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Emergency kit
This kit should meet the needs of your family. Use ready to eat foods your family will eat and hobbies and entertainment your family likes to do. Include individual medication as required by your family members. Whatever container or bag is used should be portable.

A class ABC fire extinguisher is recommended for each home.

You should have:

Immediately available Battery powered radio Flashlight and extra batteries Emergency Needs Instruction Manuals on Emergency Preparedness Water storage Sleeping bags and blankets Sanitation Kit Plastic bucket with tight fitted lid Plastic bags and ties toilet paper disinfectant improvised toilet seat (for bucket) feminine hygiene needs paper towels soap paper cups paper plates plastic utensils can opener utility knife Stress Factors Children - coloring book, crayons Adults - books, needle work In the Car Standard First Aid Kit Blanket Flashlight and batteries Reflectors and flares Individual Medical Needs Suggested Additions Family Photographs Medical Information Sheet Insurance Information Identification for each Family Member Will or Trust Information (copies of each)

Food - Ready-to-eat Meats: canned Fruit Cocktail Peanut Butter Powdered Milk Infant Care: Canned milk and bottles Dried Fruit: (caution - drink plenty of water.) Raisins, prunes, fruit leather Crackers Stress Foods Sugar Cookies Sweetened Cereals Hard Candy Standard First Aid Kit First Aid manual Spirits of ammonia Scissors Table salt Baking soda Eye drops Safety pins Matches Adhesive or paper tape Bandages Telfa pads (4"x4") Triangle Bandage (37"x37"x37") Roll of Gauze Elastic Bandage Splints Popsicle sticks shingles or thin board 40 page newspaper or magazines Heavy String At least one change of clothing for everyone including shoes

Emergency Car Kit

EARTHQUAKE Shoes First Aid Water Paper/pencil Food bar Gas/ >1/2 tank Flashlight Few dollars/change

WINTER Gloves Hat Plastic bags/large/small Food Blanket Snow Scraper Antenna cloth

GENERAL Booster cables Tools- shovel Flares Fire Extinguisher Battery Radio

Office Emergency Kit

Toiletries Men - Shaving Women - personal items. soap washcloth towel comb brush toothbrush

Clothing change of underclothing socks comfortable shoes sweatsuit type wear jeans t-shirts gloves

First Response flashlight battery radio first aid supplies headache reliever tissues (for crying) candles matches (only if no threat of gas leak)

Food and Water 2 qts water per day 2 to 3 days of easy to prepare food: Raisins dried fruit canned items, can opener crackers nuts pretzels tuna applesauce drinks etc.

Other Items paper bowls utensils medicines paper cups book to read mylar blanket jacket if winter hard candy - preferably life savers- give to people who are in a panic, or otherwise upset. It will help them to calm down.

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