Survival Checklist

By Patricia Clark


The act of continuing to live especially in situations that are hard or difficult is known as the act of Survival. There are actions to be taken and plans that a person need to make in order to survive several difficult situations. Survival can sometimes either be easy or hard depending on a person's preparedness especially in areas that are known to be dangerous and poses a lot of risk for a person's life like in the wilderness, in the jungle or during emergency situations like having a disaster or calamity.One thing that a person can do in order to prepare himself and his family for survival especially in different possible situations that can endanger one's life is to make a checklist on the important things that needs to be done and to prepare for him to be ready with appropriate knowledge ad skills required for survival.

Here is a sample survival checklist for you to be able to assess if you are prepared for emergency situations:

-For situations like you are going on a hunting, hiking, fishing, canoeing, mountain-climbing trip or any other outdoor activity, do you always bring a survival kit filled with all the things necessary to use in case you get injured or get lost?

-Do you have a disaster preparedness plan that will ensure that each of your family members will be able to know where to go and how to communicate in case a disaster or calamity happens and members of your family are not in the same place during that time?

-For emergency situations, do you and your family have survival food and supplies storage not only in your home but as well as in places that you often stay like in the office, at school and in your vehicle?

-Do you make sure that your emergency survival food and supply storage contain all the important things that is needed in every emergency situations like as food and water, emergency lights, first aid kit, matches, rescue signal like whistle, batteries, cash, clothing, sanitary items, blanket, candle and survival gears and will this last for at least a couple of days?

-Were you able to make an emergency preparedness plan which will help you to locate a place where you can possibly go in case there is a need to evacuate your house?

-Are you well-informed of the weather conditions on your location and the possibility of different natural calamities and disaster like extreme flood, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, thunderstorms, landslides, and tsunamis to occur?

-Do you check your emergency survival food and supplies storage often to know if the contents are good and unexpired making sure that expired items are thrown away and replaced?

-Do you check to see if your yard is free from potentially harmful objects and debris that has the possibility to hit or fall on you if a calamity occurs?

*Do you make sure that all your appliances are placed and anchored to your wall securely to avoid falling off when an Earthquake happens?

-Are you and your family aware of the important emergency disaster hotline numbers to dial if in case this calamities happen in your area?

-Are you and your family members able to use a compass and follow directions?

-Do you or anyone from your family know the basics in first aid technique in different emergency situations?

-Do you know how to use outdoor survival gears in situations like an animal attacks you or one of your companions?

Answering yes to most questions may mean that you are knowledgeable and is basically prepared to encounter emergency situations thus increasing you and your family's chance of survival. If you answered no to most questions, then it is time for you to be prepared and plan ahead for you to improve your chance of survival in any disaster and calamity situations.




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