The question which will determine everything you do when it comes to prepping is "What am I prepping for?" Every piece of information you gather, every item you buy, every step of your plan is influenced by the situations you feel the need to be prepared for.
There are a broad range of situations for which people prep. They can be anything from families with medical emergency histories developing a plan to best deal with each event, to whole groups of people creating large, fortified, compounds for their survival during the breakdown of society. Obviously, these two extremes require vastly different resources and information to be properly dealt with.
My reasons, which is what this blog is all about, are somewhere near the middle of this spectrum, nudged slightly more towards the personal emergency side of the scale. My plans are based mainly on local emergencies, such as major storms that may shut down my city for an undetermined amount of time and how my young family of four will cope with it. At the same time I'm always working on my plans for a possible escape from my city and the logistics of moving my family to a safe location some distance away.
Prepping for a family of four, with two young children, requires the same base necessities as anyone else, however there are many more needs that have to be addressed in comparison to a single Prepper. Having a plan based on staying put requires a different approach than a "flight & fight" plan. Being prepared for a moderate duration disruption of services is hugely different than prepping for the complete breakdown of society or the end of the world.
The first step in prepping is knowing what to be prepared for, be it one end of the spectrum or the other, everything depends on this. Knowing now what we want to be prepared for we will start touching on more planning and acquisition information. I hope this post was helpful in giving you a better understanding of the basis of prepping. Until next time.
Be Prepared. Be Safe. Have Fun.
There are a broad range of situations for which people prep. They can be anything from families with medical emergency histories developing a plan to best deal with each event, to whole groups of people creating large, fortified, compounds for their survival during the breakdown of society. Obviously, these two extremes require vastly different resources and information to be properly dealt with.
My reasons, which is what this blog is all about, are somewhere near the middle of this spectrum, nudged slightly more towards the personal emergency side of the scale. My plans are based mainly on local emergencies, such as major storms that may shut down my city for an undetermined amount of time and how my young family of four will cope with it. At the same time I'm always working on my plans for a possible escape from my city and the logistics of moving my family to a safe location some distance away.
Prepping for a family of four, with two young children, requires the same base necessities as anyone else, however there are many more needs that have to be addressed in comparison to a single Prepper. Having a plan based on staying put requires a different approach than a "flight & fight" plan. Being prepared for a moderate duration disruption of services is hugely different than prepping for the complete breakdown of society or the end of the world.
The first step in prepping is knowing what to be prepared for, be it one end of the spectrum or the other, everything depends on this. Knowing now what we want to be prepared for we will start touching on more planning and acquisition information. I hope this post was helpful in giving you a better understanding of the basis of prepping. Until next time.
Be Prepared. Be Safe. Have Fun.
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