Overview
Use the following list as a guideline when preparing your Emergency Survival Kit:

• Four-week supply of prescription medicines
• Five-day supply of non-perishable food
• Non-perishable special dietary foods
• Ice chest
• Water - a minimum of two quarts per person per day
• Pet food
• Candles
• Matches
• Fuel for stoves, hibachis, or lanterns
• Pillows, blankets, sleeping bags, or air mattresses
• Flashlights, batteries and extra bulbs
• Portable radio and extra batteries
• Extra clothing, eye glasses
• Masking tape for windows and glass doors
• Personal hygiene items such as toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, etc.
• Special items for infants, elderly or family members with special needs
• Quiet games, books, playing cards, and favorite toys for children
• Important papers including driver's license, special medical information, insurance policies, and written or videotaped property inventories
• First aid kit and water purification kit (tablets or chlorine available at drug stores)