Prepping for Apartments
AIM: To consider the unique requirements of apartment living and how you can prep to overcome the limitations of less space and shared utilities.
OVERVIEW: Many Freedom Community members are housed in high density accommodation such as apartments, units, town houses and shared houses. This accommodation presents some key challenges if there is a requirement to survive for an extended period of time in a confined and resources limited space.
Alternate approaches have been considered for the key priorities of survives that include things such as:
- Water: Storage, filtration, sourcing
- Food: Storage, preparation, growing your own
- Utilities: In case of loss of power or gas and lighting
- Heating: How to keep warm
- Networking: Connecting with you neighbours to share resources
- Communication: CB/HAM Radios and other comms solutions
Checklist of Steps
After a brainstorming session, the following list of suggestions was arrived at for apartment prepping.
- Step 1: Determine the resources you have available to you in the apartment (Balcony, Bath, Storage Cage, Sunny Windows, high views, secure block etc (Anything that can be leveraged to your advantage for survival)
- Step 2: Determine the major constraints that exist in your apartments (Limited space, no garden, low sunlight, dependent on shared utilities etc)
- Step 3: Download the Apartment Prepping Checklist and suggestions
- Step 4: Action list from top to bottom
- Step 5: Put together a confined space sanity plan (how to stay active and mentally healthy if locked in an apartment)
The following Items are suggestions that can be sourced for prepping in an apartment”
Water:
- 100L drum and some sort of rain catchment
- Filter Berkley – Super good
- BioAce (Replacement filters)
- Life Straws
- Purification Tablets & boiling on a portable stove
- Kiddie blow up pool to catch rain
- Buckets big size
- Slim Line Rainwater Tank with catchment solution like tarpaulin
- 10L Plastic water (Aldi) 60L at 2L per day per person
Food:
- Canned food
- Curries
- Rice
- Sauces/soy/chilli/pasta etc
- Powdered Milk
- Pasta
- Flour
- Oats
- Dry beans –
- Seeds and Dried fruit (Chia, Nuts, Trail Mix,
- Powders like garlic/dry herbs
- Noodles
- Vegetable Stocks
Tools:
- Camp stove ( Butane burners)
- Shower Bags (Few Litres for show)
- Solar Panels for camping
- Wind Turbines on balcony
- Ration the use of a generator
- Garbage bags, space blankets
- Storage of Fuel – Store in a cage
- Toilet Paper and Tissues
- Eski for managing the defrosting of items from the fridge if power goes
- Batteries, Candles, Torch, Lanterns, Lighters, Solar Lights
- Medicine kits – Store extra of medications ensure you have 1-3 months supply