Home Preparation Checklist

The following is a checklist will help you prepare for almost any disaster.

1. Do you have a Survival Kit (72 hours, 3 days) including food and water, clothing, first aid supplies, transistor radio and flashlight with extra batteries?
   

   Survival Kit for three days

2. Do you know the location of water, gas and electrical shut off valves in your home? Do you have the necessary wrench handy to turn off the gas main?
3. Do you have a good first aid kit in your home? In your car? Does everyone in your family know where they are located?
   

   Personal emergency medical kit

4. Do you have an ABC type fire extinguisher in your home and car? Are they easily accessible?
   

   ABC type fire extinguisher

5. Do you have a complete inventory of your belongings? Is a copy kept outside of the home in a safe place?
6. Do you store important legal and family documents in a place safe from floods and other disasters?
7. Do you have smoke detectors installed in each sleeping area of your home? Do they work?
   

   Inexpensive smoke detector

8. Do you have an evacuation plan in case of fire? Do you ever practice that plan?
9. Is there a family meeting place chosen in case of evacuation? Does everyone in your family know its location? Have you done anything to reduce the possibility of disaster damage to your home and belongings?
   

   Evacuation plan detailed before an emergency.

10. Have you had a recent inspection of your home to identify and correct safety, fire, poison or other hazards?
11. Do you keep your cars gasoline tanks at least halfway full of gas?
12. Do you have some emergency supplies in your car at all times?
13. Do you have emergency numbers posted near all your phones?

• Be sure to have long term food storage.
• Have an ABC type fire extinguisher in your home.
• Keep you cars gas tank at least halfway full.
• Know where and how to shut of utilities.