Get portable
containers for each family member; a plastic bucket, a backpack,
or a suitcase etc. Plan for a means of transporting if
necessary; a wagon, luggage cart, grocery cart etc. Select a
suitable location for the containers and inform all family
members where they are.
Week
2
Post
emergency numbers near each telephone. Teach each member of
the family these numbers including the number of a friend or
relative who lives in a different province and can be a contact
person for your family. Put in each container: 1- 6 oz. can of
tuna or chicken, as well as eating utensils and a can opener.
Week
3
Plan
and practice family evacuation drills using 2 different escape
routes from each room and meet outside at an appointed place.
Put in each container: 1 can Vienna sausages or other canned
meat and 1 box raisins or other dried fruit.
Week
4
Put
in each container: 3 granola bars and 3 8 oz. cans of fruit
juice.
Week
5
Put
in each container: 2 large (30-40 gal) plastic bags (to be used
as poncho, ground cover or blanket, 6 medium (13 gal.) plastic
bags, a plastic cup and dish.
Week
6
Put
in each container: 1 small package Kleenex, 1 can nuts, small
container of nut butter and honey and a 3 day supply of pet food
(if applicable).
Week
7
Add
1 change of clothing for each person: underwear, socks, shirts,
pants, sweater, hat, work gloves (for those doing clean up),
jacket and sturdy shoes.
Week
8
Water:
1.5 to 3 gallons per person. You might want to consider a
separate means of transporting water for the whole family.
Week
9
Put
1/2 pound powdered milk and 1 envelope powdered fruit juice in
each kit.
Week
10
Put
in each container: 3 sticks of jerky, 3- 8 oz. cans of fruit
(peaches, applesauce etc.).
Week
11
Put
in each container: 1/2 pound trail mix and 3 vitamin-mineral
supplements tablets.
Week
12
Put
in each container: bedding. This could be a sleeping bag or
blanket, 1 cloth sheet and 1 plastic sheet for a ground cover.
In practicing your evacuation drill, train family members to
quickly roll up sheet and blankets together as they get out of
bed and bring them as they leave their rooms.
Week
13
Put
in each container: brush and or comb, toothbrush and toothpaste.
Week
14
Put
in each container: 6 safety pins of assorted sizes, 1 towel, a
washcloth and 1 bar of soap, a flashlight and batteries.
Week
15
Put
in each container: 1 tube of chapstick and 10 quarters for the
phone (if it works).
Week
16
Put
in each container: 6 individual wrapped handiwipes, 15 paper
towels, sanitary pads and rolled up newspaper.
Week
17
Put
in each container of each person over 12 years of age: 12
waterproofed matches and a striker or piece of sandpaper, 1
candle in a jar, a small pocketknife or paring knife.
Week
18
Put
in each container: 1 pkg. rice cakes, paper, pencil, game or
deck of cards. Fill out medical release forms for each minor
child in the family and put in the appropriate container.
Week 19
Put
in each container: 1 can pork and beans, 3 fruit rolls.
Week 20
Put
in ONE container: 10 - 20 ft. length of rope,
water purification tablets or medicine dropper and small bottle
of chlorine bleach, a bar of soap and a soap dish.
Week 21
Put
in ONE container: sunscreen, hand lotion,
fingernail clippers, deodorant, small bottle of aspirin or Tylenol.
Week 22
Put
in ONE container: battery operated radio with
extra batteries and some favourite books.
Week 23
Put
in ONE container: mirror, razor and shaving cream,
Q-tips, sore throat lozenges, hydrogen peroxide, rubbing
alcohol, band-aids and adhesive tape.
Week 24
Put
in ONE container: diarrhea remedy, elastic
bandages, gauze, upset stomach remedy and 6 gauze pads.
Week 25
Put
in ONE container: scissors, tweezers, triangular
bandage, needle and thread, mineral oil.
Week 26
Put
in ONE container: FIRST
AID BOOK!!, sanitary pads to
stop bleeding, burn medication, and prescriptions (put
individual prescriptions in corresponding containers).
Week 27
Get a large
bucket with a tight fitting lid to use as a toilet. Use the room
inside to store an axe and folding shovel maybe.
Week 28
Put
in ONE container: small container of detergent,
dishpan, screwdriver, pliers, pet collars.
Week 29
Put
in ONE container: small hammer and nails,
electrical tape, adjustable wrench and signal flares.
Week 30
Put
in ONE container: spare car and house keys, spare
glasses etc., whistle and string.
Week 31
Assemble in
accessible place for evacuation: personal documents i.e. photos,
wills, insurance, passport and an inventory of possessions.
Week 32
If you have an
infant in the family you will need: disposable bottles and
nipples, warm sleepers, disposable diapers, formula, warm
blanket, hooded jacket, baby food, crackers, toys, baby Tylenol,
Vaseline and a change of clothes or two.
Yippee, you are
done! Now be sure to get all your neighbors to do this too, or
they will all be at your place eating your stuff. hehehe
