VEHICLE SAFETY

Plan your travel and check weather reports to avoid the storm. Delay trips if necessary.
Assemble supplies for your vehicle disaster supply kit, packing them in an easy-to-carry container.

Supply List

• Flashlight, battery powered radio and extra batteries
• Booster cables
• Blankets or sleeping bag, extra clothing
• Fire extinguisher (5lb., A-B-C type)
• First aid kit and manual
• Non-perishable high energy food and bottled water
• Maps
• Shovel
• Tire repair kit, pump and other basic tools
• Signal flares, matches
• Non-electric can opener, utility knife
• Sterno, canned heat or catalytic heater
• Spare vehicle parts (belts, hoses, etc.)

Conserve vehicle fuel, run the engine and heater about ten minutes each hour to keep warm, crack a window slightly to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. In extreme cold, use seat covers, newspapers, blankets or extra clothing for covering - anything to provide insulation and warmth. Turn the dome light on so rescue teams can spot you at night, but do not run down the battery. If you have a cell phone, use it as needed but leave it off when you are not using it so the battery will remain charged. Do not set out on foot! Stay inside your vehicle; rescuers are most likely to find you there.

HOME SUPPLY KIT

Water

• Keep at least a three-day supply, 1 gallon per person -- per day

Food - Store at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food.

• Ready-to-eat canned meats, fruits and vegetables

• Canned juices, milk, soup (if powdered, store extra water)

• Staples - sugar, salt, pepper

• High energy foods - peanut butter, jelly, crackers, granola bars, peanuts

• Special diet foods

• Comfort/stress foods - cookies, hard candy, sweetened cereals, instant coffee, tea bags

Clothing/Bedding - Include at least one complete change of clothing/footwear per person

• Blankets/sleeping bags

• Snow boots

• Hat, gloves

• Thermal underwear

FIRST AID KIT

Basic Items

• Sterile adhesive bandages in assorted sizes

• Various size gauze pads
• Scissors, tweezers, needle, assorted safety pins
• Moistened towelettes
• Antiseptic, soap
• Thermometer, medicine dropper
• Tongue blades (2)
• Tube of petroleum jelly or other lubricant
• Latex gloves
• Sunscreen
• Aspirin or non-aspirin pain reliever
• Anti-diarrhea medication, antacid

Tools and Supplies

• Emergency preparedness manual
• Battery operated radio/extra batteries
• Flashlight/extra batteries
• Non-electric can opener, utility knife
• Fire extinguisher, small canister, ABC type
• Pliers, shut-off wrench
• Electrical tape
• Matches in a waterproof container
• Plastic sheeting
• Sanitation supplies -- toilet paper, feminine supplies, personal hygiene items,
  plastic garbage bags, plastic bucket with tight lid, disinfectant, chlorine bleach

Special Items

• Formula
• Powdered milk
• Diapers
• Bottles
• Special Medications
• Eyeglasses, contact lens supplies
• Pet supplies

More Tips from:  Ready Illinois - FEMA - Center for Disease Control (CDC) - National Fire Protection Association