{"id":21,"date":"2015-11-03T15:28:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cokesburyumc.church\/WorshipWatch\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2015-11-03T15:43:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:43:51","slug":"emergency-evacuation-kit-contents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/cokesburyumc.church\/WorshipWatch\/emergency-evacuation-kit-contents\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Evacuation Kit Contents"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bible
\n2.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cash, your primary medium of exchange; plus coins for machines. Remember, no plastic cards will work!
\n3.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Water; this is CRITICAL.\u00a0 Plan for 1 gallon per person per day (that\u2019s eight 16-oz drinking water bottles).\u00a0 If it is commercially bottled, it will last indefinitely and need not be changed out.\u00a0 If you bottle it yourself, pre-sterilize your containers with 1:10 diluted chlorine bleach solution and plan on changing your stores out every 6 months.\u00a0 Don\u2019t use breakable containers.\u00a0 Remember to account for your pets\u2019 water needs too.
\n4.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Canned or bottled drinks are also good, in addition to water.\u00a0 Remember, caffeine and alcohol tends to cause dehydration.\u00a0 These kinds of drinks cannot substitute for the basic water requirement.
\n5.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Concentrated food; no processing or special storage needed.\u00a0 Ready-to-eat meats, fruits, and vegetables; canned or boxed juices, milk, and soup; peanut butter, jelly, crackers, granola bars, trail mix, cookies, hard candy, cereals, special needs foods, etc.\u00a0 Select food that needs no refrigeration, and little water in preparation.\u00a0 Plan on changing out (consuming) most food items every 6 months and replacing them with new.\u00a0 To protect the food from degradation and pests, be sure that it is stored in a tightly sealed kit container.
\n6.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Planned evacuation route map and directions
\n7.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Road atlas or a good area map
\n8.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Flashlights for each person
\n9.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pocket knife
\n10.<\/strong>\u00a0 Whistles for each person
\n11.<\/strong>\u00a0 Set of underwear and socks for each person
\n12.<\/strong>\u00a0 Seasonal clothes, such as hats, gloves, coats, boots, etc.
\n13.<\/strong>\u00a0 Practical shoes
\n14.<\/strong>\u00a0 Toiletries and hygiene items, including: toothpaste and toothbrushes, wet wipes, sanitary wipes, hand sanitizers and lotions, feminine hygiene products, liquid soap, toilet paper and Ziploc bags for disposal, shaving supplies, deodorant, shampoo, eye care needs, comb, hairbrush, special needs
\n15.<\/strong>\u00a0 Large CLEAR plastic trash bags and other sized storage bags; with ties
\n16.<\/strong>\u00a0 Paper towels and cleaning supplies
\n17.<\/strong>\u00a0 Medicines; over-the-counter, including:\u00a0 topical pain reliever (Ocean Potion is good) aspirin and non-aspirin pain reliever, anti-diarrhea medication, antacid, syrup of ipecac ( to induce vomiting if poisoning), laxative, vitamins.
\n18.<\/strong>\u00a0 Disposable rubber gloves
\n19.<\/strong>\u00a0 N95 paper dust masks
\n20.<\/strong>\u00a0 Diversions; books, games, etc.
\n21.\u00a0<\/strong> Blankets, sleeping bags, pillows, small tent
\n22.<\/strong>\u00a0 Pet supplies (leashes, food, dish, etc.)
\n23.<\/strong>\u00a0 Johnny on the Spot, bed pan, or equivalent
\n24.<\/strong>\u00a0 Medium-sized bucket with a tight-fitting lid
\n25.<\/strong>\u00a0 Duct tape
\n26.<\/strong>\u00a0 Plastic drop cloth
\n27.<\/strong>\u00a0 Clothes line rope, large rubber bands
\n28.<\/strong>\u00a0 Tool box; including at least:\u00a0 knife, hammer, scissors, vise-grip style pliers, adjustable wrench, Phillips and straight blade screwdrivers, small shovel, butane lighter or waterproof matches
\n29.<\/strong>\u00a0 Battery-powered AM\/FM radio
\n30.<\/strong>\u00a0 Automotive supplies; including at least: flares, oil, washer fluid, A-B-C fire extinguisher, jumper cables
\n31.<\/strong>\u00a0 Extra batteries; plan on replacing the batteries within your kit every 12 months.\u00a0 The ones you remove may be used in regular household use.
\n32.<\/strong>\u00a0 Electronic timer
\n33.<\/strong>\u00a0 Battery-operated alarm clock
\n34.<\/strong>\u00a0 Kitchen items, including:\u00a0 manual can opener, mess kits or disposable plates, cups, utensils, all-purpose sharp knife, aluminum foil and plastic wrap, sugar, salt, pepper, household bleach
\n35.<\/strong>\u00a0 First aid kit, including at least:\u00a0\u00a0 sterile adhesive bandages in several sizes (Band-Aids), rubbing alcohol, antibiotic ointment, 2 and 4 inch sterile gauze pads, safety pins, cotton balls, adhesive tape, elastic roll bandage, tweezers, sewing needle, petroleum jelly, sun block, insect repellent, soap.
\n36.<\/strong>\u00a0 Paper pad, pens, pencils
\n37.<\/strong>\u00a0 Copies of important papers:\u00a0 contact lists and telephone numbers, insurance policies, bank and credit card\u00a0 account numbers, deeds, notes, household inventories, titles, vehicle titles, birth and marriage certificates, wills.\u00a0 Be sure to store these items in a watertight container, such as a large Ziploc bag.
\n38.<\/strong>\u00a0 Extra car keys and house key
\n39.<\/strong>\u00a0 Specialty items; anything else needed to care for babies, elderly, pets, etc.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Other Items to Consider in Your Planning<\/h2>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keep your vehicle gassed up, especially during high Homeland Security Advisory alert levels.\u00a0 Assume that gasoline will not be available when the event happens!
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Guns and ammunition; you may weigh whether these would be wise to carry along or a bad risk to leave behind in an empty home.
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walkie-talkies may be very useful.
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bottle of alcohol liquor (anesthetic, barter, etc.)
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Computer backup media.
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Portable valuables or sentimental items which you could not bear to lose.\u00a0 It might be best to have a hidden fire-retarding safe for such items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bible 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cash, your primary medium of exchange; plus coins for machines. Remember, no plastic cards will work! 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Water; this is CRITICAL.\u00a0 Plan for 1 gallon per person per day (that\u2019s eight 16-oz drinking water bottles).\u00a0 If it is commercially bottled, it will last indefinitely and need not be changed out.\u00a0 If you … Continue reading Emergency Evacuation Kit Contents<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cokesburyumc.church\/WorshipWatch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cokesburyumc.church\/WorshipWatch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cokesburyumc.church\/WorshipWatch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cokesburyumc.church\/WorshipWatch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cokesburyumc.church\/WorshipWatch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/cokesburyumc.church\/WorshipWatch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"http:\/\/cokesburyumc.church\/WorshipWatch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cokesburyumc.church\/WorshipWatch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}