HOW TO CREATE AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BINDER | EMERGENCY ORGANIZATION 2020

How to Create an Emergency preparedness binder | Emergency organization 2020 is what I am sharing in today's video. I have an entire binder organization system in my home, but this is probably the most beneficial one. It includes important information for everything in our home (home, car, medical, etc.). If we have an emergency situation, this binder is the first thing I grab. I have included printables that you can find in my etsy shop that include:

2. Emergency Binder Cover
3. My Account Passwords
4. Credit Card Information
5. Financial Information (savings and checking)
6. Emergency Numbers
7. Personal Family Information

My P.O. Box address is below:

Kristin Morgan
PO Box 833
Paragould, AR 72851

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[TheGoldProject]

What else would you include in an emergency binder?

[melissamcconnell]

I would also suggest scanning all of these pages and having a virtual binder. Obviously it won't have the actual social security cards and things like that but I'll bet in a disaster that would work just as well. Then store that virtual binder somewhere safe - either a safety deposit box, a safe, or a secure cloud environment. For our home inventory I maintain spreadsheets of that information as well so it's easy to replace if needed (mostly for our million and one books, lol!) as well as a video walk-through. I really appreciate this video so I can get a paper version created and fill in the holes for some things I missed. I plan to store my physical emergency binder in a fire/water safe lockbox so it should be protected from most disasters. Also (if you don't have your photos stored on a cloud environment) back up all your photos on a external hard drive or flash drive too!

[swattssh]

This video is great and resourceful for those of us that has every thing stored in multiple expandable file folders for each family member 😂. I will be having an emergency binder set up party with each of my adult children.Thank you!

[penelopepolinsneemeyer]

Don’t forget information on pets that live in your home too

[Mitzi]

Would love to see a video on how to inventory a home for insurance.

[sherylchapman]

I wish you had an updated kit.

There are things that I would add that are useful—checklists for things to do to prepare ahead of time for something like a weather event (like a hurricane or blizzard). These are things you want to do, but don’t have time to think about, like filling your gas tank AHEAD of time instead of waiting until it’s too late, (important for keeping cell phones charged as well as evacuation), how will you cook if you have no electricity, and what you will eat. How will you keep warm?

Another thing, would it not be useful to create a diagram of your electrical boxes, and how to turn off the main gas if you need to?

[cathylcw]

Great video! I’ve had an emergency binder for years, but this video has motivated me to update the contents. I don’t keep lots of important document in my binder but I do list where those documents can be found (most are in the safe). One thing I would add to your Vital Documents section is a will. Thanks for sharing!

[idsardogs]

Hi Kristin.
I just finished watching your Youtube video on how to prepare an emergency binder. It was very good. I am over 70 yrs old and several years ago (2001) I found an "Emergency Financial First Aid Kit" that was prepared by Operation Hope, Inc. I have used this since. It contains very much the same information you have included in your emergency binder. It may be something worth checking out.

Thanks again
Max Christensen

[rosebud]

This all reminds me i need to check on our earthquake emergency home supplies and emergency kits for our cars. I’m in CA and we need these bc of earthquakes and wild fires.

[mrs.milleniaire]

This is awesome! You should also make copies of the front and back of everything in your and your husbands wallet. Very helpful if your wallet gets lost or stolen about what exactly was in your wallet. That way you have a physical copy of everything. You should also include any estate planning as well as end of life wishes such as advance health care directives and wills. I’d also add a goodbye letter to your children. Very morbid I know but I figured it would be nice to include in case something ever happens to me I have a way to say goodbye and how much I love them. (Unless you have that in a separate binder that I didn’t know about 😅).

[rosebud]

Thank you! This is great! Thanks for sharing. I’m gonna get this together.

[mendyviola]

I just starting thinking about this when my mom went into a fib and it made me realize that we didn’t have everyone’s medical info at hand. Thank you for this. A suggestion for this info - keep it in a fireproof safe under lock and key. I have a small safe that I can grab an go with vital and original docs.

[jenniferriddell]

Wow, amazing video. I love this idea. I have been looking for an idea on how to put together something like this. I've just been shoving important papers in my safe. Thanks for the inspiration.

[georgiemcdougle]

I made a binder last time you did this, but I do need to update it.

[glennkoenig]

Kristin, I finally decided to complete my Family Emergency Binder project and came across this video first. Very clear and concise explanation of all the categories. I immediately purchased your file. This will save me a lot of time to jump right in and start filling in the details. I will be taking this a couple of steps further in that I will be making copies of all of the credit cards (front and back), and the other documents to keep in the binder. These copies will also be scanned into .pdf files to be stored in a dedicated Emergency USB Drive as a digital backup with the same file hierarchy as your printables.

My only other issue is that I initially wanted the original documents to be stored in a small Fireproof Safe that can be grabbed in an emergency. The safe is too small to fit the emergency binder along with the originals, otherwise it would have to be larger thus making it not portable, so I am caught in between. I am thinking the entire binder could be scanned and put on the USB Drive to go in the safe in the event I would not be able to grab either, where at least the safe would offer some level of fire protection.

It is really a very time consuming project to gather all of the information, but with your format, it makes it much easier to organize and add sections as needed (Pet information, tenant lease / security deposit account, etc.). Thanks for all the work you put into this.

[vickiehurt]

Great idea Ms. Kristin!!! I love your organization ideas!! Like minded people think the same school teacher 👩‍🏫 ❤❤❤❤🗂📁😉😉☺️☺️🥰🥰🥰

[karengraves]

Watching in 20212 - WOW! Thank you for sharing. Amazing job.

[kwangsoo]

I didn't even know I needed this. being an adult is a whole different degree xD xD

[mariefrederick]

I love this binder setup, but I do have a question. Things we don't keep on our person are they the original sheets?

[LifeHacksbyStacy]

A few questions...

What kind of safe do you have? Where do you keep inside it and what made you choose that safe etc. we have been thinking about getting one.

Also how many years back do you keep for taxes in this folder?

How do you determine if you keep a copy vs original for things like birth certificate you keep original but taxes you keep a copy etc. thanks! I have been working on this and the 72 hour kits etc for the last few paychecks getting things together. A bowl full of lemons breaks it down into weeks to gather items to build a great kit!