Create an Emergency Survival Kit for Your Home

Suggested Survival Kit Contents

  • Portable radio
  • Flashlight
  • Candles
  • Matches
  • Medications
  • Five-day non-perishable food supply
  • Ice chest
  • Containers of water (2 quarts per person per day)
  • Sleeping bags or blankets
  • Personal toilet articles and sanitary needs
  • Disposable diapers
  • Clothing
  • Manual can opener
  • Cooking stove
  • Fuel for stoves, hibachis, or lanterns
  • Pet food

A mother holds up components of her survival kit, with her child in the other handOrganize an emergency supply of food and medical supplies.
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