When it comes to emergency preparedness, there are 2 types of binders that are important. An Emergency procedures binder, and a binder for important documents. The importance of having an emergency documents binder is obvious, but most people don’t have plans written out for what to do in a disaster scenario.

Most of us spend quite a bit of time researching and learning about preparedness, so it can seem to be a little redundant to put that information we already know in a binder. The truth is, not only could that help us in a stressful situation, it could also help those family members that are not quite onboard with prepping.

How you go about putting together a binder and what you put in it are completely up to you, but there are a few key items that should be included. Just like everything else in preparedness, our plans and procedures will differ depending on our situation.

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Communications and disaster planning are some of the most important aspects of preparedness. What would you do if you were on your way to work and all of a sudden, the power in the city goes out? The more important question is, what would your family and loved ones do?

We know that a power outage could be caused by several things ranging from a blown transformer to a full-blown EMP, but does your family know how to tell the difference?

The sad truth is that most people are extremely unprepared to handle any sort of disaster scenario, and while we can’t help everyone, we can make sure our family understands the basics at the very least.

In a disaster scenario time will be of the essence. If we are spending that time getting everyone on the same page, we are not spending it on the important matters.