Week 44 - Evaluate Home for Potential Hazards, Know How to Turn Off Power, Gas, and Water. Purchase Juice

September is emergency preparedness month.  Are you prepared?
 

Week 44 – September 29

Evaluate home for potential hazards in case of an earthquake and secure items that can fall and cause harm.  Do you know how to turn off your power, water, and gas?

Home Food Storage: Purchase juice

Here are two sites for shutting off gas.

Southern California Gas Company: How to shut off gas link here

PG&E: How to shut of gas link here 

Here is site to help you shut off power, water and gas.

A link for shutting of everything is here
 

Week 43 - Get Important Papers and Pictures Ready to Evacuate, Purchase Canned Food

September is emergency preparedness month.  Are you prepared?

 

Week 43 – September 22

Make sure all vital documents, pictures, and things you want to evacuate with are easy to quickly access.

Home Food Storage: Purchase canned food that you will eat if there is no power to cook.

Week 42 - Practice Evacuation Plan, Purchace Drinking Water

September is emergency preparedness month. Are you prepared?

Week 42 – September 15

Practice your emergency evacuation plan.

Home Food Storage:  Purchase drinking water

Week 41 - Update 72 Hour Kit, Replace or Use Food That is Getting Old

September is emergency preparedness month. Are you prepared?

Week 41- September 8

Make sure your 72 hour kit is up-to-date with clothing for the changing seasons and your food is not expired.

Home Food Storage: Use and replace food that is about to expire or is expired.

Week 40 - Make an Emergency Car Heater, Buy Canned Fruit

Week 40 – September 1

Make an emergency car heater:

Knead a small toilet paper roll in your hands to loosen the inner cardboard core. Remove the core and compress the roll and place inside a new 1 quart paint can.  Pour one bottle of rubbing alcohol into the can, let it soak in and carefully light the top of the paper. It should burn with a clean flame.  Be careful that the heat from the can doesn’t burn anything or start a fire. The heater will produce a small amount of CO2 so crack the windows on both sides to provide ventilation. Fuel is running low when the edges of the toilet paper starts to brown. Blow out the flame. Add another bottle and relight.

This can also me made in a gallon paint can and removing the cardboard core is optional.

With the heater made in a small can you can place it inside the gallon sized can and use it as a cook stove. Place the lid on the small can and adjust the opening to vary the amount of heat produced.

90% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol (if you can find it) will produce a hotter flame.

Keep the lid on tight and a paint can opener attached to the handle and store in your vehicle.

Home Food Storage: Purchase canned fruit