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

Clothing/Bedding

• 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)

Food (sufficient for seven days per person)

• 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)

Sanitation and Hygiene Supplies

• Feminine supplies
• Insect repellent
• Liquid detergent
• Moisture wipes
• Personal hygiene items
• Shampoo, comb, brush
• Soap
• Toilet paper

Special Needs for Babies/Infants

• Bottles
• Diapers
• Formula
• Medications
• Pacifiers
• Powered milk

Prescription and Non-Prescription Medication

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

Important Documents (keep in a waterproof container)

• 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

Special Items

• All-purpose knife
• Aluminum foil, plastic wrap
• Battery-operated travel alarm clock
• Flashlight (extra batteries)
• Moisture wipes
• Needles, thread
• Non-electric can opener
• Paper, pencil
• Radio (battery operated)
• Resealable plastic bags
• Work gloves

Comfort Items

• Games, cards, books
• Toys for kids