Today’s lesson… How Long Should I Prepare For?

I don’t want to turn you into a nutcase doomsday prepper. Some of those people are crazy, paranoid, and scary. It’s hard to tell which ones aren’t the crazy ones too.

What I want for you is that you’re PREPARED. I want you and your family safe in emergency situations.

With that said, if you want to go from Prepared to Prepper, get in touch. I can teach you how to do it safe, sane, and in secret so you don’t get lumped in with the crazies.

Now that I gave you that disclaimer, let’s get to answering the question, because it’s a simple one.

72 Hours

72 hours, or 3 days, is how long you need to be prepared to sustain you and your family in an emergency situation. It’s what we taught people when I worked for FEMA and then Homeland Security.

In general, in an emergency situation, you need to plan on a three day timespan before significant government resources are on hand to manage the incident, get it under control, and help you.

I’m talking about ambulances, police, fire, National Guard, Red Cross, and whoever else is needed. With that, we’re talking about them handling chemicals, looters, shelters, food, water, medical treatment, and all the other stuff that goes into it.

As a matter of fact, it’s how long we packed for when we deployed to emergency situations as a rapid response team.