An emergency preparedness kit is an important part of your preparation.

Your emergency preparedness kit can be simple with a few basics or a full-fledged “go bag.”

Here’s a list of items to consider:

• Water, at least one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days;
• Food, at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food;
• a battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries;
• a Flashlight and extra batteries;
• a First aid kit;
• Whistle to signal for help;
• Cell phone with chargers, inverter or solar charger;
• copies of important documents;

Here’s a more complete Go Bag List.

For your home, prepare all the same items as you do for your go bag.  And since you don’t have to carry it, add these items in the following categories:

• Water – one gallon per person per day
• Larger scale water purifier (yield should be 1 gal/person/day)

• Food – ready to eat or requiring minimal water
• Portable cooking stove

• Candles
• Lantern – BriteLyte:  get light and cook on it, all in the same unit

• Plastic sheeting, duct tape and utility knife for covering broken windows
• Tools such as a crowbar, hammer & nails, staple gun, adjustable wrench and bungee cords.
• Large heavy duty plastic bags and a plastic bucket for waste and sanitation
• Heavy work gloves
• Disposable camera
• Fire extinguisher
• Fire starting tools

- Terry Leverett

Recommended Resource: Ultimate Go Bag – We have a higher end emergency preparedness kit in our store that contains everything you will need.  It’s called the Ultimate “Go Bag”. It contains all the basics and more.