Emergency kit for the home
One box, one known place, checked twice a year. The point is not the contents so much as everybody in the house knowing where they are.
32 items
Makes your own editable copy. No account needed.
The items
- Light and power
- Torches×2
- Spare batteries in the right sizes
- Power bank, charged
- Candles and matches
- Wind-up or battery radio
- Water and food
- Bottled water, three litres per person per day×18
- Tinned food that needs no cooking
- Tin opener that is not electric
- Camping stove and gas, if you have one
- Warmth
- Blankets
- Hot water bottles
- Spare warm clothes and socks
- Papers, in a waterproof folder
- Insurance policies and numbers
- Copies of passports and IDs
- Emergency contacts on paper
- Some cashCard machines do not work in a power cut either.
- Practical
- First aid kit
- Any prescription medicines, a week's worth
- Whistle
- Duct tape
- Spare keys
- Wet wipes and hand sanitiser
- Know before you need it
- Where the stopcock is
- Where the fuse box and the main switch are
- Where the gas shut-off valve is
- Everyone in the house knows where this box lives
Makes your own editable copy. No account needed.
Questions people ask
- Where should the kit live?
- Somewhere reachable without stairs or a ladder, and known to everyone in the house. A loft is the worst place: it is dark, high and needs a torch to reach.
- How much water should I store?
- Three litres per person per day, for three days. It sounds like a lot until a mains burst leaves the street dry for a weekend.