Home Survival Kit

Getting Ready

Prepare to cover all windows and doors with shutters or other shielding materials
Bring in light-weight objects such as garbage cans, garden tools, toys, and lawn furniture
Check food and water supplies
Stock up on extra batteries for radios, flashlights, and lanterns
Check and refresh first-aid supplies
Check prescription medicines (ten-day to 14 days supply)
Keep the items that you would most likely need during an evacuation in an easy to carry container such as a large, covered trash container; a camping back pack; or a duffle bag

Blankets/pillows, etc.
Clothing
Hat, gardening gloves, rain gear, sturdy shoes, long pants, long sleeve shirts, sunglasses, jacket or coat, underwear, socks
Sleeping bags
Water (minimum of one gallon daily per person for seven days)

Avoid foods that will make you thirsty
Ready to eat meals, fruits and vegetables
Non-perishable packaged or canned food/juices/soup
Staples (sugar, salt, pepper, powered milk)
High energy foods (peanut butter, jelly, salt free crackers, granola bars)
Foods for infants, elderly persons or persons with special dietary needs
Snack foods (cookies, hard candy, sweetened cereals, lollipops, instant coffee, tea bags)

Don't forget to refill all prescription medications before a storm approaches.

Prescription medications in their prescription bottles (sufficient for 10 to 14 days)
Antacid (for upset stomach)
Anti-diarrhea medication
Aspirin or non-aspirin pain reliever
Denture needs
Extra eye glasses/contact lenses and solutions
Hearing aid batteries
Heart and high blood pressure medications
Insulin
Laxative Vitamins
List of allergies and medications
Oxygen

Bank account numbers
Credit card account numbers and companies
Family records (birth, marriage, death certificates)
Document all valuables with video if possible
House keys
Important telephone numbers
Map of the city
Photo ID passports, social security cards, immunization records, etc
Photograph interior and exterior of home, inventory of all furnishings
Will, insurance policies, contracts, deeds, stocks and bonds, marriage certificate

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