CAR KIT CHECKLIST

RULES OF THE ROAD FIRST AID

Keep your gas tank full, particularly during the winter months. After an Store a first aid kit in each vehicle. Choose from an available kit or assemble
earthquake bridges and overpasses may be down. Plan an alternate route your own.
home that does not traverse bridges or overpasses. ESSENTIAL
□ Medical information (list physicians’ names and
STORAGE numbers, allergies, history and other pertinent data)
□ Good first aid kit
Store Vehicle Emergency Supplies in the trunk of your car. VEHICLE
□ First Aid manual/book
EVACUATION ITEMS (MARKED IN BOLD PRINT) should be kept
□ Latex gloves & face masks (several!!!)
in a lightweight, easy-to-carry day pack, back pack or duffel bag. Keep
□ Personal medications or prescription drugs
items in air tight plastic bags. HELPFUL
□ Day pack, back pack or easy-to-carry duffel bag □ Sunscreen, Lip balm & Insect Repellant
□ Spare Eyeglasses
WATER
Store water in your car in water packets, plastic bottles or 4 gallon SUPPLIES
containers. Water filters, purifiers or purification tablets may be necessary Know how to use a compass before you have to. Learn alternate routes
if you need to leave your vehicle and are unable to carry an adequate through your area. Read an Emergency Information Manual -- before you
supply of potable water. need to use it.
□ Small containers of water ESSENTIAL
□ Water filter, purifier and/or □ Emergency signal device (flares, battery operated
□ Water purification tablets (Potable Aqua, etc.) flasher, reflector, etc.)
□ Solar or battery operated radio with extra batteries
FOOD □ Compass with instructions
□ Maps of the areas you regularly travel through
Have at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food for each passenger.
□ Work gloves (for clearing debris)
Select foods that are compact and lightweight. Store foods that will last
□ Warm clothes including hat to hold in body heat
in the package for a substantial amount of time. Rotate or replace food
□ Sturdy walking shoes and extra clothing
when the storage dates expire. Alpine Aire dehydrated foods have a ten year
□ Phone numbers of contacts or relatives out of the
shelf life and are easily prepared -- just add water. Three Day Emergency
area
Food Bars have a five year shelf life, require no preparation and taste like
□ Money (cash, coins for phone calls)
shortbread cookies.
HELPFUL
□ High energy foods (crackers, granola bars, trail mix) □ Paper/pencil (to leave note if you abandon vehicle)
□ Dried fruit & nuts □ Match books in zip lock bags or other waterproof
□ Energy bars containers, waterproof matches, BIC-type disposable
□ Three Day Emergency Food Bars lighter, box of Strike-Anywhere kitchen matches in
zip-lock bag
LIGHT □ Large heavy duty garbage bags & zip lock bags
With a candle lantern your candles won't blow out in the wind. 12-volt □ Ferro Rod Firestarter with instructions
lamps can run on your car battery. Store spare bulbs & batteries for all □ Whistle
flashlights. Check battery expiration dates and rotate them. A head lamp □ Signal mirror
for hands-free maneuvering in the dark is so useful you might wonder how □ Pepper spray
you ever got along without one. □ Emergency Tube Tent
□ Lightweight emergency space blanket or drum liner bag
ESSENTIAL
□ Wool-blend blanket & small towel
□ Flashlight with batteries & bulbs and/or
□ Rain Gear
□ Head lamp w/ batteries, bulbs (for hands free mobility)
□ Hand Warmers
□ 12-hour lightsticks
HELPFUL
□ Candle lantern and refills TOOLS
□ Super long life LED lanterns For clearing roads, rescue, repair and setting up temporary quarters.
□ Safety emergency candles (“tub” candles) HELPFUL
□ Battery operated lamps with spare bulbs & batteries □ Jumper Cables
(12-volt lamps can use car battery) □ Tool for breaking out windows in a car!
□ Spare tire, tire jack & lug wrench
SANITATION □ Screwdriver & pliers
□ Small spool of wire
Store an ample supply of diapers for babies and incontinent persons and
personal hygiene materials for women. □ Duct tape and tarp
□ Wrecking bar, crow bar
ESSENTIAL □ Shovel
□ Toilet paper □ Saw, folding saw, wire saw or Short-Kutt saw
□ Pre-moistened towelettes □ Polyethylene rope (for towing, rescue, etc.)
□ Campers trowel (for burying waste) □ Collapsible bucket
□ Diapers & personal hygiene materials □ Utility cord (at least 50')
□ Face masks
□ Multi-Purpose Tool or Pocket Knife
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