Emergency Drills: Because Running Around in Circles Isn't a Plan
Tighten up your operation with emergency family drills - just way more fun than you ever imagined possible.
🎉 Opening Ceremony 🎉
"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."
— Babe Ruth
What’s something you worked really hard to achieve?
︖ Probing Question ⸮
If you could choose one candy to have unlimited access to for the rest of your life but you would lose access to all other candy, which would you choose?
🧠 Trivia Question 🧠
What’s the longest known number of days that someone has survived adrift at sea? Answer
📙 Word of the Week 📙
Provision - a stock of needed materials or supplies (source: Merriam-Webster)
🎙️ Main Event 🎙️
Take a few minutes to assess your survival skills as a family - where could you be better equipped to handle adversity should it come your way?
The most effective tool in preparing for emergencies 🚨 is drills. Remember doing fire / earthquake / bomb drills in school? Exactly! You remember them and that is the entire point.
Ask yourself all 10 questions and pick as many challenges as you’re up for. 3 is a good place to start!
10 self-assessment questions:
Does everyone have parents’ phone numbers memorized?
Does everyone have your address memorized?
Can everyone build a fire? What about with limited starter materials?
If your house caught on fire, where would everyone gather?
Can anyone in your family change a tire? Can everyone who drives?
What would you do if the water coming out of your faucet was undrinkable?
How many family members can perform CPR?
Can you tie more than one type of knot?
If you were attacked, would you survive?
If either parent died, would the other parent be well equipped?