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Here's one type of fireproof document chest for home storage. Use a waterproof pelican case inside a fireproof chest for added protection. In an evacuation, you can leave behind the fireproof document chest and just bring the waterproof pelican case. Store in a VERY...

There are many good commercial first aid kits or you can make up your own. Every able person in the household should take a basic first aid course and update their first aid knowledge every five years. Every household should have a large first aid kit for home use and...

If you are going to the 2014 Kamloops Home Show this weekend TELL ME you're moving this year and I'LL GIVE YOU a small gift to help with your move. (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!) Like GO BOX Storage on Facebook and get a chance to WIN a HOME SHOW GIVEAWAY! (See below.) GO BOX...

GO BOX Storage wants to help with your emergency preparation. GO BOX Storage is giving away a Victorinox Camper Knife on Facebook on April 11, 2014. Many people believe that if a serious emergency occurs the government will come in an rescue them and their family. But...

This mobile lighting system fits on a standard pallet and can be moved with a forklift. One of the hazards of running a mobile storage company is wanting to make everything mobile. Shaen has just completed a mobile lighting system for bedding plants. He built it out...

"Every day carry refers to a small collection of tools, equipment and supplies that are carried on a daily basis to assist in tackling situations ranging from the mundane to the disastrous." Wikipedia GO BOX Storage wants to help with your emergency preparation. Watch...

This is the piece of shade cloth we put on the west side of the office. On most summer days it's enough to keep the office cool. Summer has finally come to Kamloops. We do not use air conditioning to cool our house or office. The office gets full westerly sun exposure...

It's easy to create wild bird habitat. It doesn't need to cost a fortune. Creating wild bird habitat can actually save money. The GO BOX permaculture project shows how to take a waste product — save a neighbor trucking costs — while creating a wild bird brier....

"This used to be a Funhouse, but now it's full of evil clowns." Funhouse by Pink When I was a young person, I believed that big government could solve any and all problems. I believed that I would find my place in "the system" and spend my working days toiling for the...

May 26 to June 2, 2013 is Bike to Work Week in Kamloops. In my youth, I was a long-distance cyclist and I support getting people back on bicycles and commuting to work. But no one seems to ask the simple question: "Why do we have to commute to work?" In the past, just...

Here are the girls getting used to the new location after a move. They really like lawn clippings for their nesting boxes. I guess an occupational hazard of running a mobile storage company like GO BOX Storage is wanting to make everything "mobile". Over the last few...