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Prepare with a Toilet Kit
One of the most neglected but perhaps most important in preparing for disasters is personal hygiene and toileting. There are many common and preventable diseases spread from feces not handled properly. If the water supply is limited or not available, the decision on...
Massive Bread Recalls
“Make Your Own Bread” As we continue our preparedness series, learning to cook from scratch is one of the most important skills you can have. To begin with, there are many less ingredients needed to produce the same product. It is cheaper and you and your family eat...
Are Your Pets Ready for an Emergency?
Your pets are an important part of your family! When preparing for an emergency, it is important your furry friends be included in your emergency plan as well. Natural disasters and emergencies can happen at any time, it is important to have a plan in place before...
Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is often confused with foot-and-mouth disease (also called hoof-and-mouth disease), which affects cows, sheep, and pigs. Humans do not get the animal disease, and animals do not get the human disease. What is it: Hand, foot and mouth...
Are you Prepared for a Head/Brain Injury?
Brain injuries affect more than 2.8 million people each year, according to the Brain Injury Association of America, and they are a leading cause of injury-related deaths. What is a head/brain injury? A head or brain injury is any type of injury involving the head or...
Are you Prepared for Poor Air Quality?
Wildfires and Respiratory Issues According to the National Interagency Fire Center there are currently ninety-one large fires and complexes that have burned 854,587 acres so far this season. The result is poor air quality from these fires. The air quality index,...