Community Preparedness - Getting Started
Personal Preparedness is critical for ensuring that your family can survive and thrive after a disaster. If your family is prepared with the basics when the electricity is out like food, water, lighting and the capability to cook and provide security, you are much more likely to comfortably survive until basic public services are restored.
But what if services are not restored for weeks or even months. Will your family be able to survive alone without the help of others? It is possible, but without help from others, your chances of survival will be very low. So that is why you need your community to be prepared along with you. In this post, Community Preparedness - Getting Started, I will discuss some initial steps in organizing a community preparedness group that can provide mutual assistance after disaster.
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