Family Emergency Kit

If you must evacuate your home with little notice …

• Three-day supply of water

• Nonperishable foods (including pet food) and a nonelectric can opener

• Eating utensils

• Special foods for any dietary restrictions, including baby foods

• Family first-aid kit

• Battery- or cranked-powered radio

• Flashlight

• Extra batteries (rotate these out regularly so they don’t go stale in your closet)

• Matches in waterproof container

• Blanket or sleeping bag for each family member

• Extra clothing

• Face masks for air filtering

• Soap, wipes, antibacterial gel

• Toilet paper

• Copies of important family documents in waterproof containers

• Signal whistle

• Local maps

• Cash

Major Disaster Preparedness Kit

If you can safely stay in your home during an emergency …

• Fire extinguisher

• Tool kit (with ax, shovel, broom, screwdriver, pliers, hammer, coil of rope, coil of bailing wire, duct tape, razor blades, adjustable wrench for turning off gas or water)

• Chart showing location of shutoff valves in your home, including the main electrical switch

• Portable fire escape ladder for homes or buildings of more than one floor

• Portable butane or charcoal stove (to be used outdoors away from the garage)

• Gloves and cloths for cleaning up dangerous spills

• Covered containers for storing waste

• Garden hose kept near an outside faucet

Personal Emergency Service Kit

If you and your troop are called out to serve during an emergency …

• Poncho or raincoat with hood

• Change or underwear and socks

• Small bag with toiletries

• Sleeping bag and waterproof ground cloth

• Map of area where you’re going

• 50 feet of No. 5 sash cord

• Hand ax, folding saw or pocketknife

• Water treatment equipment

• Cook kit and canteen

• Flashlight

• Battery-powered radio

• Extra batteries

• Hard hart

• Personal first-aid kit

• Matches in waterproof container

• Emergency ration

• Pencil and small notebook

• Handkerchief

• Compass and map of the area (and GPS if you have one, with extra batteries)

• Watch

• Facial tissues

• Work gloves

• Face masks for air filtering