The Art of Staying Prepared in an Uncertain World

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Are you and your loved ones fully prepared for the unexpected? Let's unlock the secrets of thorough emergency planning and preparedness together, breaking down the necessity for a plan that doesn't just sit on the shelf but evolves with the changing tides of potential crises. Today, we're not only discussing the critical steps you should take in the face of an immediate emergency, such as a power outage, but we're also taking a deep look at the selection of home security cameras—because knowing your needs and how they integrate into your safety plan is non-negotiable. Whether it's understanding the scope of an emergency or tailoring your home's defense, it's all about being proactive and prepared.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, they never have earthquakes on the East Coast
until they do.
And that brings us to talkingabout getting into planning and
actually how we do that.
Come on inside, let's get thisstarted.
Well, hi everybody, I'm BillBateman, part of the team here

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at Refuse to Be a VictimPersonal Protection Training.
We are located say it with me,friends in the Medford White
City area of Southern Oregon,6800 Kershaw.
That's where Kershaw and Coreymake that obnoxious
20-mile-an-hour turn, slow down,pull on in and we hope to see

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you soon.
We're talking about planning.
A lot of folks will say, bill,you always say plan this and
plan that.
Can you give me a few littleideas how to make planning a
little bit easier?
And that recent earthquake onthe east coast, 4.8, which is
fairly respectable.
I've been in those personallyand they do catch your attention

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.
It shows us that almostanything can happen anywhere and
too often people find making aplan seems too big.
It's almost insurmountable.
Well, the key to successfulplanning and there are several
points.
One, make it an ongoing effort.
It is never a one and done.

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Two, consider all cases likenever have an earthquake on the
east coast, but then they do.
You have to look at alleventualities, including the
most bizarre a piece of like anairliner falling into your
backyard and smashing your carNever happens until it does.

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Another key is involvingeveryone who's going to be
involved you, your spouse, yourkids, and if you are involved
with others, like you have asenior living with you or if you
are a senior citizen and youhave the grandkids over, every
now and then there should bediscussions and actual little

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workshops on what do you do if,just like you need to take all
the stuff out of your bagsperiodically, check it to make
sure it's still up to date andrepack it so it's easy to get to
.
You have to sit down and thinkabout planning Best way, baby

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steps.
Let's talk about lighting orfood.
Well, I was watching a TV showon Paramount Plus.
It's called Joe Pickett.
It's about a game warden whogets into the usual
misadventures.
There are flashbacks which showhim as a teen when he and his
brother create a loose leafbinder and it's their emergency

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book.
What do I do when this happens?
They actually go out and tryand plan in an actual setting.
If they're sitting out aroundthe campfire, what would I do if
, for example let's see, thiscomes to mind If you store food

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out in the wilds and you go backto get it, the raccoon's got it
.
You've learned a valuablelesson before it got too serious
.
So that inspired me in watchingthat for two good ideas Get
family members involved,especially the young ones.
It gets you good ideas andbuy-in, because young eyes and

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young ears are going to see andhear things you and I don't
normally think of.
And it also led me to suggestscenarios.
Actually work through examples.
Now, remember, in a scenarioyou have set this up, it's not
like it just happens.
So the fear, fight or freeze isgoing to kick in.

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Keep that in mind.
Scenarios are good, but you aregetting advanced notice.
The lights are going to go out,for example.
We'll let's use that example.
You're at home, you're on thesofa watching your TV.
Boom, lights go out, hear thatbig thunk.
Well, what steps are you goingto take?
First of all, can you see to gocheck?

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Do you have a flashlight orsomething convenient to the sofa
or your easy chair or the couch, wherever you're going to be?
Have you got a place for aflashlight?
The first thing I do is waitfor my eyes to adjust and I'm
listening.
I'm listening for car alarms,sirens, yelling, maybe screaming

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.
I'm going to look out thewindow and see if the house
across the street has gone dark.
Is it just me, is it the wholeblock?
Or if the night sky suddenlygets a lot brighter, the entire
city could have gone out.
So these are the type of thingswe do when we plan we consider

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the likelihood of somethinghappening and we look at the
unlikely things happening.
I saw on television justrecently a person coming into a
store somewhere here in Oregon,walks into the convenience store
and a giant saw blade comessailing across the parking lot.

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It broke off a constructionsite and that thing comes in
there like 30 miles an hour andembeds itself into the door he
just walked through.
It pays to be attention.
Folks Pays to pay attention.
Things are getting kind ofscary out there.
So when you're planning,involve everyone involved in the

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process.
If it's going to be you and thekids, talk about it.
There is no bad idea in abrainstorming session.
Don't go to extremes like themothership is going to land to
carry us all home.
Keep your tinfoil hat in thedrawer until the meeting.
Yes, goofy things can and dohappen and yes, we need to be

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prepared for all eventualities,however.
For all eventualities, however,it's a good idea to put the
most realistic things first andthen consider every aspect.
We were talking about cameraslast week and I got some
interesting feedback.
There seems to be two schoolsof thought.

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Some people find it's good tojust have the camera with a
sensor that will activate andyou can see it on your cell
phone or on your computer.
Others like to get morein-depth and have almost a wired
system.
It's tied into home wiring,it's tied into an alarm system.

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And it's good to hold thosediscussions because, just as
we're talking about planning,when you're looking, if you want
a camera, what do you want itto do?
What is your expectation forthe product you're buying?
Too often we see something, welook at the commercial or we see
it on television oh, that looksgood.

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I wish I had this at my house.
How practical is it?
How expensive is it?
Are you going to get out of itwhat it costs you both in
dollars and in effort?
Now most of this stuff has gonefrom extremely complex to
something that is really.
I installed my entire homesecurity system myself and I

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know it works because when thealarm went off, I got the call
from the service.
We have an emergency code,we've got all the good stuff and
it's not costing me that muchmoney.
In fact, it's very inexpensivefor the service that I'm getting
.
One other thing, and I mentionedit last week, I want to mention
it again.
We talked about notifying the911 dispatch center of where an

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emergency key might be hidden.
That's something we can do inour area.
Please check in your area andyour community to see if it's
possible.
Call the non-emergency policenumber and ask if you can tell
them where you have your Haidakey, and I recommend a good
Haida key.
You can buy them online forlike $15, $20.

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You can also get those giantlocks like realtors use and it's
a combination lock and youunlock it and inside is a key.
I like the Haida key a littlebetter.
I don't like the things thatare supposed to be a rock or
supposed to be a troll or thingslike that, because they stand

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out.
They're very, very obvious.
So if you're going to have ahide-a-key, if you're going to
have something to allow anemergency responder to get in
without taking your door off thehinges, because if you call for
help and it's life-threatening,they will pop the door to get
in to help you, and thank youfor doing that.
Yes, good job.
Ladies and gentlemen, to avoidthat, in our area it is possible

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for you to tell dispatch wherea hide-a-key is available to
them, and that's going to makeit easier for them to get in to
you and it's going to make itfaster and less expensive.
This is going to be a short onethis week.
I do want to talk a little bitabout things out at the range.
Now that the days are gettinglonger, you can come out and I

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think we're up to 6.30 or 7o'clock when the range closes.
It's 30 minutes before sunset,plus or minus.
I mean we're not going to go tolike 7.03.
That gets kind of silly.
It breaks on the quarter hour.
That means more time fortraining, more times for classes
.
I'm going to once again go inand try and find another way to

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make it easier for you toregister.
We've got some great classes.
Home Defense Shotgun is my ownpersonal favorite.
I also like the BeyondConcealed Carry class.
You've got your concealed carrypermit.
Now what?
I've personally taken thoseclasses.
I've helped out training inthose classes and I find those

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two of the best classes you canget, because when I first got my
concealed carry now, bear inmind, I've been in firearms my
entire life but getting aconcealed carry permit is much,
much different.
The first couple months you feellike that gun is just printing.
You feel like there's aflashlight shining on where you

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are carrying your sidearm.
You're worrying about how youare dressing.
You are worrying about whichholster you've gotten.
There's a lot of things torealize.
Also, the responsibilityRemember you are responsible for
every round that comes out ofthat firearm.
Knowing your backstop.
The always, always, alwayspoints we discussed become very,

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very critical because now it'slife and death.
Lawsuits can happen, jail canhappen, people can be hurt,
killed or permanently injured.
So the responsibility thatcomes with a concealed carry
permit is significant and takingclasses to help you deal with

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that responsibility safely,effectively and legally I cannot
recommend that highly enough.
So look on our website right onthe front page and you will see
there's Concealed Carry and thenConcealed Carry Mastery.
I suggest signing up for both.
Get the Concealed Carry and,while you're waiting to process

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through getting the actualphysical permit, take the
concealed carry mastery.
It gives you a really goodsense of what you need to do.
It also empowers you to makebetter decisions.
I am going to be looking at anew way to register.
I have this is an ongoingproject for me, trying to make

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it easy and quick for you tosign in and to get a course.
I will let you know when thathappens.
Also, there's some things goingon in my personal life that I
may have to go to every otherweek on these programs.
We'll see what happens, butmore on that when it comes up.

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We do have our Concealed Carryclasses coming up.
That's right.
This coming Saturday, april the13th, is the Concealed Carry
class and we'd like to inviteyou to take part in that.
There are some spaces available, so please jump on the website.
Last month it sold out, sothank you.

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Folks are getting more involvedand I wanted to let you know we
do have time on the 13th.
Okay, like I said, this isgoing to be a little bit shorter
than normal.
I do want to thank you all andI noticed we are seeing more
subscribers, and thank you.
Do share this with your friendsand family.
Do pass this around and ifyou've got suggestions like how

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about a little more helpplanning Bill, please feel free
to send them to the emailaddress at the bottom at
ProfessorPrepperProtonMailcom.
All right, we look forward toseeing you out at the bottom at
ProfessorPrepperProtonMailcom.
All right, we look forward toseeing you out at the range.
We look forward to seeing youin class or just bumping onto
the street there and sayinghowdy, whatever you do, be safe,

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we'll see you next week.
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