Tools

• A portable, battery-powered radio or television and extra batteries
  
• Flashlight and extra batteries
  
• Signal flare
  
• Matches in a waterproof container
  
• Shut off wrench, pliers, shovel and other tools.
  
• Duct tape and scissors
  
• Whistle
  
• A-B-C type fire extinguisher
  
• Tube tent
  
• Compass
  
• Work gloves
  
• Paper, pens and pencils
  
• Needles and thread
  
• Battery-operated travel alarm clock.

Kitchen Items

• Manual can opener
  
• Mess kits or paper cups, plates and plastic utensils
  
• All-purpose knife
  
• Household liquid bleach to treat drinking water
  
• Sugar, salt, pepper
  
• Aluminum foil and plastic wrap
  
• Re-sealing plastic bags
  
• If food must be cooked, small cooking stove and a can of cooking fuel.

Sanitation and Hygiene Items

• Washcloth and towel
  
• Towelettes, soap, hand sanitizer, liquid detergent
  
• Tooth paste, toothbrush
  
• Shampoo, deodorants, comb, razor, lip balm, insect repellent, contact lens solution, mirror, feminine supplies
  
• Heavy-duty plastic garbage bags and ties for personal sanitation
  
• Toilet paper
  
• Medium-sized plastic bucket with tight lid
  
• Disinfectant and household chlorine bleach
  
• Extra clothes
  
• Bedding materials
  
• Consider including a small shovel for digging a latrine

Household Documents

• Personal identification
  
• Cash, including change and a credit card
  
• Copies of important documents: birth certificate, marriage certificate, driver’s license, social security cards, passport, wills and deeds.
  
• Immunization records

Source: www.fema.gov (Federal Emergency Management Agency) contributed to this report.