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What to put in your "go bag" for a fire or other emergency evacuation
CBS News ^ | 07 Jan 2025 | Matthew Rodriguez

Posted on 01/09/2025 8:01:23 PM PST by blueplum

One of the most important parts of an emergency action plan is a go bag filled with everything you need in case of an evacuation...

Firefighters created a phonetic list, dubbed the "6 P's of Evacuation," to remember everything that should go with you and your emergency kit: People, pets and papers; phone numbers & important documents; Prescriptions, vitamins & eyeglasses; Pictures & irreplaceable memorabilia; Personal computer, hard drive & disks; "Plastic" (credit cards, ATM cards) & cash.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bag; disasterpreparedness; emergencies; emergency; evacuations; gobag; prep; prepping; shtf
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To: PAR35

Nitrile gloves as well.

They are very light and compact.

IN colder climates, where getting stuck in snow might be an issue, I suppose hand and foot warmers. A warm hat.


21 posted on 01/09/2025 8:56:52 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: ansel12

Good suggestions.


22 posted on 01/09/2025 8:59:15 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: blueplum

The ONE thing you definitely need for the apocalypse is to have TWO Kawasaki KLX230 dual-sport dirtbikes or similar waiting in the garage or close by.
When the roads are clogged and gas is sparse you need those two four-strokes to get out of town FAST.
Oh yea, and couple of 10mm semi-auto pistols for support...


23 posted on 01/09/2025 9:00:29 PM PST by mowowie
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To: blueplum

I’d recommend more like a month’s worth of prescription meds if necessary.

Just keep them updated by checking the bag regularly.


24 posted on 01/09/2025 9:01:17 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: kosciusko51
Towels are pretty handy.

They serve as something to sit on or something to lie under.

A nice beach towel is a good addition.

25 posted on 01/09/2025 9:02:28 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

You need a dirtbike to get the heck out of there..


26 posted on 01/09/2025 9:11:49 PM PST by mowowie
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To: blueplum
Personal computer, hard drive & disks

 

What? Was this list made 25 years ago? We now have laptops and data on the cloud.

27 posted on 01/09/2025 9:18:39 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)
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To: abigkahuna

I would need a go trailer, not a bag. (I’m a Ham Op too, for 49 years)

I have a basic back pack with stuff for extended stay.


28 posted on 01/09/2025 9:19:43 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: metmom

Army tested antibiotics and found they were good 7 years.

A municple storage with medicines 30 years old were tested and found 85% were still good. The liquid meds were the most failures.


29 posted on 01/09/2025 9:21:02 PM PST by Cold Heart (Government for moral and religious people. Democrat party is neither )
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To: Redcitizen

Not a Go bag item but make sure your vehicle is road ready and filled with gasoline.

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Well... If the thousands of burned vehicles on the Sunset Strip are any indication.

Vehicles that were gridlocked leaving drivers to flee on foot.


30 posted on 01/09/2025 9:22:41 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)
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To: mowowie
No. I don't.

For one thing I have yet to see a dirt bike that would carry 8 people.

And I would not leave my family behind.

You will do as you like of course.

31 posted on 01/09/2025 9:28:10 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Well, in your case you would need at least four dirtbikes then.
Unless you want to be trapped on the interstate with thousands of others in you Ford Excursion..
you could always try the back roads.....like everybody else is thinking.
Better be armed..


32 posted on 01/09/2025 9:56:14 PM PST by mowowie
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To: blueplum

A can opener, or at least what my unit called a John Wayne; a small can opener. The NFP I work for provides a mobile food pantry, and had canned goods for distribution after a local apartment building fire. Unfortunately, all of the cans required a can opener, so we could not pass out the food.


33 posted on 01/09/2025 11:00:06 PM PST by Bernard (Issue an annual budget. And Issue a federal government balance sheet. Let's see what we got.)
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To: kosciusko51
Forget? Why would I forget?


34 posted on 01/09/2025 11:06:48 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. the )
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To: blueplum

compass


35 posted on 01/09/2025 11:08:53 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: mowowie

Grandma too?


36 posted on 01/09/2025 11:37:03 PM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: blueplum

Wow they have go bags shit I don’t even have a bag Guess I’ll have to join the rest of us


37 posted on 01/10/2025 12:10:36 AM PST by Herakles (Diversity is applied Marxism )
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To: blueplum

Have a place to go. Friends, family, a workplace, campground. And prep there so all you need in your bag is enough to get you to that place.


38 posted on 01/10/2025 12:54:59 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: central_va
Ar-15 and 500 rnds of .223.

+1 Never see that from C-BS.

39 posted on 01/10/2025 1:03:58 AM PST by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Firearms and ammo should be included.

5.56mm


40 posted on 01/10/2025 2:58:36 AM PST by M Kehoe (Thank you Jesus. )
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