We hope your life will be filled with joy and laughter now during the holidays and throughout the New Year. 

What's in your sock?

Ours is full of fun, useful & inexpensive preparedness!

From $1-$15 you can build a mini-survival kit out of these great safety items everyone needs!

Quick links to the featured items… (in stock!)

… and be sure to add either the Mini Glow LED Flashlight (LGGMWR) or Yellow Flashlight (L77AA)
BAM! You’ve got a 5 to 10 item emergency kit for around $10!

See our other “On SALE” ideas, too - or check out these great emergency & preparedness items:

Disaster Kits

Survival Kits For Emergency Disaster Preparedness

Food & Water

Emergency Food Rations & Water Supply

Shelter & Sleeping

Emergency Blankets, Tents, Canopies, Tarps & More

Signal & Messaging

Devices for Signaling & Communicating in Emergencies

Survival Tools

Fire Starters, Survival Knives, SOL, Leatherman & much more

Emergency Heat & Light

Warmers, Heating, Candles-Flashlights-Lanterns-GlowSticks

CERT Gear & Supplies

CERT Kits & vests, caps, shirts, logo patches, fieldbooks +

Red Cross Supplies

American Red Cross Emergency Kits: Be Red Cross Ready

Triage & Incident Command

S.T.A.R.T. Triage Tags, Tape, Kits + ICS Gear and Supplies

Sanitation & Hygiene

Personal Hygiene Kits, Toilets & Chemicals + Sanitary Items

Roadside+Auto Emergency

Auto Emergency Survival Kits, Roadside Tools & Survival Items

Empty Bags & Containers

Backpacks, Duffels, Buckets and Rolling kits to build your own

SAR Gear: Rescue Stuff

Search & Rescue Kits and Essential SAR Provisions

Disaster Supplies for Pets

Disaster Emergency Kits for Dogs and Cats + Survival Food

Fire Safety & Evacuation

Caution Tapes, Escape Masks & Ladders + Fire Safety Gear

Survival Guides & Videos

Disaster Planning Books, Checklists & Videos for Survival

Hi-Vis Safety Vests

CERT Vests & Bright Reflective Safety Vests for Visibility

Trauma & Field Medicine

1st Aid, Trauma, Responder, Field Medical & Mass Casualty

Emergency, Survival, and First Aid Kits make great gifts that give twice… your gift recipients will appreciate what a thoughtful and caring gift you gave when they receive it, and they will think about you and really appreciate it when it comes time to use it down the road, too!

Our most popular gift item!
All Purpose First Aid Kit, 131 Pieces - Large - FAO-132

According to the  Official website of the Department of Homeland Security, you should:

Nearly half of holiday decoration fires happen because decorations are placed too close to a heat source.

It’s fun to decorate for the winter holidays, but holiday decorations can increase your risk for a home fire. As you deck the halls this season, be fire smart.

? Inspect holiday lights each year before you put them up. Throw away
light strands with frayed or pinched wires.
? Water your Christmas tree every day. A dry tree is dangerous because it
can catch on fire easily.
? Consider using battery-operated flameless candles, which can look,
smell and feel like real candles.
? If you do use lit candles, make sure they are in stable holders and place
them where they cannot be knocked down easily.

For more information and free resources, visit www.usfa.fema.gov

ALSO READ: Deck the Halls, Don’t Burn Them

Candles... December is the peak time of year for home candle fires. One-third of all candle fires start in the bedroom.  Keep Candles 12 inches away from anything flammable, and consider using flameless candles instead.

Four different types of flameless candles

A dry tree is dangerous, because it can catch on fire easily. Christmas trees account for hundreds of fires each year. Typically, shorts in electrical lights or open flames from candles, lighters or matches start tree fires. Well-watered trees are not a problem. A dry and neglected tree can be. Watch this dramatic demonstration video below!

See what happens when fire touches a dry tree and a properly maintained, well-watered tree... This video shows the ignition propensity of a properly maintained Fraser fir Christmas tree compared to that of a dry tree:

Maintained (Wet) Tree: Ignition occurs at 0 seconds; fire at ignition point on tree continues to burn but does not spread at 30 seconds; fire at ignition point on tree continues to burn but does not spread at 1 minute; fire at ignition point on tree did not spread, flames self-extinguish, and tree (trunk, branches, and needles) is fully intact at 1 minute and 30 seconds (end of video).

Dry Tree: Ignition occurs at 0 seconds; other tree branches become involved at 5 seconds; most of the tree is burning at 15 seconds; tree is fully engulfed in flames at 30 seconds; only the tree trunk and portions of some of the larger branches are intact after all the needles have burned away at 1 minute and 30 seconds (end of video).

The risk of having a home fire increases during the winter months: December, January, and February.

To help teach the public about winter fire hazards and ways to prevent them, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) are teaming up to promote “Put a Freeze on Winter Fires.”

Learn more:

Winter Fire Safety

Winter Fires and Burns

Winter Preparedness for Your Business

Each week during the campaign, USFA will share helpful, practical tips to assist with making our homes and families safer. Follow #wintersafety on Twitter @usfire and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usfire.

For additional fire safety and prevention information, visit the USFA's website.