Emergency Preparedness - Apartment Prepper

10 Prepping Tips for New Parents

April 11, 2014 aptprepper Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com On one of of the blog comments, a new mom expressed her concern for the safety of her young child in the event

Find Cheap Emergency Lighting Before the Next Power Failure

April 9, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Power failure, Power Outage supplies, Preparedness, Saving money

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com A couple of weeks ago, the main energy provider for the city had two transformers blow up and over 13,000 residents in one

Using Four Year Old Rice

April 5, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Five Gallon Buckets, Food Rotation, Food Storage, Food Storage Tracking

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com We are rotating the first batch of rice we stored away and replacing it with the new batch. I bought the rice back

7 Cost-Cutting Moves that can Backfire in a Disaster

April 2, 2014 aptprepper Budget Prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Saving money

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Everyone is trying to save a few bucks these days and I can certainly relate. But there are certain instances when the cheap

Hydroponics – A Small Garden with Big Benefits

March 26, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Balcony Garden, Emergency Preparedness, Hydroponics, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency

(Editor’s note: Today’s post is about a subject that interests me greatly: hydroponics, because it works well in small spaces. The post is written by Chris Wimmer, who writes at

Avoid Boring Survival Food: Include Spices and Seasonings in Food Storage

March 22, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Spices and Seasonings for Long Term Storage

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Once you’ve stored at least a couple of weeks worth of food and water, you’ll want to store a few of your favorite

Where to Hide Valuables in an Apartment

March 20, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Apartment Prepper, Apartment Prepping, Apartment Security, Emergency Preparedness, Safety, Security

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Recently, one of our awesome readers, Sara, brought up a great question: I was wondering if you could advise me for a

Will You Need Companions During a Collapse?

March 15, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Beginner prepping, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Preparedness, Survival

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com A few months ago we traveled with another family to enjoy the snow for a few days. Each family took their own vehicle.

Read this Before you Toss out Expired Medications

March 13, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Expiration Dates

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I mentioned a few weeks ago I’d be clearing out and rotating my supplies. Upon opening the first aid bucket, we found a

Spam for Survival Storage

March 11, 2014 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Survival Cookery, Survival Food

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com For anyone who has never tried Spam, it is a canned meat by Hormel, made of pork shoulder and ham. It looks like