When a person is preparing for an emergency, sometimes the paperwork doesn’t get the attention that it needs to have. By paperwork, I am talking about records, birth certificates, insurance policies, medical records (allergies, medications ) and the like. It is always a good idea to have the originals of any documentation in a safe place away from your house, like in a safe deposit box. But in case of an emergency, you may not be able to get to the bank.
A friend of mine scans the originals of all of his documents and puts them onto a USB drive, and puts one into his preparedness kit, and one in his car. That way, if he is in an accident, or an emergency situation, he has any records that he might need nearby. I have another friend who keeps hers on a chain around her neck at all times.
I am not saying that we need to have our paperwork with us at all times, but it might not be a bad idea to have things in order, even a copy in a notebook with other things such as an escape route from your house and where everyone should meet up at, emergency phone numbers, ICE (in case of emergency )numbers, that everyone in your household knows where it is at.
It might be a good idea to have a copy of all passwords for bill paying, account numbers etc. in a place where they can be easily found by family members if you are the one paying the bills.
I have just been thinking on these things, perhaps I will organize more thoughts on this. If anyone has any thoughts or ideas about this, feel free to comment.
Until next time,
Theresa
