Step Two: Create Per Crisis Needs Lists - How to Make a Preparedness Plan that Works & Not Go Broke

“Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.”
Sophocles BC 495-406, Greek Tragic Poet

Step Two: Create Per Crisis Needs Lists.

This is a list of all the goods, knowledge and skills you feel you will need to survive the particular crisis for its potential scope and duration. It doesn’t matter if you already possess these items or not, list them.

You will most likely find that there are quite a few items that will repeat themselves from list to list. Write them down anyway but do “flag” them as repeats.

• Clean these Per Crisis Needs Lists up a bit by prioritizing and listing all the repeated items first and then follow with prioritizing the remaining needs that do not repeat.

• Next, take each Per Crisis Needs List and flag all the goods, knowledge and skills you already possess. These are your Final Per Crisis Needs Lists for use in building your preparedness plan.

• Lastly create a consolidated Acquire List of all the goods, knowledge and skills you need to acquire.

o Start with your #1 Crisis Needs list and all the items that you do not already possess. Flag any repeat
o Continue on to the #2 Crisis. Do not relist a repeat, however do put a ‘tick’ mark next to the first time this is listed, so you have an idea of how many times this repeated.

Once this is completed you will have a prioritized Acquire List for your preparedness plan.

Worksheets can be found at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/33980232/Crisis-Possibility-Probability-Needs-Acquire-Lists-W-W-W-W-Calendar-Worksheets

A great place to get you started on needs per crisis is to check out RedCross.org as they have a ton of high level crisis based checklists.

For a list of links to many more detailed preparedness checklists contact me via Comments @ http://nmurbanhomesteader.blogspot.com/2010/12/tnts-list-of-preparedness-checklists.html and I will send you a spreadsheet of these links.

Ready, Set, Go! - 24 Weeks of Crisis Supply Procurement http://www.scribd.com/doc/33609714/Ready-Set-Go-24-Weeks-of-Crisis-Supply-Procurement
Is There a Hierarchy for Acquiring Preparedness Needs? http://www.scribd.com/doc/30595295/Is-There-a-Hierarchy-for-Acquiring-Preparedness-Needs
Hierarchy of Survival Needs What to Buy First http://secretsofurbansurvival.com/forums/content.php?127-Gold-vs-Food-A-hierarchy-of-survival-needs
How & Where to Learn Traditional Skills http://www.scribd.com/doc/29724360/How-Where-to-Learn-Traditional-Skills
SurvivalBlog’s "List of Lists" (spreadsheet) http://www.survivalblog.com/listoflists.xls

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