Prepare Disaster Supply Kits
Keep one kit in your home, another in your car, and a third at work.
Personal/office disaster supply kit
- Medications, prescription list, copies of medical cards, doctors’ names and contact information
- Medical consent forms for dependents and copies of personal identification
- First aid kit and handbook
- Non-latex gloves, dust masks
- Spare eyeglasses or contact lenses and cleaning solution
- Whistle (to alert rescuers to your location)
- Sturdy shoes, change of clothes, blanket
- Emergency cash ( ATMs require power and might not work)
- Local road maps
- List of emergency out-of-area contact phone numbers
- Bottled water, snack foods high in water and calories
- Flashlight with extra batteries and light bulbs
- Comfort items such as games, crayons, writing materials, stuffed animals
- Toiletries and personal care supplies
- Extra keys for car, home, office, safe deposit box etc.
Household disaster supply kit—Supplies for at least seven days
Store in an easily accessible location, preferably outdoors, in a large watertight, easily-moved container. Replace perishable items like water, food, medications and batteries on a yearly basis.
- Water (minimum one gallon a day for each person and pet)
- Wrenches or other special tools to turn off gas and water supplies
- Work gloves and protective goggles
- Heavy duty plastic bags for waste, and to serve as tarps, rain ponchos, etc. Include duct tape.
- Portable or hand-cranked radio with extra batteries
- Additional flashlights or light sticks
- Canned and packaged food
- Charcoal or propane for outdoor cooking and matches if needed
- Cooking utensils and a manual can opener
- Pet food, pet carrier and restraints
- Comfortable, warm clothing including extra socks
- Blankets and/or sleeping bags, and perhaps a tent
- Copies of vital documents (deeds, insurance, bank accounts etc.)
Car disaster supply kit
Decide what items in your personal kit are absolute necessities and add:
- An additional 6-pack of water
- Tire repair kit, booster/jumper cables, pump and flares, white distress flag or silver space blanket
- Seasonal supplies: winter (blanket, hat, mittens, shovel, sand, chains, windshield scraper); summer (sunscreen and hat)
