🎒 72-Hour Kit
🚪 Evacuation
📄 Documents
🌪️ Disasters
📝 Quiz
The 72-Hour Kit
Survive 3 days without outside help
🎒 Why 72 Hours?
In a major disaster, emergency services may take 3+ days to reach you. Your kit should keep your family safe, fed, and hydrated until help arrives or you can evacuate.
Water
• 1 gallon per person per day
• 3 gallons per person minimum
• Water purification tablets
• 3 gallons per person minimum
• Water purification tablets
Food
• 3-day supply non-perishable
• Manual can opener
• Energy bars, dried fruit
• Pet food if needed
• Manual can opener
• Energy bars, dried fruit
• Pet food if needed
First Aid
• First aid kit
• Prescription medications (7 days)
• Glasses/contacts backup
• Personal hygiene items
• Prescription medications (7 days)
• Glasses/contacts backup
• Personal hygiene items
Tools & Light
• Flashlight + extra batteries
• Battery/crank radio
• Multi-tool or knife
• Whistle for signaling
• Battery/crank radio
• Multi-tool or knife
• Whistle for signaling
Communication
• Phone charger (battery pack)
• Emergency contact list
• Local maps
• Cash in small bills
• Emergency contact list
• Local maps
• Cash in small bills
Shelter & Warmth
• Emergency blankets
• Rain ponchos
• Change of clothes
• Sturdy shoes
• Rain ponchos
• Change of clothes
• Sturdy shoes
👶 Special Needs Items
Infants: Formula, bottles, diapers, wipes, baby food
Medical: 7+ days of prescriptions, medical equipment, oxygen
Pets: Food, water, leash, carrier, medications, vaccination records
Elderly: Mobility aids, dentures, hearing aid batteries
📅 Maintenance Schedule
• Every 6 months: Rotate food and water, check batteries
• Annually: Update medications, clothes for growing kids
• Check dates: Food, water, medications all expire
Tip: Check kit when you change smoke detector batteries!
• Annually: Update medications, clothes for growing kids
• Check dates: Food, water, medications all expire
Tip: Check kit when you change smoke detector batteries!
Evacuation Planning
Know where to go and how to get there
🏠 Home Evacuation Plan
Two exits from every room - Door and window. Test that windows open!
Meeting spot outside - Mailbox, tree, neighbor's driveway
Meeting spot away from home - Library, relative's house, school
Two evacuation routes - What if main roads are blocked?
Out-of-state contact - Long distance calls often work when local don't
🔥 Fire Evacuation Rules
• Get out FIRST, then call 911
• If door is hot, use alternate exit
• Stay low in smoke (cleaner air below)
• Once out, STAY out - never go back in
• Meet at designated spot for headcount
• Practice: Family should escape in under 2 minutes
• If door is hot, use alternate exit
• Stay low in smoke (cleaner air below)
• Once out, STAY out - never go back in
• Meet at designated spot for headcount
• Practice: Family should escape in under 2 minutes
🚗 "Go Bag" for Your Car
Keep a smaller kit in your vehicle:
• Water bottles
• Snacks
• First aid kit
• Flashlight
• Phone charger
• Blanket
• Jumper cables
• Basic tools
• Water bottles
• Snacks
• First aid kit
• Flashlight
• Phone charger
• Blanket
• Jumper cables
• Basic tools
🏃 Practice Makes Perfect
Fire drill: 2x per year minimum, including one at night
Practice goal: Everyone out in under 2 minutes
Include everyone: Babysitters, elderly, disabled family members
Pets: Know who grabs each pet
Practice goal: Everyone out in under 2 minutes
Include everyone: Babysitters, elderly, disabled family members
Pets: Know who grabs each pet
Protect Important Documents
Recover faster after disaster
📁 Document Protection Strategy
1. Originals: Fireproof safe at home or bank safe deposit box
2. Copies: In your emergency kit
3. Digital: Encrypted cloud storage or secure USB drive
2. Copies: In your emergency kit
3. Digital: Encrypted cloud storage or secure USB drive
Driver's licenses / IDs
Passports
Social Security cards
Birth certificates
Marriage certificate
Property deeds / lease
Insurance policies
Medical records / prescriptions
Bank account info
Wills / power of attorney
Pet vaccination records
Home inventory photos
📷 Home Inventory for Insurance
Video walk-through of your home showing all valuables. Open drawers, closets, garage. Store video in cloud.
This proves what you owned for insurance claims. Without it, you may get pennies on the dollar.
This proves what you owned for insurance claims. Without it, you may get pennies on the dollar.
📞 Emergency Contacts List
Family members - Cell phones + work numbers
Doctors - Primary care, specialists, pharmacy
Schools - Kids' schools, daycares
Employers - Work contact numbers
Insurance - Home, auto, health policy numbers
Veterinarian - Vet clinic, pet microchip info
Disaster-Specific Actions
Different threats require different responses
Tornado
Basement or interior room. Away from windows. Cover head.
Flood
Move to higher ground. Never drive through water.
Hurricane
Board windows. Evacuate if ordered. Shelter in interior room.
Wildfire
Evacuate early. Close windows. Wet roof if time.
Earthquake
Drop, Cover, Hold On. Doorways are NOT safer.
Power Outage
Unplug appliances. Use flashlights not candles. Keep freezer closed.
🚗 Never Drive Through Floodwater
"Turn Around, Don't Drown"
• 6 inches of water can knock you down
• 12 inches can carry away a car
• 2 feet can float most vehicles
• You can't tell depth - road may be washed out underneath
More than half of flood deaths are in vehicles.
• 6 inches of water can knock you down
• 12 inches can carry away a car
• 2 feet can float most vehicles
• You can't tell depth - road may be washed out underneath
More than half of flood deaths are in vehicles.
📱 Emergency Alerts
• Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA): Automatic on most phones
• NOAA Weather Radio: 24/7 broadcasts, ~$30
• Local news apps: Enable push notifications
• FEMA app: Free alerts, shelter locations, tips
• NOAA Weather Radio: 24/7 broadcasts, ~$30
• Local news apps: Enable push notifications
• FEMA app: Free alerts, shelter locations, tips
🌍 Earthquake: Drop, Cover, Hold On
DROP to hands and knees
COVER head and neck under sturdy desk or table
HOLD ON until shaking stops
❌ Doorways are NOT safer (old myth)
❌ Don't run outside during shaking
COVER head and neck under sturdy desk or table
HOLD ON until shaking stops
❌ Doorways are NOT safer (old myth)
❌ Don't run outside during shaking
🎒 Emergency Prep Quiz
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