Home Shelter Kit
Assemble this now & put aside in a special box. Keep heat-sensitive items inside your home and mark with the purchase date and rotate stock throughout the year. Keeping batteries in the refrigerator prolong their life. Formulate a plan on where you are going to go and how you can be reached if you leave your home so family members know.
- Flashlights and extra bulbs *
- Clock (windup or battery-operated)
- Radio (battery-operated)
- Extra batteries
- Toilet paper
- Matches (water proof)
- Scissors
- Plastic garbage bags (50 gallon and small, if you need a rain coat cut the top and side for your head and arms)
- Working fire extinguisher
- Clean change of clothes, rain gear, sturdy boots *
- Fully charged battery-operated lanterns (don't use candles, they are a fire hazard)
- Blanket rolls for each person in the household *
- Map of the area *
- List of phone numbers (doctor, insurance company, family members, pharmacy, bank) *
- List of medicines that your family are taking 10 day supply *
- Copy of insurance policies or other important papers, bank account info*
Emergency toilet
- Garbage can with tight lid
- Plastic bags for liners
- Disinfectant or bleach
- Deodorizer
- Extra toilet paper
Baby needs *
- Disposable diapers
- Wipes
- Diaper-rash ointment
- Baby medicines
- Medicine dropper
- Extra formula, baby food
Food supplies
- Enough nonperishable foods for two weeks. Note: stay away from high sodium foods as they are going to make you thirsty
- Water: 2 quarts to 1 gallon per person per day (get enough for 2 weeks)
- Shelf-stable juice and milk boxes
- Canned and powdered milk
- Beverages (canned or powdered, fruit juices, instant coffee, tea)
- Canned vegetables and fruits
- Canned or bagged dry fruits
- Prepared foods (canned soups, beef, spaghetti, tuna, chicken, ham, pudding)
- Snacks (crackers, peanut butter, jelly, cheese spreads)
- Cereals
- Dry & canned pet food *
- Extra baby formula, baby food *
Kitchen supplies
- Waterless hand sanitizer *
- Manual can opener
- Water purification tablets
- Bottle opener
- Matches in a plastic bag
- Pocketknife
- Camp stove with plenty of fuel, gas grill with extra propane tank full or charcoal grill and extra charcoal (use only canned fuel indoors sterno)
- Ice chests or coolers
- Paper plates, napkins, plastic cups and plastic utensils
- Disposable pans for cooking
- Plastic bags, jugs or containers for water or ice
Hardware
- Hand tools: hammer, screwdriver, shovel, pickax handsaws, chainsaw
- Power screwdriver
- Tarps
- Rope
- Sturdy work gloves
- Duct tape *
- Nails
- Plywood
Medical supplies *
- First aid handbook
- Insect repellent
- Citronella candles
- Insect bite lotion
- Petroleum jelly
- Ointments for burns, cuts
- Antiseptic solution
- Sunscreen
- Extra over-the counter medicine (for colds, allergies, cough)
- Aspirin, acetaminophen, antacid tablets
- Children's medicines
- Diarrhea medication
- Feminine hygiene items
- Incontinence supplies
- Rubbing alcohol
- Iodine
- Disinfectant
- Soap in plastic bags, shampoo
- Hand wipes
Other first aid supplies
- Medic alert tags
- Hypoallergenic adhesive tape
- Thermometer
- Cotton-tipped swabs
- Sterile rolls
- Sterile adhesive bandages
- Sterile gauze pads
- Roller bandages
- Scissors
- Tweezers
- Plastic sheetings
- Adhesive tape
- Safety pins
- Latex gloves
* Keep in Shelter Kit if you are asked to leave you home