Emergency Survival Items

In an emergency you will most likely need to remain at home.  In this situation you will need to rely on your Household Emergency Survival Items.

Emergency water supplies - 3 litres of
drinking water per person per day

Emergency food supplies and can opener

Transistor radio & spare batteries

Torch & spare batteries & bulbs

First aid kit & first aid manual

Essential medications

Plastic bags - large & small

Toilet paper

Important documents

Spare clothing: waterproof jackets, strong shoes

Blankets or sleeping bags

Basic toiletries

Baby's supplies

Emergency pet supplies: food, water

 

Storing Your Kit

You may want to store your Emergency Survival Kit in strong waterproof containers in an easily accessible, safe place, such as a hall cupboard. Discourage everyday use of items such as the radio and torch. Organise a regular timetable for testing and renewing the batteries. 

 

Emergency Food

You and your family will require enough food to last at least 72 hours after a major disaster. Although you are likely to have some food supplies anyway, it is still wise to ensure you have a separate "emergency supply". Simply have a separate store and record the date to indicate when it should be replaced or buy extra food when you can and rotate emergency stocks with your normal stocks. Store non perishable food and avoid foods that have to be cooked unless you have a portable cooker or barbecue.

Suitable Types of Emergency Food	Shelf Life
Tinned Meals / Fish / Meat / Vegetables	2 years
Dried Fruit / Rice	2 years
Muesli Bars	as marked
Skim milk powder	1 year
Ultra heated treated milk	as marked
Fruit juice (tinned or foiled sealed)	as marked

 

First Aid Kit

The importance of having a first aid kit at home, work, and in the car cannot be overemphasised. The following list is recommended by The Order of St. John as a minimum guide suitable for families.

Triangular Bandages (2)

Roller Bandages - 50 mm (1 roll) and 75mm (2 rolls)

Sterile Gauze - 7.5cm x 7.5 cm (2)

Adhesive Wound Dressing - 6cm wide x 1 metre long (1 strip)

Plaster Strip Dressings (1 packet)

Adhesive Tape - 25 mm hypoallergenic (1 roll)

Sterile Non-Adhesive Pads - small (2) and large (3)

Sterile Eye Pad (1)

Eye Wash Container (1)

Eye Wash Solution - Saline Steritube 30 ml (1)

Antiseptic Solution - Chlorhexidine Steritube 30 ml (4)

Safety Pins (1 card)

Scissors (1 pair)

Splinter Forceps (1 pair)

Disposable Gloves (2 pair)

First Aid Manual