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Article: Emergency in the countryside? Do-it-yourselfers to the rescue. (emergency preparedness for homesteaders)
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 1998
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EMERGENCY! POLICE! FIRE! AMBULANCE! DIAL 911!
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that one does it? So what happens if there is no 911? You're on your own. Not a strange concept for most homesteaders, in most situations, but a pretty frightening ordeal for people who are not prepared for any emergency, minor or major.
In our county the law enforcement system deals with life-threatening situations on an immediate basis. The exponential population growth, the large geographic area of our county, I and the static if not lesser amount of officers has brought us to an expectation that any other "emergency" will be handled on ...