Emergency Preparedness site for the PG, Utah Stake
30
Aug
For the 35th week (August 30 - September 5)
Week # 35: 50 lbs of Wheat (white or red)
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in baby steps.)
Hard Red Wheat
Hard White Wheat
Baby Steps:
Choose location for storage
Purchase containers (#10 Cans, Buckets, Jars, Bottles…) for wheat [...]
23
Aug
For the 34th week Aug 23rd - Aug 29th
Week # 34: 1 (#10) can Powdered Eggs & 1 (#10) can Powdered Butter
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
Powdered Butter:
Butter powder was originally developed for the processed foods industry. As it is mostly butter, [...]
23
Aug
For the 34th week Aug 23 - Aug 29
Week # 34: 1 (#10) can Powdered Eggs & 1 (#10) can Powdered Butter
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
Powdered Eggs:
Eggs are extremely perishable. Eggs must be kept refrigerated and have a relatively short [...]
16
Aug
For the 33rd week Aug 16-22
Week # 33: 8-10 lbs Masa Harina or other
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
Masa Harina:
Masa is Spanish for dough. The dried and powdered form is called masa de harina or maseca (which is actually a commercial brand); [...]
13
Aug
This is a suggestion for Emergency Preparedness Coordinators or leaders to do within wards or neighborhoods. You can follow this outline or use bits and pieces to create your own custom Pandemic Flu Activity.
Title: Pandemic Flu & You
Purpose: To provide background information about the pandemic flu and get people prepared for a pandemic by providing [...]
11
Aug
This info is from the newsletter I just received from ShelfReliance.com. It’s a really great article, sign up for their newsletter on their site if you’d like. “When I think of preparing for an emergency, I typically think of first aid kits, flashlights, and food storage. In the aftermath of a disaster, it’s hard to [...]
9
Aug
For the 32nd week Aug 9-15
Week # 32: 5 cans Evaporated Milk
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
Evaporated Milk:
Evaporated milk comes in canned form, and is evaporated due to the process of removing water from the milk. When you open a can of [...]
9
Aug
For the 32nd week Aug 9-15
Week # 32: 12 lbs of Powdered Milk (you’ll thank us later!)
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
Powdered Milk:
Is a manufactured dairy product made by evaporating milk to dryness. One purpose of drying milk is to preserve it; [...]
2
Aug
For the 31st week (August 2 - August 8, 2009)
Week # 31: 5 lbs Dry Split Peas
Split Peas are the dried peeled and split seeds of a pod. They come in yellow and green varieties. They have been mechanically split so that they will cook faster. Did you know that dried peas have been a [...]
2
Aug
For the 31st week (August 2 - August 8, 2009)
Week # 31: 10 lbs Lentils:
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
The lentil considered a type of legume, is a bushy annual plant of the legume family, grown for its lens-shaped seeds. It is [...]
