Evacuation Supply Kit Checklist

Assume that you will need to take supplies with you for at least three days. Since speed and mobility are important, you'll want to store everything in easy-to-carry containers such as cardboard boxes and backpacks or duffle bags. A standard rule-of-thumb for water supply storage is one gallon per day per person: two quarts for drinking, and two quarts for sanitation and cooking.

Home/Shelter-in-Place Supply Kit Checklist

A shelter-in-place supplies list contains essentially the same items as the Evacuation list but it's more extensive, because you don't need to travel with it, and because the time you spend in shelter may be longer than three days.

Plan on a minimum of three days. If you can afford to, and if you have the storage space, seriously consider storing up to two or three weeks of supplies on hand.

You may be cut off from your power and water supplies during this time; plan accordingly. Water supplies may become contaminated. In case of an emergency, immediately fi ll up your bathtub and store as much water as possible.

Select foods that require no refrigeration, no preparation or cooking, and little or no water. Stock two weeks of non-perishable, high-energy foods per person.

Vehicle Emergency Supply Kit

You may be on the road when an emergency occurs. Be prepared. Assume you may have to overnight in your car.

Personal Kit

As a result of the World Trade Center attack in 2001 there's a greater awareness that violent terrorist incidents can interrupt anyone's life at any place at any time.

To heighten one's preparedness for such incidents it's helpful to think creatively about what you would really like to have on your person if for some reason you were caught in the midst of a major weapons attack.

For obvious reasons it's impractical to think about full protection measures, since no one can prepare fully for near-battlefi eld conditions.