Survival Kit

Emergency agencies recommend having a kit ready with items that will help you survive and recover from a disaster.

You should keep your kit in a handy location, in a container or bag that’s big enough to add extra items when you’re responding to a specific disaster.

Some basic items to include:

• Battery-powered, wind-up or solar-powered radio
• Waterproof torch
• Spare batteries for all devices
• First aid kit and guide book
• Toiletries including soap, handwash gels, alcohol wipes, toilet paper, tissues, toothpaste and sanitary items
• Cash and a phone card
• Woollen blankets
• Candles with waterproof matches or glow sticks
• Drinking water (consider having 10 litres per person to last three days)
• Dried and long-life food to last three days, include a can opener and utensils
• Waterproof bags for valuable items and documents
• Copies of essential documents such as prescriptions and insurance details or a USB stick with scanned copies
• Your written bushfire, cyclone, flood or emergency survival plan, including contact numbers of family or neighbours
• Items of protective clothing suitable for likely emergencies in your area such as long-sleeved natural-fibre shirts for bushfire areas, protective footwear or rubber boots in flood areas.

If you need to relocate, include:

• Prescription medications
• Toiletries and a change of clothes
• Mobile phone charger
• ATM cards and credit cards
• Important documents or valuables including passports, wills, photos, jewellery, insurance papers or mementoes

Don’t forget people with special needs in your family:

• Mobility aids
• Nappies and supplies for infants
• Encourage children to pack their favourite toy, colouring books, pens and pencils, cards or board games
• Items to keep your pets comfortable including a leash, basket, travelling cage and a familiar toy

Source
ABC Emergency

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