72 hour kit
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Putting together a 72 hour kit for your family, so that you are prepared in case of an emergency. It is important to include a three day supply of food and water, per person, when no refrigeration or cooking is available; as well as medication, clothing, bedding, light, equipment, first aid, personal items, money, and personal documents. There are pre-packaged 72 hour kits you can purchase - great way to get started, and then add personal items to the kit. Keep basic 72 hour kit in each car, at work, and a more complete kit at home.
- Addresses, phone numbers for family, friends, insurance, physicians, financial, work, school
- Aluminum foil
- Axe
- Baby items (if applicable) – diapers, wipes, ointment, clothing, bibs, bottles, formula, snacks
- Bag(s) to put 72 Hour Kit items in (such as duffel bags or back packs)
- Basic tools
- Batteries
- Battery lighting (flashlights, lamps, lanterns – with working batteries)
- Bedding, blankets, sheets
- Blankets and Emergency Heat Blankets
- Can opener
- Candles
- Candy, gum
- Canned food - tuna, beans, beef, vienna Sausages, fruit
- Canned juice
- Cash
- Cereal
- Change of clothing (shirts, layers, pants, jackets, socks)
- Cheese spread
- Copies of legal documents, identification
- Crackers
- Credit card
- Dish soap
- Dishes/utensils/cup
- dried fruit
- Drinks – powdered drink mix
- Duct tape
- Energy bars
- Equipment
- Eyeglasses – extra glasses, contact, solution, sunglasses, cloth
- Feminine hygiene
- First aid supplies
- Flares
- Food – other non-perishable items – peanut butter, crackers, cheese spread, freeze dried
- Fuel
- Garbage bags
- Genealogy and family history records
- Granola bars
- Hand sanitizer
- Immunizations – record, up-to date
- Insect repellant
- Insurance policies
- Legal documents (birth/marriage Certificates, wills, contracts, etc)
- Lighter
- Medication
- Miscellaneous
- Over the counter medication (Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, children's medication, allergy)
- Paper cups & plates
- Paper towels
- Passports
- Pen and paper
- Personal documents and money – in water container
- Personal supplies
- Pet care items, food, litter boxes, medications, toys
- Plastic bags
- Plastic bucket with tightly fitted lid (use as toilet)
- Plastic Sheet
- Pocket knife
- Pre-paid phone calling cards
- Prescription medication (for 3 days)
- Protein bars
- Radio (with batteries)
- Rain Coat/Poncho
- Religious documents
- Rope
- Scissors
- Scriptures
- Sewing kit
- Shampoo
- Shovel
- Soap
- Sunscreen
- Toilet paper (remove center tube, flatten into a bag)
- Toiletries
- Trail mix
- Vaccination papers
- Vitamins
- Water (1 Gallon/4 Liters per person)
- Water-proof matches
- Whistle
- Work gloves
