{"id":58177,"date":"2014-11-28T08:34:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T13:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=58177"},"modified":"2014-11-28T08:34:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T13:34:30","slug":"fema-holidays-gifts-that-save-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/11\/28\/fema-holidays-gifts-that-save-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA: Holiday gifts that can save lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>FEMA information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO &#8212; With the holidays fast approaching, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region V office encourages everyone to consider giving gifts that will help protect their family members and friends during a future emergency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA gift to help prepare for emergencies could be life-saving for friends and family,\u201d said Janet Odeshoo, FEMA Region V acting regional administrator. \u201cThese gift ideas provide a great starting point for being prepared for an emergency or disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MGN Online graphic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/FEMA-logo-on-blue-background-8-2011.jpg\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/FEMA-logo-on-blue-background-8-2011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11864\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"FEMA logo on blue background 8-2011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/FEMA-logo-on-blue-background-8-2011.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a>Supplies for an emergency preparedness kit can make unique &#8212; and potentially life-saving &#8212; holiday gifts, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Battery-powered or hand-crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert.<\/li>\n<li>A flashlight with extra batteries.<\/li>\n<li>Solar-powered cell phone charger.<\/li>\n<li>Smoke detector and\/or carbon monoxide detectors.<\/li>\n<li>First aid kit.<\/li>\n<li>Fire extinguisher and fire escape ladder.<\/li>\n<li>Enrollment in a CPR or first aid class.<\/li>\n<li>Books, coloring books, crayons and board games for the kids, in case the power goes out.<\/li>\n<li>Personal hygiene comfort kit, including shampoo, body wash, washcloth, hairbrush, comb, toothbrush, toothpaste and deodorant.<\/li>\n<li>A waterproof pouch or backpack containing any of the above items, or with such things\u00a0as a rain poncho, moist towelettes, work gloves, batteries, duct tape, whistle, food bars, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Holiday shoppers might also consider giving a winter car kit, equipped with a shovel, ice scraper, emergency flares, fluorescent distress flags and jumper cables. For animal lovers, a pet disaster kit with emergency food, bottled water, toys and a leash is also a good gift.<\/p>\n<p>The gift of preparedness might just save the life of a friend or family member. For more information, preparedness tips or other gift ideas, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/fema.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3c.%3c4.CP%3f%401A39377.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1009620&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=2474&amp;Action=Follow+Link\">www.Ready.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FEMA&#8217;s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEMA information CHICAGO &#8212; With the holidays fast approaching, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region V office encourages everyone to consider giving gifts that will help protect their family members and friends during a future emergency. \u201cA gift to help prepare for emergencies could be life-saving for friends and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 23:23:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}