72 Hour Kits are EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to have for each member of your family. Hazards we are most vulnerable to in Clark County include earthquakes, flooding, wildfire, extreme heat and communicable disease.
For more information on Las Vegas Disasters, view "Emergency Preparedness-Natural Disasters" and "Emergency Preparedness-Man-Made Disasters"
BACKPACK
All of my backpacks are "wheeled rolling backpacks"
FOOD
3600 calorie bar*
*(The "Mainstay Bar" pictured below is from www.beprepared.com)
Comfort foods like:
beef jerky, granola bars, candy, crackers, fruit leather
WATER
3 gallons of water (Water pouches are from www.beprepared.com)
water bottle*
*A water filtration bottle is good to have with water purification tablets
SHELTER
emergency sleeping bag
emergency blanket
emergency tent
CLOTHING
rain poncho
socks
shoes
hat
1 change of clothes*
FUEL, HEAT, LIGHTING
wind & waterproof matches
flashlight
batteries for flashlight
lightsticks
hand crank flashlight & radio
headlight
PERSONAL CARE KIT
deoderant
soap
shampoo
washcloth
comb
toothpaste
toothbrush
hand sanitizer
chapstick
sunscreen
bug spray
kleenex
feminine products
FIRST AID
first aid kit
masks
MISCELLANEOUS SURVIVAL ITEMS
toilet paper
duct tape
trash bags
rope
knife
heavy duty scissors
whistle with compass
camp ax
camp shovel
work gloves
corded phone*
*Corded phone-Phone lines have their own power source. Every home has a telephone interface box which is usually mounted on an outside wall where the phone lines runs into your house. You can plug your corded phone into this box (even if it's not your own home) and have a working phone line. **This is for EMERGENCIES ONLY!!
MONEY
Keep very small bills (like 1's) in a ziplock bag
PERSONAL DOCUMENTS
I took all of my family documents and scanned them. Then I shrunk them so that all of our social security cards are on one page, all of our birth certificates are on one page, etc.
birth certificates
social security cards
immunization records
health information
insurance information (life, car, house, health)
marriage certificate
credit card information
will
emergency plan with:
*two meeting places (one meeting place if you can go close to home and another meeting place if you can't get near your home)
contact names and phone numbers of 2 people your entire family can call when there is an *emergency to "check in"
MEDICINE & VITAMINS
cold
pain
children's
prescription medication for 3 days
vitamins
ENTERTAINMENT
notebook, pen, pencil
scriptures
for children:
card games or coloring books
attach a luggage tag to your child's backpack with their picture inside the tag
DO YOU HAVE A BABY?--IN THE BABY PACK
diapers
wipes
bottle
formula
pacifier
LARGE ITEMS TO KEEP NEXT TO YOUR 72 HOUR KIT
sleeping bags
family tent
