Jan 30 2008
Myths about Disasters - Emergency Preparedness Survival Food …
By Josiah Friberg(Josiah Friberg)
We provide disaster nutrition expert advice and resources on food storage, long shelf-life food, organic whole food nutrition, food packs, healthy MREs, and disaster meals. We are committed to helping you get prepared for natural …
Emergency Disaster Preparedness… - http://emergencydisastersurvivalfood.blogspot.com/
Jan 28 2008
Preparing Mentally - Emergency Disaster Preparedness Survival Food …
By Josiah Friberg(Josiah Friberg)
We provide disaster nutrition expert advice and resources on food storage, long shelf-life food, organic whole food nutrition, food packs, healthy MREs, and disaster meals. We are committed to helping you get prepared for natural …
Emergency Disaster Preparedness… - http://emergencydisastersurvivalfood.blogspot.com/
Jan 23 2008
from various online retailers according to their websites as of Jan 24, 2008; Update Feb 26th - added Areyouprepared.com
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New, Fresh, MRE with a minimum shelf life of 5 years, and up to 130 months (10 + years, according to the manufactures specifications) if stored at 60 degrees F or lower
Heaters $10.50 (not included)
Shipping $12.00 (UPS ground to southern California)
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Brand: SOPAKCO’s SURE-PAK 12 tm WITH Flameless Ration Heaters
12 mains, 12 sides, 12 dessert packs, 12 crackers, 12 spreads, 12 beverages, 12 coffees
Heaters $0.00 (included)
Shipping $19.18 (UPS ground to southern California)
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Brand: SOPAKCO’s SURE-PAK 12 tm WITH Flameless Ration Heaters
12 mains, 12 sides, 12 dessert packs, 12 crackers, 12 spreads, 12 beverages, 12 coffees
Heaters $0.00 (included)
Shipping $ 13.95 (Flat Ground Rate)
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Sopakco SURE-PAK 12 MRE Full Case of 12, “MENU - B”, WITH factory packed heaters
Heaters $0.00 (included)
Shipping $ 13.74 (UPS ground to southern California)
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Heaters $0.00 (included)
Shipping $9.17 (UPS ground to southern California)
- 4.5 oz Side Dish (Apple sauce or fruit cocktail)
- 2 oz Raisins & Mix Nuts
- 2 oz Oatmeal Cookie
- Drink Mix (orange flavor)
- Accessory Pack (spoon, coffee, sugar, creamer, salt, pepper, napkin, moist towel
- Flameless Ration Heater
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Brand: aPack™ case of 12 self heating MREs
Each case includes the following meals:
2 Beef Stew (1310 calories/meal)
2 Chicken Noodle (1180 calories/meal)
2 Chicken with Black Beans & Rice (1190 calories/meal)
2 Chicken Tetrazzini (1140 calories/meal)
2 Pasta with Vegetables (1150 calories/meal)
2 Spaghetti with Meat Sauce (1310 calories/meal)
Each meal contains an MRE Entrée, Osmotic Raisin Pack, 2 of 3 (Cookie Pack, Fig Bar, and/or Toaster Pastry), Cracker, Peanut Butter or Cheese Spread, Sqwincher Beverage Base, Black Pepper, Wet Nap, Spoon, and Flameless Ration Heater.
Heaters $0.00 (included)
Shipping $0.00 (*Free shipping on orders shipped to locations within the Continental US)
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Brand: unknown
1. Entree
2. Side Dish
3. Bakery Item
(Crackers or Bread)
4. Spread
(Jelly, Peanut Butter or Cheese Spread)
5. Dessert
(Cookies, Energy Bar, Cake or Fruit)
6. Beverage Base
7. Accessory Packet
(Coffee, Creamer, Sugar, Salt,
Gum, Matches, Wet Nap, Long Handle Spoon)
8. MRE Heater Pouch
Heaters $0.00 (included)
Shipping $0.00 (UPS ground to southern California, appears to be free)
Jan 23 2008
Perma Pak Emergency Food Storage preparedness foods, food storage …
Prepare for the future - with our low moisture food storage products. These high quality, easy to prepare foods can be used in place of or along with the …
Jan 23 2008
Worth Repeating
Survival and the Next Big Disaster: Rely on Yourself, Not the Government
Emergency kits and first aid supplies can keep your family alive when food, water, gas, electricity, or medical services are disrupted by disaster
(PRWEB) November 29, 2005 — Think you can rely on the government for your family’s survival after a disaster? Consider the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, and the Kashmir earthquake in the last year alone. While governments strive to help, downed gas, water, electric, phone, and medical services, not to mention roads, may delay help for days or weeks. And government services may be overwhelmed. Meanwhile, you and your family must fend for yourselves. Will you be ready?
“The country is really just not prepared for a major catastrophic event,” said Dr. Irwin E. Redlener, the director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, in a recent BusinessWeek cover story. “Whatever it is — the Big One in San Francisco, a terrorist attack — it doesn’t matter. The unfortunate truth is our ability to imagine and plan for catastrophic disasters is woefully inadequate.”
A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) brochure puts the burden of preparedness on individuals. “It’s 2:00 a.m. and a flash flood forces you to evacuate your home — fast. There’s no time to gather food from the kitchen, fill bottles with water, grab a first-aid kit from the closet and snatch a flashlight and a portable radio from the bedroom. You need to have these items packed and ready in one place before disaster hits.”
While most disasters can’t be avoided, you can prepare for them. According to FEMA, there are six essentials you should stock in your home: food, water, first aid supplies, emergency supplies, tools, special items, clothing and bedding.” FEMA suggests at least a three-day supply of food and water, adding that food requiring no refrigeration, preparation, or cooking is best.
MRE, or “Meals Ready to Eat” — a staple of US military and rescue operations for decades — are a popular way to provide survival food supplies. “Because the MRE are pre-cooked, they’re ready to eat right from the pouch,” says Thomas Sciacca, a former marine, outdoorsman, and President of CampingSurvival.com. “Unlike freeze dried alternatives, the MRE are designed to retain moisture, gravy, and sauces with maximum nutrition, variety, and a five to ten year shelf life.”
Since evacuation or travel may be necessary, it’s also wise to include emergency kits or survival supplies in each car, as well as the office, school, or wherever significant time is spent, suggests Sciacca. The best kits are lightweight, avoid duplication, and suited to the users and environment used in.
While emergency kits and survival supplies can be assembled one item at a time, Sciacca understands that few people set aside the time to do an adequate job of it. “Important items get left out, items get scattered or get old and need to be replaced,” he explains.
Sciacca designed CampingSurvival.com as a one stop shop for survival supplies and emergency supplies — from pocket sized kits to The SuperArk, from family first aid supplies to organization-sized trauma kits, from rain ponchos to solar powered wind up radio. For free Disaster Analysis and promotional pricing, visit the CampingSurvival website at www.campingsurvival.com.
For More Information Contact:
Tom Sciacca
Phone: (800) 537-1339 ext. 222
Fax: 315-592-4796
28 W First St South
Fulton, NY 13069
sales@campingsurvival.com
www.campingsurvival.com
Jan 23 2008
Disaster Survival Solutions Announces One-Stop Earthquake Relief Kits So Bay Area Families Can Be Ready and Safe For the Next Big One — With Just One Click
The QR Center is a customized, comprehensive personal Earthquake Relief Center. Minutes after a natural disaster occurs, an entire family can have a secure, warm, lit shelter with a week of food and water.
San Fransisco (Vocus/PRWEB ) January 22, 2008 — As California recovers from the year’s first big storms, residents might be readying for the next big weather event. One thing they should be more concerned about is whether they are properly prepared today for the next big earthquake, which could happen tomorrow — even during a major storm. Disaster Survival Solutions, a company located just miles from the epicenter of the 1906 earthquake, has taken all the guesswork out of earthquake preparedness and is now delivering and installing the QR Center for Bay Area residents.
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he Quake Relief Center is a complete earthquake kit, housed in a durable weatherproof deck box, and designed to be located directly outside the home. It contains everything needed to be self-sufficient after a big quake, along with a personalized disaster action plan. Also available is a yearly maintenance service that includes an annual inspection, refresh of all perishable items in the kit, and an update of the personal disaster action plan. With QR Center, just minutes after a natural disaster occurs, Bay Area residents can be sure they will have a secure, warm, sheltered environment with lighting, hygiene essentials, and a week’s supply of food and water. The QR Center offers one-stop, comprehensive disaster relief not available elsewhere.
“When the next big earthquake hits, our customers will be heading out the back door to open their QR Center, assured that everything they will need for at least seven days’ survival is ready and waiting. Meanwhile, those without the resources included in a QR Center will be heading out their front door in search of shelter, supplies, water and food,” says Chris McCloy, founder of Disaster Survival Solutions. “The QR Center is available for immediate delivery and provides complete peace of mind. It provides assurance that a family of up to seven people, plus pets, will have the food, water, shelter, sanitation and hygiene essentials, communication tools, and first-aid supplies they need to be self-sufficient until other resources become available.”
The QR Center is sold in various sizes from 2-person through 7-person. All kits include everything needed to survive outside the home for up to a week as well as the Quake Relief Plan — comprehensive binders that contain step-by-step instructions for before, during and after an earthquake. One binder is stored inside the box, and a second binder is kept inside the home. Copies of vital emergency contact information are printed on small cards that can be stored in wallets, purses, and children’s backpacks. Survival kits for cats and dogs are also available.
After a significant earthquake, McCloy says that many houses will still be standing and possibly even structurally sound. “But they will resemble a shoe box filled with broken glass, debris, broken plaster and slippery liquids. And that box will be shaken again with each aftershock, causing even more damage. You won’t want to be living inside that house for hours, let alone a week — and it will be days to a week before vital services such as water, electricity, and gas service are restored.”
About Disaster Survival Solutions
Disaster Survival Solutions provides the resources families need to sustain themselves for a week or more during a major disaster. The company delivers, installs, and maintains customized QR Centers supplied with the highest-quality provisions. Company experts also provide customers quarterly enewsletters full of timely information about how to protect their families during a catastrophic event. Disaster Survival Solutions is committed to its customers’ safety and wellbeing, and is 100% focused on ensuring its customers and their families get prepared and stay prepared in earthquake country. On the web at www.qrcenter.com.
Jan 23 2008
Emergency Essentials - Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Water …
Beprepared.com offers food storage, MRE (Meals Ready to Eat), First Aid Kits, Freeze-Dried Foods, Dehydrated Foods, and other food storage items and …
Jan 23 2008
Amazon: Pantry 6 - Six Month Food Supply
Price: $699.95 & Free Shipping
Product Features
* Be prepared! Stores for 7 to 15 years.
* Convenient dehydrated food is easy to prepare — makes healthy, wholesome, low-fat meals.
* Nitro-packed in large #10 cans four-times stronger than grocery store cans.
* A #10 can of applesauce granules makes 60 half-cup servings. Potato granules makes 152 servings of mashed potatoes.
* Keep your family fed during emergencies, times of trouble, terrorism or unrest.
Jan 21 2008
Emergency Food - What are the options?
Emergency Food Option 1) Buy the can goods, grains, and bottled water as many government agencies recommend. Store in your house or apartment.
- Good, can be done in 2 hours or less
- Bad, most will forget or not store it properly so it will be useless when it is needed
- Bad, Goods are heavy, space is often limited people will not be able to store much
- Bad, grains need a lot of water to cook to eat and water may be unavailable or scarce.
- Bad, you will need to spend a lot of time preparing food
- Bad, can goods can destroy appetites after awhile
Emergency Food Option 2) Same as 1 except be more careful in storing and ‘cycle’ inventory of goods buying new food so that food store is always edible.
- Good, food will not be bad when you need it
- Bad, most people do not have the time, space, or inclination to do this
- Bad, grains need a lot of water to cook to eat and water may be unavailable or scarce.
- Bad, you will need to spend a lot of time preparing food
-Bad, can goods can destroy appetites after awhile
Emergency Food Option 3) Buy MRE’s (military style - Meals Ready to Eat)
- Good, easy to store and lasts upto 5-7 years in a cool dry place.
- Good, fastest preparation time possible and can be heated fast with “MRE heaters”
- Good, can be ordered online in minutes, delivered to your house. You will only have to spend less than 30 minutes storing it.
- Bad, relatively expensive per meal and for extended reserve of 6 weeks, 3 months, or a year a lot space required to store.
- Bad, lasts only 5-7 years so you will need to buy a replacement reserve
- Bad, tastes like can food which can destroy appetites after awhile
Emergency Food Option 4) Buy Freeze Dried Food
- Good, easy to store and lasts up to 30 years.
- Good, fast simple preparation - just add water. But only water that is needed to hydrate the food, much less than cooking.
- Good, once hydrated, freeze dried food taste is very close to original food taste.
- Good, light weight easy to store large qty (Mountain house #10 cans) of food for reserves of 6 weeks, 3 months, or a year. A 6 week food reserve can fit under a bed!
- Good, can be ordered online in minutes, delivered to your house. You will only have to spend less than 30 minutes storing it.
Jan 21 2008
MRE’s, freeze-dried / dehydrated foods, storage containers and more!
MRE, Military meals ready to eat, Freeze-dried / Dehydrated foods, Food · freeze dried food, freeze dried meat, freeze dried vegetables, freeze dried …
