#BetterPreparedness Proactive Emergency Preparedness in daily life

What is Better Preparedness? It’s living more safely and enjoyably.

Understand your risks, and learn and practice your solutions at home, at work, travelling, in sports, and in the outdoors. Think of it as emergency management made easy. For me, it's a simple...

SpotGen3: How to use a Personal Locator Beacon and How I use it

If tools and technology are available, should we use them and how do we use them? While in remotest Africa, I show you how I use this SPOT Gen3 personal satellite locator beacon (PLB). Remote...

Mega Storm Preparedness and Lessons Learned in North America || Huge Snow Storm in St. John’s, NL

Storm and Disaster Preparedness: Take Action and Improve This is about mega storms and looks at a massive storm to hit eastern Canada. I will show you how to learn from these storms. Mid January...

The African Big Rain, Flood Risk and Flooding Disaster Preparedness

The African continent is famous for its droughts and heat, but a few times a year, there is the Big Rain. It often overwhelms parched lands and riverbeds, and can destroy roads, bridges, and any...

Big Temperature Drop Preparedness – High Altitude Africa Trail Run at Afriski, Lesotho

What is preparedness? Disasters, vehicle collisions, medical emergencies? Yes, for sure. It's also about thinking through simple elements such as the big temperature drop that can happen when the...

How Do First Aid Kits Expire? An easy look at two very different first aid kits

I'm a huge believer in first aid kits. It's a type medical insurance. The thing is that first aid kit elements expire in different ways and at different timings. How do first aid kits expire? ...