October

Suggested Assignment: Have working smoke detectors in home (check every month, replace batteries yearly). Install carbon monoxide monitors throughout home. Learn about house fires. Also, replace stored water and fill any empty water containers.

AMAZING DEAL AT COSTCO: 
As of 6:50 pm at the Lehi Costco the Tundra dual fire extinguishers are $14.97 plus a $7 instant manufacturer rebate making the total to $7.97.  Once these are gone, they are gone.  Orem is already out.


Other great deal at Costco is a $7 instant manufacturer rebate on other dual fire extinguishers (final cost $25.99), dual carbon monoxide sensors (final cost $15.99), and dual smoke alarms (final cost $22.79).

In search for great fire safety videos, I found several I think are fun to watch and very informative.  They are in order of which ones I liked the most.

Children's Videos
Hot! Hot! Hot! (Cartoon)
Fire Safety for Young Children

Informative Videos
NBC Today Show: Kitchen Fires
NBC Today Show: Dryer Fire
CBS Early Show: Home Fire Safety
NBC Today Show: Juvenile Fire Setting
Smoke Detector Safety Video




72-Hour Kit Recommendations: 3-6 MRE meals, other food: pouch or pull top cans of tuna, meat, fruit, hard candy, energy bars, instant hot chocolate, artificially sweetened drink mix (it flavors treated water), etc. No dehydrated foods including jerky-watch salt.

UtahMOMof7 compared prices at many Utah stores to find the best deals on food. Click on the link view it.

-Case Lot Prices and Comparison Document




Food Item Suggestions: 19 lbs nonfat dry milk, 36 oz of evaporated milk (per person).

I created a new recipe blog in hopes we many can submit the food storage recipes their family likes.  The  blog currently has my family's yogurt recipe which I grew-up on and had many parfaits, yogurt pops, and used to substitute sour cream.   It's soooooo easy to make because it uses powered milk which is why it does not need to be cooked.  (Powdered milk is already treated so there is no danger in harvesting bad bacteria.)  I hope you like it.  tm3recipe.blogspot.com

A fun food storage item is the shelf-stable Gossner's Whipping Cream from Logan, UT.  The shelf life says 3 months but the two vibrant old ladies who told me about it say it really last for 6 months.  8 fl oz is $0.85 and for 1 qt it's $2.50.  I like having it on hand because often times I don't plan my meals or desserts a head of time.  Also this really does whip up if refrigerated for 8 hrs before hand.  Once opened, store in fridge and use it up within 1-2 weeks.

“Just as it is important to prepare ourselves spiritually, we must also prepare ourselves for our temporal needs.” Elder L. Tom Perry

HOUSE FIRE

BEFORE:
* Install smoke detectors on every level of your home. Place on ceiling or on the wall between 4
and 12 inches of the ceiling. Check batteries twice per year. Replace detectors every ten yrs.
* Remove Fire hazards. Clean out storage areas. Do not let flammable trash, rags, and etc.
accumulate.
* Have your chimney inspected and cleaned as often as needed. Clean your dryer vent out as
often as needed (depending on use). A qualified chimney sweep can do both.
* Never use gasoline, benzene, naphtha, or other highly flammable liquids inside.
* Have working fire extinguishers handy. (Do not store where they can become overheated and
explode).
* Plan at least two ways to get out of every room in your home. Have escape ladders for 2nd
floor.
* Teach family members fire safety. Have fire drills.
* Close bedroom doors each night, but do not sleep with bedroom doors locked.
* Make sure windows are easily opened from inside.
* HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO MEET OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME. Teach family members not to
re-enter the home (or building) once they are outside.

DURING:
* If you are inside, alert the others, crawl low under the smoke.
* If the door is hot, do NOT open, go out another way.
* Should you catch fire, do NOT run. Roll on the floor or ground.
* Get out quickly, then call 911 from a neighbors phone if necessary. Give name, address and
type of fire. Listen to and follow instructions.
* If you are outside, do NOT return for anything.
* Report to the family meeting place.
* Turn off electricity and gas from outside house if possible.

AFTER:
* Do NOT re-enter the building until authorities have given permission.
* Contact your homeowner’s insurance agent as soon as possible.
* Arrange for temporary structural repairs, covering holes in roof, boarding windows, etc.
(Your insurance company may do this for you.)