Getting Started with community preparedness should be easy, especially if you live in a community previously exposed to prepping. My guess is, if you’ve been in a community for long, you’ve probably introduced one or two couples to prepping. But even if you haven’t or are new in a place, it’s nothing extraordinarily difficult to start. The first course of action would be to establish relationships where they aren’t already present.
An excellent way to become closer with neighbors is through grilling out at your house or wherever you think is okay. A central place in the neighborhood would make sense. And trust the attendance to boom — I mean, everyone loves a delicious meal with others, and a grill out is also a good opportunity to socialize.
Prepping can be introduced after good relationships have been formed among you all. You can start this by subtly suggesting a neighborhood watch, thereby instilling into everyone’s subconscious to start watching out for each other. When you get to this stage, everything else is easily achieved.
Considerations after Getting Started With Community Preparedness
Working Out Strengths
The first thing to do upon forming a neighborhood prepping group is to figure out everyone’s skills & abilities. Determine the skills John has and those of Joan do as to assign them to the appropriate departments. For instance, a person with a medical background should be assigned to the department of community health.
Note that it is wrong to force a person into taking up a role they do not want to fulfill, notwithstanding their abilities or skills. If a soldier does not want to be in the security arm, do not insist that he does.
Figuring Out Weaknesses
Using the method you used to figure out strengths, work out the weak sides of everyone. What can Superman do, but Batman cannot? Avoid assigning incompetent persons to certain fields when there are more qualified persons. Favoritism should be inexistent. Also, programs should train people on their weaknesses as there are never too many professionals, but a single expert will quickly be overwhelmed when trouble comes.
Security
You have to work out a security system that will be subjected to the type of disaster expected in the neighborhood and when to expect it. Security concerns that you all have to address to protect the community are:
- Setting up a specified 24/7 security detail;
- Setting up a communication system the community and security members;
- Making plans to handle both external & internal threats.
Food & Water
To keep the community going when disaster strikes, basics like food & water must be available. And while some may have stocks, others may not.
So, food & water may have to be shared on a communal level. However, this does not necessitate a mandatory law on anyone. A person should share his resources only if he wishes, to avoid tensions.
Community gardens, fishing, hunting & foraging, should be implemented to ensure every mouth is fed. If possible, set up a storehouse to keep supplies for the future.
Conclusion on Getting Started with Community Preparedness
Getting started with community preparedness is not a difficult thing. I doubt there’s anyone who wouldn’t appreciate the idea of keeping everyone safe when disaster strikes. Start now, by the way.