The points you mention about preparation, organisation and also being calm are excellent, because in moments of nerves you don't think well at all.
In this post I remembered what happened in the city where I was born a few weeks ago, it was chaos, many people lost everything and many disappeared because of the tornado.
It is normal to have storms there, but not like the one that happened and a proper preparation would have prevented greater evils.
In my case I always like to have the supplies you mention, in fact I have almost all the points up to date, but that is already a habit of mine, I don't know if I do it in case of emergency or because by nature I like to be prepared.
Two months ago there was a fire in the building. In the courtyard on the first floor, but we thought it was in the building itself. My mother got so scared that she couldn't think but I kept calm, reasoned and acted very well calling the fire brigade and so on. Everything turned out well.
All this is very important to keep in mind. Thank you very much!
Have you put any thought or effort into building personal skills like first aid? It's amazing how many people don't understand the concepts and so are ull-prepared when things go wrong. There's other aspects also and a few skills and some understanding can go a long way towards keeping a person safe or helping others.
Knowing what you know and don't know is important, as is building on existing skills.
That is something I have yet to learn, it is true. In case someone needs me to know what to do.
At the Red Cross they teach, I'll find out where it is and go and find out.