Checklist For Survival

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:

-Are you always prepared when going on hunting, hiking, fishing, canoeing, mountain-climbing trip or any other outdoor activity by bringing a survival kit that is filled with things that you can use in the event that you or one of your companion will be injured or lost?

-In case a disaster happens and all or some of your family members are away from home, do you have a plan or disaster preparedness plan that will ensure that each of your family members will know what to do, where to go and how to communicate with each other?

-Do you have emergency and survival food and supplies storage in places that you and your family members frequently go?

-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?

-Do you have an emergency preparedness plan on where to evacuate in situations that leaving your house and transferring area is necessary?

-Do you check for the weather conditions in your area everyday and if there is a possibility of your location to be hit by natural disasters and calamities?

-Are you always checking your emergency survival and supplies storage to make sure that they are not expired and the contents are still good to to eat?

-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 avoid the possibility of your furniture and appliances falling off in case an earthquake happens by making sure they are anchored securely on the wall and on their places?

-Are you and your family well-aware of the important emergency disaster hotline numbers to dial and call when a calamity, disaster or emergency happens?

-Do you and your family members have the knowledge to properly 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 have the basic knowledge on how to use outdoor survival in case an animal attacks you?

Your level of disaster preparedness is measured on the answers you have given on this checklist. If you have answered mostly yes to the questions, it means that you have basic knowledge on how important it is to be prepared to encounter disaster and emergency situations. If you have answered no to more than 50% of the questions, then it is necessary for you to start preparing yourself and your family to increase your chances of survival.




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