Plan My Disaster

In today’s episode, we're rebroadcasting our essential fire planning episode with our guest Cole Wieland, a Captain with Las Vegas Fire and Rescue.  In our conversation about modern fires and what we need to know, Cole talks us through what's different about today’s fires, the science behind fires and flow path, the Close Your Door Campaign, along with loads of great home safety preparedness tips, inclusive of multi-family and single-family structures...always looking out for both our urban and suburban "non-preppers".  For more information on the Close Your Door Campaign and to see the incredible images that we spoke about, visit www.closeyourdoor.orgJoin us as we hope to inspire you, our Non-Prepper's to be responsibly prepared and ready to help your family, friends, and community.Help us get the word out, subscribe, and if you love our podcast, please leave us a 5-Star rating so others can find us.   

In today's quick episode we talk about the probability of a home fire due to cooking your amazing Thanksgiving feast.  Have a quick listen to our stats from the USFA on Thanksgiving fires and check out our rebroadcast of Close Your Doors with Captian Cole Wieland with the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue to learn about fire safety and getting a plan in place.  Help prevent Thanksgiving home fires non-preppers.  See you next time and Happy Thanksgiving, we are thankful for you our listeners.  

In today's episode, we have a roundtable discussion about why we're so hesitant to do food storage.  We also have a fantastic guest for our discussion, Deidre Walbeck, a Master Food Preserver, DIY food how-to gal, and a lifelong food storage planner.  We laugh at our crazy food storage issues and focus on real steps for developing a realistic and well-rounded food storage system -  thanks to the help of our expert Melanie Jewkes from Utah State Extension Services, Food Preservation Team.Join us as we hope to inspire you, our Non-Prepper's to be responsibly prepared and ready to help your family, friends, and community.  Help us get the word out, subscribe, and if you love our podcast, please leave us a 5-Star rating so others can find us.  

In today's episode, we talk with our amazing food preservationist at Utah State University Extensions Services, Melanie Jewkes for Part 2 in our series, Mastering Food Storage - Non-Prepper style.  Our conversation was full of great tips to get your food storage started.  Melanie breaks down food storage so it's easy to understand and takes away the stress around developing your own food storage system.  Below are several of the sites that we talked about in this episode for your reference...good luck Non-Preppers, and get going on your food storage.  Utah State University Food Preservation. You will find that great free manual Melanie talked about here, plus so much more:  https://extension.usu.edu/preserve-the-harvest/food-storageMy Plate - The Dietary Guidelines for Americans: https://www.myplate.gov/Utah State University Gardening Yard and Garden: https://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/?utm_source=garden.usu.edu&utm_medium=unspecified%20print&utm_campaign=2019%20Gardening%20CampaignNational Center for Food Preservation: https://nchfp.uga.edu/

We're back for our Fall/Winter Season, highlighting some amazing stats on what has been happening in the US and around the globe so far in 2021.  Remember compounding effects from disasters and everyday life warrant the basics in preparedness planning for everyone.  Join us as we hope to inspire you, our Non-Prepper's to focus your baselines established and working toward what you need to be responsibly prepared and ready to help your family, friend, and community.Help us get the word out, subscribe, and if you love our podcast, please leave us a 5-star rating so others can find us.  

We're back Non-Preppers!  We're excited to be back after the long summer break and then some, but whew, we're back and excited to kick off the Fall/Winter 2021 season to get us back into our preparedness planning mode.  If you're new to Plan My Disaster, we'd love to have you join us each week as we explore and establish our own preparedness practice, focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning - for the Non-Prepper.Please subscribe and leave us a rating, we'd love to have you a part of our Non-Prepper movement.

In today's episode, we dive into our conversation with Robert Bratton and Tara Wahlberg from EP019 | On The Road Again, Summer Road Safety.  They provided us with critical information that everyone needs to know, whether you're on the road all summer, occasionally, or even using mass transit, the information can be applied across all travelers.  Join us each week as we explore and establish our own preparedness practice, focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning - for the Non-Prepper.Please subscribe and leave us a rating, we'd love to have you as part of our Non-Prepper movement.  

In today's episode, we talk with our friend Robert Bratton from the Utah Department of Transportation and a new friend, Tara Wahlberg with the Utah Highway Patrol.  Our goal is to get our Non-Prepper's prepared for summer - today we're getting the must-have reminders for safe travel and hauling on the roads this summer.   We had a great time talking with our amazing experts about several scenarios to help you with your summer plans and travels.Join us each week as we explore and establish our own preparedness practice, focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning - for the Non-Prepper.Please subscribe and leave us a rating, we'd love to have you a part of our Non-Prepper movement.

In today's episode, we dive into our discussion with Dan Cather, the Wildland Fire Coordinator with the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy, highlighting the many great tips and information we need to know about wildfires and breaking them into our 3 easy Non-Prepper steps.  Remember everyone, we're heading quickly into Summer and we need to get ready - wildland fire knowledge is only one of many preparedness skills that we need to establish so we're ready to go.  Join us each week as we explore and establish our own preparedness practice focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning - for the Non-Prepper.Please subscribe and spread the word.  Also, leave us a comment, we'd love to hear from you.

In today's episode, we talk with Dan Cather, the Wildland Fire Coordinator at the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy.  Dan talks us through the basics of what we need to do to minimize wildland fires.  We also talk about creating defensive zones around our homes and what to do when evacuations are necessary.  It's wildland fire season everyone and perfect timing to refresh our responsibilities when out in the wilderness or near our own homes.  Amazing and timely information.  Join us each week as we explore and establish our own preparedness practice focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning - for the Non-Prepper.Please subscribe and leave us a comment, we'd love to hear from you.

Join us for today's EXTRA episode, where we break down all the great information we discussed with Becky Thomas Eyre in EP017 | Splish Splash...Water Safety.  Our deep-dive highlights the water safety skills Becky talked about, and we provide resources for you to help you in your quest to establish water safety skills.  Join us each week as we explore and establish our own preparedness practice focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning - for the Non-Prepper.Please subscribe and leave us a comment, we'd love to hear from you.

In today's episode, we talk with Becky Thomas Eyre about getting back in the water for Water Safety Month.  We talked basics of water safety and what we need to focus on to improve our water performance.  Becky's knowledge and expertise combined with an effective psychological approach for training swimmers will have you take note of your current capabilities and attitude towards the water.  This episode is a must for anyone who loves to swim, even if you think you're a great swimmer.  Spread the word - let's make this year's water season the safest.Join us each week as we explore and establish our own preparedness practice focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning - for the Non-Prepper.Please subscribe and leave us a comment, we'd love to hear from you.

In today's episode, we talk with an amazing food preservationist at Utah State University Extensions Services, Melanie Jewkes.  If you have a pantry, a freezer, and have ever wondered what those dates really mean on your food labels, this episode is for you.  Melanie breaks down what and how to safely store food.  Your burning questions on those mystery items in your freezer will finally be answered.  We're excited as this is Part I in our exploration on Mastering Food Storage - Melanie will be back in the Fall to talk to us about food preservation methods.Join us each week as we explore disaster planning and start establishing our own preparedness practice focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning.Please subscribe and leave us a comment, we'd love to hear from you.

In today's episode, we break down the great information we discussed with Rick in EP015 | Grab and Go, Go, Go.  Have you considered layering your grab and go, upping your skills, and keeping it simple vs. creating hunkering in the wilderness kits?  Have a listen as we talk through these great tips we got from Rick.Join us each week as we explore disaster planning and start establishing our own preparedness practice focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning.Please subscribe and leave us a comment, we'd love to hear from you.

In today's episode, our expert Rick talked us through looking at grab and go bags from a different perspective using his many years in the military but also bringing a balanced and focused practical approach.  It's a great conversation, you'll get more out of it than any must-have list of items - it will make you reconsider your approach to grab and go bags.Join us each week as we explore disaster planning and start establishing our own preparedness practice focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning for the Non-Prepper.Please subscribe and leave us a comment, we'd love to hear from you.

In today's episode, we break down the great information from our conversation with Brad Wardle in EP014 | Smoke and CO.  We talk stats and walk you through our 3 easy Non-Prepper steps to establish your Smoke and CO system.  Join us each week as we talk about personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning for the Non-Prepper.  

In today's episode, we talk with Brad Wardle, Director of the Utah Fire & Rescue Academy (UFRA) about smoke detectors and CO alarms - Smoke and CO.  Brad really brought home how serious it is to have and maintain these systems, and we talk about the many scenarios that you might not have considered - hopefully to persuade you to pay attention to your Smoke and CO current situation. Join us each week as we talk about personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning for the Non-Prepper.  

In today's extra episode, we dive into our conversation with Nicole Lopez in EP013 | The 411 on 911.  She gives us a refresher course on 911 emergency calls - just in time for 911 Education Month.  We broke down all the great information we received from Nicole and put them into our 3 Easy Non-Prepper Steps, just for our listeners.  Join us each week as we explore disaster planning and start establishing our own preparedness practice focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning. Please subscribe, leave us a comment, and spread the word Non-Preppers.

In today's episode and to align with 911 Education Month, we were given a refresher course in 911 protocols and so much more, thanks to our amazing expert, Nicole Lopez, a 911 training manager with over 11-years of 911 operations experience.  Non-Preppers, this episode is a great reminder of what we can do to be as prepared as possible for that potential emergency call to 911.    Join us each week as we explore disaster planning and start establishing our own preparedness practice focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning.  Please subscribe and leave us a comment, we'd love to hear from you.

In today's extra episode, we dive into the amazing information we talked about with Katherine Whidden, Research Scientist at the University of Utah Seismograph Stations.    We focused our discussion on the tips Katherine gave us and put them into our 3 Easy Non-Prepper Steps....steps that any of us can tackle.Join us each week as we explore disaster planning and start establishing our own preparedness practice focused on personal safety, home preparedness, and disaster planning.  Please subscribe and leave us a comment, we'd love to hear from you.