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72 Hour Emergency Kit

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Battery powered radio
Flashlight and extra batteries

Emergency Needs

Instruction manuals on emergency preparedness
Water storage
Sleeping bags & blankets

Sanitation Kit

Plastic bucket with tightly fitted lid
Plastic bags and ties
Toilet paper
Disinfectant
Improvised toilet seat
Feminine hygiene needs
Paper towels
Soap
Paper cups
Paper plates
Plastic utensils
Can opener
Utility knife
Duct tape

Stress Factors

Children
- Coloring book
- Crayons
Adults
- Books
- Needlework

A Class ABC fire extinguisher is recommended for each home.

Some families may need a large container (32 gallon garbage can) to hold all the items. Other families may be able to use the plastic bucket from the sanitation kit for this storage. You may choose to use backpacks. They make it easier to take the items with you.

This 72 hour kit should meet the needs of your family. Pack hobby and entertainment items that appeal to your family. Use foods that your family will eat. Include any special medications that is required by family members.

Food

Meats: tuna, sardines, spam, vienna sausages
Fruit cocktail
Peanut butter
Powdered milk
Infant care: canned milk & bottles
Canned juices
Dried fruit (caution: drink plenty of water): raisins, prunes, fruit leather
Crackers (drink plenty of water)

Stress Foods

Sugar cookies
Sweetened cereals
Hard candy

Standard First Aid Kit

First aid manual
Aromatic spirits of ammonia
Water purification tablets
Table salt
Baking soda
Eye drops
Safety pins
Matches
Adhesive or paper tape
Bandages
- Telfa pads 4" x 4"
- Triangle bandage
- Telfa pads 37" x 37" x 52"
- Roll of gauze
- Coban elastic bandage
Splints
- Popsicle sticks
- Shingles or thin board
- 40 page newspaper
Heavy string
Individual's medication

Car

Standard First Aid Kit
Blanket
Flashlight and Batteries
Reflectors
Change of clothes
Extra shoes
Food
Water