With the Great Lakes Emergency Preparedness Expo only five days away, we’ve had a wave of several new exhibitors to add to the show’s roster. Many of them sell top quality products and offer a number of connections within the niche market of survival and disaster preparation, with something to appeal to basic and expert level preppers.

Insurance provider Western & Southern Life has various plans and policies to help you plan for a natural disaster for your home or business. When emergencies take place, insurance may seem like an afterthought when evacuation and providing basic human needs for your family, but even in the more common natural disasters like severe storms and flooding, recovering your home and possessions becomes a priority. Western & Southern Life is a strong fit at this year’s show lineup.

Fox Hole PX Store of Lansing Michigan brings a large selection of military-grade products to consider for anyone’s Bug Out Bag. The outdoor and surplus gear experts at Fox Hole PX Store have been in business for a very long time and only carry the finest in outdoor clothing, tools, supplies, and true military surplus. I have personally visited the Fox Hole PX Store, and everything is reasonably priced and readily-available, from outerwear like hiking and combat boots, coats, jackets, thermal underwear, anti-microbial socks, to useful multi-tools, survival knives, hatchets, axes, bushcraft items, MREs, and plenty of other survival gear to build a true-blooded military-inspired bug out bag. Fox Hole has a reputation as a outdoor and military surplus store that only carries a number of outdoor and survival goods within very affordable price ranges.

Also coming to GLEPE is Gr8Lakes Essentials, a provider of solar-powered K-Light Lanterns and SafeWick candles and other creative products for adapting to an environment without the cushy luxuries of home living. Gr8Lakes Essentials offers clients a ton of opportunies to bring some of the most progressive and usable technology to people who seek them out. They’re great for prepper movements looking to push the boundaries of what we can do out in the wilderness, or for general public to include

Click It Hot Packs brings many of their products to the show with the function of producing heat with no electricity or heat source required. The unique, innovative way that these packs heat up your body fits an essential need for surviving in the wilderness or even in cold weather environments. Moreover, these packs can be used cold as well to act as an aid to reduce swelling for injured joints or limbs, or simply as a heat source for aching body elements or warming extremities. Click It Hot Packs are excellent for aching muscles and joints while hiking or backpacking, and are proven to be more effective and practical than electric heaters.

Visit the Birch Run Expo Center tomorrow, Saturday October 19, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to experience the most that Michigan has to offer in emergency preparedness planning, supplies, and implementing these important concepts into you life. Get prepared at the Great Lakes Emergency Preparedness Expo!