PS Family Supply Kit (3)

Store your kit in a convenient place known to all family members. Keep a smaller verstion of the Disaster Supplies Kit in the trunk of your car. 
keep items in air tight plastic bags. 
Change your stored water supply every six months so it stays fresh. 


PS Family Supply Kit (3)

PS Family Supply Kit (3)

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PS Emergency Preparedness Checklist (4)
In a debacle, normal things in the home can create harm and harm. Whatever can move, fall, break or create a blaze is a possible peril. Repair faulty electrical wiring and cracked gas associations. Affix retires securely and support overhead light apparatuses. 
SAS 032 - Edible Plants
Many herbs grow wild. Most can be dried, but not in direct sunlight.
SAS 162 - Medicinal Plants
Intestinal problems can be permanently eradicated by Mountain avens, Balm, Water mint, Elm, Cleavers, Agrimony, Lesser celandine and solomon's seal.
SAS 096 - Camp Tools & Animal Products
Skins and Furs: Properly prepared skins ae supple, strong, and resist tearing. They have good thermal insulation, and are permeable to air and water vapour. For moccasins, shelters, laces, thongs, water bags or canoes, the fur is removed, but for warm clothing, bedding or a good insulating groundsheet is should be left on.
SAS 160 - Natural Medicine
Image shows some of the plants which may be of use, but lacking accurate data on medicinal plants you will do better to take medicineswith you. Never experiment with plants you cannot positively identify.
SAS 181 - Disaster Strategy, Lightning & Earthquake
Stay Low: You can sometimes sense that a lightning strike is imminent by a tingling in the skin and the sensation of the hair standing up on end. If you are standing up, drop to the ground at once, going first to the knees with the hands touching the ground.
SAS 031 - Edible Plants
Some plants have edible stems. If they are soft, peel off outer stringy parts, slice, then boil. Inner pith of some stems, example elder, can be extracted by splitting stem and eaten. Use fibrous stems to make twine. 
SAS 063 - Hunting
The danger of hunting is animals will attack except in self-defence, but do not camp on a trail or near an animal watering spot. Do not provoke a bear encounter as bears are scavangers and will come to camps in search of food. Do not get close or try to catch them.
SAS 024 - Arid Regions
Heat causes misfortune of apetite – don't drive yourself to consume. Protein sustenance build metabolic high temperature and water misfortune. Depending on if water is rare, continue consuming to a least and attempt to consume just dampness-holding nourishments. 
SAS 127 - Sea Survival, Water Rationing & Fishing
Conserve emergency food supplies until needed. Try to live off sea life. There are dangerous fish, but in the open sea, fish are generally safe to eat. Near the shore there are dangerous and poisonous species.
SAS 068 - Fishing
Using the floats and weights in hunting is very important. A small floating object attached to the line, visible from the bank, will show you when you have a bit. Small weights between float and hook stop the line trailing along the water or too near the surface, while leaving the hook itself in movement.
SAS 136 - Rescue & Signalling
Helicopter Rescue: Helicopters are frequently used to carry out rescues. Where possible the pilot will land to take on survivors and fly them out. Survivors should check out suitable landing sites and create a site if necessary.
SAS 021 - Food & Food Dangers
Some of the dangers in the water could be:Beware in water too murky to see through. Well-camouflaged creatures like stingmys can lie hidden. Dont't put your hands into underwater crevices. Always approach a coral reef with caution. Lagoon fish are poisonous. 
SAS 124 - Sea Survival
Survival Afloat: Rafts, boats and dinghies are built to carry a limited number. These numbers should not be exceeded. Place infants and the infirm aboard, and as many able-boclied as can be accomodated. The rest must hang on in the water, frequently swopping places with fit survivors in the raft.
SAS 001 - Preparation
Here are some of the safe tips before you make any journey. The Boy Scouts' motto is the right one. Make sure you are physically and mentally prepared before you set out and pack the appropriate gear for what you plan to do. 
SAS 111 - Direction Finding
Using the stars in Direction Finding: The stars stay in the same relation to one another. Thier passage over the horizon starts 4 minutes earlier each night - a 2 hour difference over a mouth. In the northern hemisphere groups of stars remain visible throughout the night, wheeling round the only star that does not seem to move.
SAS 161 - Medicinal Plants
Some of the medicinal plants and their Antiseptics are Eyebright, Garlic, Wild Thyme, Figwort.
SAS 043 - Desert & Tropical Plants
Growing tip, enclosed by crown of leaves or bases of leaf stems, is edible in most palms - eat if not too bitter. Avoid fruit unless positively identified.