How to Put Together a Home Emergency Kit

No matter where you live, you may find yourself in a natural disaster such as earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes. Every home should have an emergency kit in a safe accessible place. There are pre-stocked home emergency kits and there are emergency kits that can be put together. Putting your own together is usually cheaper. No matter if, you buy or make your own emergency kit there are items every emergency kit should have.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. For cuts and scrapes there should be plenty of different size band-aids, disinfectants, gauze, Neosporin, and a stitch kit.

2. There should be over the counter medicines such as ibuprofen, antihistamine, Tylenol cold and flu, and anti-acid.

3. Items for comfort like hot and cold packs, and thermal blankets.

4. Additional items scissors, twisters, ace bandages, surgical tape, magnifying glass, batteries, and small flashlight.

5. Keep all your emergency kit supplies in a canvas backpack that reads emergency kit for easy carrying

Tips & Warnings

• Keep your emergency kit up to date

[survivalist]

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[gahazeleyes]

on 6/20/2009 Wonderful aritcle and well needed. I will also pass this on to my sisters in another state. This is very simple things that we just don't think of until it's time to use them.