Emergency Preparedness

How Important is First Response Training?

Spending time out in the great outdoors and pushing your mental and physical prowess to the limit through hiking, trekking, or white water rafting can be one of the most exhilarating experiences of a lifetime. But then again, it can also be, G-d forbid, one of the most unfortunate. People may slip, slide, fall, or develop an infection. But, of course, everything doesn’t have to end up in tragedy – particularly when one of the members of your adventure group has gone through first response training. READ MORE »

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Stocking Up On Wilderness First Aid Supplies

March 21, 2011 Emergency Preparedness
Stocking Up On Wilderness First Aid Supplies

First aid in the great outdoors is a whole lot different from the basic first aid we were taught during our regular high school health classes. While your regular home first aid kit will consist mostly of bandages, gauze pads, a pair of scissors, topical wound treatments, and some over-the-counter medicines, your wilderness first aid [...]

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Earthquake Kits – What You Need to Know

January 13, 2011 Emergency Preparedness

I live in Southern California, but I originally hail from New England.  So honestly, I had no idea what an earthquake really was.  Of course I intellectually knew what one was, but I had no conception of what it was like to actually experience one. Then one night, at about 3 AM, I felt my [...]

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