The first can be a natural disaster: floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes-everything else would be human-made, such as an industrial accident. Generally, a disaster leaves little time, if any, to prepare to face its impact. The first hours after a disaster may be life and death situations for people ...

Emergencies with a purpose can happen suddenly or can be sudden and generally not give us time to prepare ourselves or our homes. The disaster can range from a flood, tornado, hurricane, earthquake, storm, fire, and even a terrorist event. While such events are traumatic, the steps you follow in the...

As natural disasters become more commonplace and more severe, they are equally unpredictable. Earthquakes, floods, cyclones, tornadoes, wildfires, heat waves… they can hit out of nowhere and bring the normal operation of our schools and colleges to a grinding halt. Schools and colleges are more than...

Commonly, here comes a surprise with no warnings or with least warnings-if it happens, every second would count. One type of safety gear in the right moment can make history of being-someone survives or gets seriously affected. Being prepared has nothing to do with living in fear, but instead being ...

One thing we have learned in recent years is that the world can change in an instant, and become full of disasters such as earthquakes that have devastated towns and cities, cities that have been flooded with little or no warning, and wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes in a matter of hours....

Having a disease with no time to think or pack; floods, earthquakes, storms, or wildfires could happen all of sudden, and you might be forced out of the house within minutes. Hence, requiring a full and ready disaster emergency kit is very important. An emergency survival kit can be a bag or box wit...

Disasters can happen without warning and it is usually the animals that are the most at risk, and possibly in harm's way. Whether it is a flood, hurricane, wildfire or earthquake, pets are relying on us to protect them. Sadly, many pet owners are caught unprepared when a disaster does strike which u...

Emergencies can happen anytime, anywhere: flooding, earthquakes, hurricanes, fires, or sudden medical emergencies. Your day can also change in a second, where normally it can turn into chaos. Often, once fear sets in, people have a hard time quickly thinking about the proper way to react, which is e...

A devastating earthquake in Afghanistan has already claimed 800 lives and wounded/thousands of people. It completely leveled villages, trapping families underneath fallen buildings and cutting off access to remote mountain villages. Many areas can only be accessed by air because roads are blocked an...

When disasters happen, natural disasters: earthquakes, floods and hurricanes, or human-made disasters: accidents and war they kill people, destroy homes and buildings, and more. The numbers often talk about the size of the disaster, but they rarely talk about the human depth. Personal accounts of su...