When you plan your storage space, it’s important to take your personal situation into consideration things like your location type of homes and property, and family science can have a large effect on how available and easy to access your supplies are.
Consider your location and property type.
Do you live in the city, small town, or a rural location like a farm or ranch? Do you live in a house or do you live in a smaller apartment or condo? Where you live can have a big impact on what you are able to store and how much you can store.
Consider your family situation and size.
Are you married or single? Do you have any dependents or children? How many people, are you responsible to plan for? What are the ages of the people you need to plan for? Does anyone have special medical conditions? Do you need to store anything special, because of age, medical or other needs?
Some supplies need to be easier to access than others.
Some supplies you’ll need to store in your home, because you use them regularly. These are things like your three month and long-term supply of food. For other things it can be better to store outside of, but close to, your home. Generally speaking, your main evacuation or survival pack should be stored outside of but close to your home in case of fire, or other event, makes your home in accessible.
Of course not everyone has the space to store their emergency pack outside of where they live, some people might want to consider storage locker, a cabin they own, or if family and friends are available to store things for them.
How much space do you have at home?
Take a walk through your home and look at the closets, basement, attic, and any unused space. Where do you have shelving? Where could you put shelving? Do you have limited storage space? Where could you put storage? You might be able to store things underneath the bed’s, or in the back of cabinets and dressers.
Plan to rotate.
You need to make sure that you’ve planned a way to rotate your supplies, so they don’t expire or go bad on you. It helps to have can-rotating shelves, or shelves that are opened at both ends so that you can easily put the new items at one end and use the older items at the other end. For more details, see step six.
