Can you grab your important documents quickly?
By Hope
@1hopefulman (45111)
Canada
January 12, 2019 5:20pm CST
Suppose you wake up and smell smoke and see that there is a fire or you see that your dwelling is flooding and you have to leave your house quickly, do you have all your important papers and documents in one spot so that you can grab them quickly before you leave the premises?
Is that an important thing to do?
Have you ever had to leave your house or area quickly?
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13 responses
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
15 Jan 19
You are well-prepared. In the apartment where I live, we do get some false fire alarms from time to time and once or twice there was a little fire but it was not on my floor and so didn't take anything but myself out.
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
15 Jan 19
@1hopefulman We’ve had to leave our condo when someone burned their dinner and set off the smoke alarms.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
13 Jan 19
These things are being taught and educate by the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management council especially during the typhoon season. They advise people to save styro box and put the important paper documents so it won't get wet and easy to grab.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
13 Jan 19
Interesting! Do they mention what documents one should make sure to save?
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
14 Jan 19
@ilocosboy Thanks! Those are the things I had in mind also along with some other documents like wills. If we can keep them together where we can grab then quickly. It might be good to photograph some and keep then in another location in case we are not home when disaster strikes.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
13 Jan 19
Yes like birth certificates, marriage contracts, land titles and other important documents.
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@toniganzon (77084)
• Philippines
13 Jan 19
I wouldn't grab important documents. I'll let it burn. Why? They are stored in email and I could reprint them or I could just request the issuing government agencies to give me copies again thought it might take awhile. If there's fire or flood, what I would grab first are my valuables, including my laptop as everything's here. So that would be my wallet, jewelries, and laptop.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
13 Jan 19
Ok! I see your reasoning. Yes, most documents can be replaced in time.
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
13 Jan 19
we a bag containing the important documents.that's when my parents were still alive. my mother used to keep all important documents.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
13 Jan 19
I think it's a good idea to put important documents together is a plastic bag that would be waterproof that one can grab quickly if they see danger.
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
13 Jan 19
@Mavic123456 Do what you need to do to protect them as they are important to protect.
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
13 Jan 19
@1hopefulman yes it was her idea before. now we keep our own documents.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
13 Jan 19
Great! Can you share what you have done?
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
14 Jan 19
@LadyDuck Sounds good and thanks for sharing your knowledge! 
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@LadyDuck (502208)
• Italy
14 Jan 19
@1hopefulman The documents are all in a container inside a safe in the hallway.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
14 Jan 19
That was close! I live on the 4rth floor and so the only flooding is when the neighbour upstairs has a problem or leaves the water running and forgets to close it. However, nothing too serious so far.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
15 Jan 19
@Nevena83 I live on a big island and the houses close to the river flood when we have have a lot of snow and it melts in the spring. It's nice to live by a river but not when it floods. .
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
14 Jan 19
@1hopefulman Since I live in a village, we have our own house, but we are surrounded by rivers and when the snow begins to melt in March, there will always be floods.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
23 Jan 19
We have a fireproof box.supposedly it will preserve important papers if there is a fire.
No, we have never had to leave quickly such as during a fire.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
14 Jan 19
So, did you scan all your documents and put then in Dropbox?
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
15 Jan 19
@1hopefulman Most of them, yes.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
13 Jan 19
I think it's good to be prepared but hopefully we never have to act on it.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
13 Jan 19
@JudyEv Yes, many things are happening where we may have to act quickly.
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@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jan 19
@1hopefulman There is a lot of publicity now about being prepared to act quickly if there is a major bushfire.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
22 Jan 19
Great! We sometimes need reminders of how to be prepared just in case something happens.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
23 Jan 19
@nela13 When I worked, I photocopied some and kept a copy at work in case something happened.
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@nela13 (59367)
• Portugal
22 Jan 19
@1hopefulman that Is true, have important documents with us can save us a lot of headaches.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
20 Jan 19
Glad you know where they are and hopefully you will never have to rush out.
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
13 Jan 19
It must have been a horrible experience! Did you have lots of time or did you have to get out quickly?
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
13 Jan 19
@1hopefulman No it was quickly, floods do not wait for anyone.
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