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posted by user fadedlullaby

~ Never try to deal with a crisis alone. If you live alone, talk to neighbors, and come up with a group plan. Alternately, talk with friends and family and select a place to meet up.

~ Make sure you have supplies. Food, water, and weather-appropriate gear are essential. Creating crisis situation ready to go bags or setting aside these necessities is advisable.

~ Always have at least one fully stocked first aid kit on hand, over-stock if you can. Talk to the hospital staff about other additions that can or should be included.

~ Weapons : * Only keep weapons on hand you can use with confidence. Any other weapons may only trip you up, or provide potential threats with a weapon to use against you.
* Keep any weapons you plan to use in good condition. Replace ones that have too much wear and tear, or no longer are as effective as they should be.

~ Have an escape plan, that everyone with you knows. Go through it a few times together to be sure everyone understands. Stick to the plan. Set a secondary location to fall back to that everyone knows.

~ Sleep, eat and rest. No one is on top of their game 24 hours a day, especially in a tense situation. If watches are kept, rotate them. Time needs to be taken for sleeping, to eat properly, and rest(not the same as sleep) to keep everyone as sharp as possible.

Feel free to add to this list.