Monday, November 17, 2014

Emergency Lighting And Warmth

By Eric Holm


Accidents do occur and sometimes when we are least alert. Surviving under such situations often blur the thin line between life and death. It is only after falling in such situations we realize the importance of life but find ourselves helpless to cope with such miseries. This happens due to being less informed about how to handle such emergencies and ignorance in using the adequate emergency supplies when it is highly required. Another important cause behind a disaster becoming worse is that either at that time we so not have access to disaster kits or the disaster supplies appear inadequate.

Most people will have an emergency kit that is stock full of items to help care for their health. However, they should realize that even with those items, if it is cold or dark the chance of them being able to use these will be nearly impossible and they could overlook that until it is to late to make a change.

Emergency lighting and heating supplies are generally required as an essential item for outdoor first aid kits. Generally people who go for long outdoor excursions need emergency lighting and heating supplies which include emergency lights, solar blankets and solar sleeping bags. There are situations when you need lighting and heating equipments in your disaster kit to brave adverse climactic conditions.

Situations like your house becoming frost laden on cold winter nights or your car breaking down in the middle of nowhere on a windy winter night are the ideal examples when you direly need a lighting or heating solution. Hence, it is good to keep solar heating blankets and bags to fight the cold. Suppose you are in a place where the decreasing temperature is weakening your nerves, the use of solar blankets and solar sleeping bags is highly recommended. A good solar blanket retains about 90% of body heat. You can feel the warmth by wrapping yourself in a silver solar blanket. Solar blankets can also be used as a cooling medium, but also during sunny days when you are out on a trip. Using the solar blanket you can deflect the sun and keep your vehicle cooler by putting it in the windows directly facing the sun.

Heating water quickly and pumping it up can be impossible at times without electric. That is when you should know that portable water heaters can help out. These will normally run on batteries, but they need to be recharged at times. However, for some of your heating you could use the hand warmers that are available. These will come in handy at warming your hands, but also are small to fit into the first aid kits that you have. Lighting can be found with shaking flashlights, candles, and other sources. However, you should note that if you use the candles you need to ensure that they are kept away from your curtains or other flammable items and that they are provided with ventilation. Most of the time you will notice that these are emergency supplies that can be overlooked. However, they are designed to be used for any disaster you could encounter, but you need to ensure that the items are ready before the disaster hits.




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