Steps To Take In An Urban Disaster Survival Situation

Urban survival can happen at any time. During a recent earthquake, Japan was forced into an urban disaster survival situation and had to find a way to get through hour by hour until help could arrive. We learned even the quickest help can be hours and even days away depending on where you are located and how difficult it will be to reach your location.

Now is the time to plan for your urban survival gear before disaster strikes and you have to figure out what to do. One of the first consideration is safety. Right away get in a safe location as soon as you can move around. It may only be a different of 20 feet, but you must place your safety at an important level in order to become part of the rescue effort later.

Next is to make sure you have a supply of survival water. You can store water in containers, bottles or purchase water that is specially treated to remain drinkable for many months. Replace it as often as required by the directions. For your own container water, replace it every month. You do not have to waste the old water. Use it to water plants, bath, cook or wash clothes or your car.

Always have a plan for food. Canned food with a pop top and ready to eat is one of the easiest and most survivable foods you can store. They are easy to purchase at any grocery store. Invest in fruit, vegetables, juice and milk. Each one will keep you alive and healthy while surviving a disaster. Children will thrive on these products. If you must collect food products to try and survive for a short time from wreckage, collect candy, hard candy, bread, peanut butter and foods that can be eaten right away.

Just be careful with anything you collect during the survival period. Make sure it is not contaminated. If the goods are contained they should be fine. But for lightly sealed or unsealed foods you must watch for contamination from sewage, gas and oil from the roads, soap or other environmentally dangerous chemicals found after a disaster.

Keep your gear close by and in an area you can access. A storage shed is easy to dig through to reach emergency gear. Keep it sealed in a plastic container for freshness and protection. If you plan ahead you can avoid thirst and hunger during the clean up of a natural disaster.