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Wildfire Evacuation Kit - Smoke Mask and Emergency Kit All-In-One

The wildfires in Colorado, Utah, and elswhere in the west have caused tens of thousands to evacuate their homes.  You may wonder what kind of wildfire evacuation kit you might need if you live in an area that might be affected by wildfires in the future.

At LifeSecure we developed a wildfire evacuation kit that has the two components we consider essential: (1) a smokes mask and goggles, and (2) a personal emergency kit with the basic supplies necessary to go it on your own for several hours or up to three days.  You can't count on being able to evacuate before the flames and smoke are near your home and you can't count on the government or other organization being able to meet immediate meet your basic survival needs.

The !Extreme High-Rise, Wildfire, Disaster, & Fire Evacuation Kit (80020) combines the Xcaper smoke mask and goggles with our most popular LifeSecure Personal 3-Day Emergency kit to give you an all-in-one solution for wildfire evacuation.  This compact kit is carried in a grab-and-go shoulder bag.  It is small enough to keep in your car or store where it can be easily grabbed as you head out the door.

Wherever you live, be sure to have an emergency kit ready for fast evacuation in case of an emergency or disaster.  If you do have notice before an evacuation, you want to spend your time gather precious personal items, rather than trying to gather the emergency basics that you will need for a safe and comfortable evacuation.

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Colorado Wildfires Remind Us to Be Prepared to Evacuate

The sad scenes of hundreds of homes burned to the ground and tens of thousands of people evacuating in Colorado and elsewhere in the west remind us all of the need to be prepared to evacuate our homes on very short notice in case of an emergency or disaster.

Make sure you have an evacuation plan and the right emergency kits to take care of your own needs for up to 72 hours.  Government resources are quickly overwhlemed in a major disaster.  You need to be prepared to take care of yourself.

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Texas Wildfires Scorch Over 1 Million Acres

Wildfires have burned over 1,000,000 acres and hundreds of homes in Texas. If you live in an area with wildfire hazards, be sure to have an emergency evacuation kit and smoke masks to aid in your evacuation.

How you prepare for a wildfire may make all the difference for you an your family in such a disaster.

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How to Prepare for a Wildfire - Australian Wildfire Tragedy Reminds us of the Need to be Ready

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As a boy, I lived for two and a half years in Sydney, Australia with my family.  I went to kindergarten, first grade and half of second grade in an Australian public school (uniform with a tie, shorts, knee socks and all).  I had a great natural Australian accent (which I eventually lost).  I was pretty much an "Australian" kid for my few years there (although I could never quite bring myself to try Vegemite). 

Because of my time there, as an "Australian" I have a love for Australia and its people.  Perhaps that's why it made me sick to read of the 135+ people killed there in the last few days in dozens of wildfires that literally wiped out whole towns and killed people in their homes and in cars and on the street as they fled the inferno.  This is the deadliest disaster in Australian history.  See the most recent report I read.

What makes it worse is that some of the more than dozen bushfires that engulfed more than 750 homes are thought to have been purposely set.  That is just so sick. 

After years of drought and a run of temperatures as high as 117 degrees Fahrenheit, the high winds (up to 60 miles per hour) swept the walls of fire so quickly that many just didn't have time to escape.  As I have read some of the miraculous escape stories that are now emerging from survivors, it at least reminds me that there are things that can be done to prepare now to survive such a horrible experience.

Given the much publicized California wildfires of last year and the continuing drought conditions in many areas of the West and elsewhere, it makes sense for those who live in risk areas to think now about how to prepare for potential wildfires.  Here are some links that may help in that wildfire preparation:

Selected information on Wildfire Preparation from Are You read?,FEMA.
Prepare for a Wildfire
Before a Wildfire
During a Wildfire
After a Wildfire

As FEMA encourages in its wildfire information, "Always be ready for an emergency evacuation.  Evacuation may be the only way to protect your family in a wildfire.  Know where to go and what to bring with you." In line with this advice, here are a few suggestions that may help:

• Make sure you have a 72-Hour Emergency Evacuation Kit ready to go at a moments notice

• Be sure to keep copies of important documents in this emergency kit

• Consider having a smoke mask and goggles or fire hood to protect you from smoke as you evacuate.  For more information on smoke masks and fire hoods, see my previous post on Fire Preparedness - Smoke masks and Fire Hoods Can Save Lives)

Here is a full list of LifeSecure products that may help you prepare for a wildfire.

If you live an area that might be impacted by a wildfire, please take some time to prepare now.  Though such preparation might not have saved all those who perished in the Australian bushfires, it may have made a difference for some.  Certainly emergency preparation can saves lives and at the very least can lessen the discomfort and loss experienced in a disaster such as a wildfire.

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