Make Disaster Kits
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Make Disaster Kits
a large ear thquake or other disasters. Emergency
response agencies and hospitals could be overwhelmed
and unable to provide you with immediate assistance.
Knowing first aid and having supplies will save lives, will
make life more comfortable, and will help you cope after
the next disaster. In addition to your personal disaster
supplies kits, store a household disaster supplies kit in an
easily accessible location (in a large watertight container
with wheels that can be easily moved), with a three-day
to one-week supply of the items listed on side two of this
Focus Sheet.
Check these websites
www.earthquakecountry.info/roots (Earthquake Country
Alliance/Southern California Earthquake Center)
www.espfocus.org (Emergency Survival Program)
Create Disaster Supplies Kits
www.oes.ca.gov (California Governor’s Office of Emergency
Services)
Everyone should have personal disaster supplies kits.
www.redcross.org (American Red Cross)
Keep one kit in your home, another in your car, and a
third kit at work or school. This is so they can be reached
even if your building is badly damaged. Backpacks or
other small bags are best for your disaster supplies kits so
you can take them with you if you evacuate. The kits will
be useful for many emergencies. Include at least the items
that are listed on side two of this Focus Sheet.
Electrical, water, transportation, communications, and
other vital systems can be disrupted for several days after
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Personal Disaster Supplies Kits
□ Copies of vital documents such as insurance policies
□ Medications, prescriptions list, copy of medical card,
□ Fire extinguisher
doctor’s name and contact information
□ Sealable plastic bags
□ Medical consent forms for dependents
□ Essential medications
□ First aid kit and handbook
Use and replace per ishable items like water, food,
□ Examination gloves (non-latex)
medications, first aid items, and batteries on a yearly basis.
□ Dust mask
□ Spare eyeglasses or contact lenses and cleaning
solution
□ Bottled water
□ Whistle (to alert rescuers to your location)
□ Sturdy shoes
□ Emergency cash (small bills and coins)
□ Road maps
□ List of emergency out-of-state contact phone
numbers
□ Non-perishable food and snack foods, high in water
Pet Disaster Supplies Kit
and calories
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Medications and medical records (stored in a
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waterproof container)
□ Working flashlight with extra batteries and light bulbs,
□ First aid kit
or lightsticks
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Sturdy leashes, har nesses, and/or carriers to
Personal hygiene supplies
transport pets safely and ensure that your animals
□ Premoistened towelettes
can’t escape
□ Comfort items such as games, crayons, writing
□ Current photos of your pets in case they get lost
materials, teddy bears
□ Food, potable water, bowls, cat litter/pan, and
□ Toiletries and special provisions you need for
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yourself and others in your family including elderly,
□ Information on feeding schedules, medical
disabled, small children, and animals.
conditions, behavior problems, and the name and
□ Sealable plastic bags
number of your veterinarian in case you have to
□ Extra clothes
foster or board your pets
□ Copies of personal identification (driver’s license,
□ Pet beds and toys, if easily transportable
work identification card, etc.)
Adapted from Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country, published by
Household Disaster Supplies Kit
the Southern California Earthquake Center and available online at
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www.earthquakecountry.info/roots and from “Pets and Disasters: Get
Flashlight with extra batteries
Prepared”, published by the American Red Cross and the Humane
□ Wrenches to turn off gas and water supplies
Society of the United States.
□ Sturdy work gloves and protective goggles
□ Heavy duty plastic bags for waste, and to serve as
tarps, rain ponchos, and other uses
□ Portable radio with extra batteries
□ Additional flashlights or lightsticks
□ Drinking water (minimum one gallon per person,
per day)
□ Canned and packaged foods
This focus sheet is produced as part of the
□ Manual can opener
Emergency Survival Program (ESP). ESP is an
awareness campaign designed to increase
□ First aid kit and handbook
home, neighborhood, business and school
□ Charcoal or gas grill for outdoor cooking and
emergency preparedness. ESP was developed
matches if needed
by the County of Los Angeles. The California
Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES)
□ Cooking utensils, including a manual can opener
and representatives from Contra Costa, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles,
□ Pet food and pet restraints
Marin, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo,
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Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and Ventura counties; Southern California Edison;
Comfortable, warm clothing including extra socks
the Southern California Earthquake Center and the American Red Cross assist
□ Blankets or sleeping bags, and perhaps even a tent
in the development of campaign materials and coordination of the campaign.
