Grab Bags

Now we begin the fun stuff . . . preparing our first 3 days of emergency food storage!

Also called 72-hour-kits and bug-out-bags, grab bags are the first step to preparing our emergency food storage. Among other things, a grab bag contains food to last 3 days. A later post will explore what food we can store in our grab bag.

So, what is a grab bag?

The gov.uk guidance for Preparing for Emergencies says that we should                          put together a ‘grab bag’ of things to take in an emergency.

The above ‘grab bag’ link shows what the Cheshire Resilience Forum suggests we put in a grab bag.  Your own Local Resilience Forum will give details about grab bags.

Here is what my LRF says about grab bags:

There are a lot of suggested lists on the internet about what to put in a grab bag. Each LRF suggests slightly different grab bag lists. Here is an example from a UK pepper website. The best option is to look at examples from a few different sources, and then customise your grab bag to suit your needs.  

If you need to quickly leave your home in an emergency situation, you will be very grateful for your grab bag, which you had thoughtfully prepared for just such an event. With the stress of whatever is causing you to leave your home, having the essentials ready to grab will bring a sense of calm to whatever other chaos you may be experiencing.

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