have a proper first aid kit from the chemist, blanket, towel, loo papaer, wipes, nappies and half of my cd collection... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 17 October 2007 at 1:52pm
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oooh and we have a portable gas bbq as well as the large one with the rotissere on the porch..(for when the neighbours come over and we are cooking the contents of the freezer up after the big one) ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |