Don’t Forget This Important Spring Cleaning Task

Your emergency kits need a seasonal refresh, too. It could make or break your family’s safety in a crisis.
Don’t Forget This Important Spring Cleaning Task
When seasons change, it's time to refresh and update your emergency kit Skylines/Shutterstock
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Spring cleaning brings mops, buckets, and dusters to mind, but one item you may want to add to your cleaning list is your emergency kit. Yours may be lingering, dusty, and forgotten in the trunk of your car or a random closet, but it’s time now to pull out that backpack and refresh it for a new season.

Your safety in a crisis may depend on an up-to-date kit. Your needs may change from season to season due to health issues or a move to a different part of the country, for example, so your kit should reflect those changes. And, of course, warm weather requires supplies and gear specific to those temperatures.

Lisa Bedford
Lisa Bedford
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Lisa Bedford is the author of “Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios.” She founded The Survival Mom blog in 2009 and continues to teach families around the world how to be prepared for life’s challenges.
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