Emergency Guidelines for the Campus Community

Emergency Survival Kits

• Office Kits
• Car Kits
• 72-Hour Survival Kits

• contact lens supplies
• paper bowls
• utensils
• medicines - especially prescription medications
• paper cups
• book to read
• mylar blanket
• jacket if winter
• hard candy - preferably life savers- give to people who are in a panic, or otherwise upset. It will help them to calm down.

72-Hour Kits
This 72 hour kit should meet the needs of your family. Use ready to eat foods your family will eat and hobbies and entertainment your family likes to do.

Include individual medication as required by your family members. Whatever container is used should be portable.

A class ABC fire extinguisher is recommended for each home.

You should have:
 

Immediately available  Battery powered radio  Flashlight and extra batteries  Emergency Needs  Instruction manuals on Emergency Preparedness  Water storage - one gallon per person per day (half for drinking, half for food preparation and sanitation) Sleeping bags and blankets  Signal flare Sanitation Kit  Plastic bucket with tight fitted lid  Plastic bags and ties  Toilet paper  disinfectant  Improvised toilet seat (for bucket)  Feminine hygiene needs  Paper towels  Soap  Paper cups  Paper plates  Plastic utensils  Can opener  Utility knife Moistened towelletes Contact lens supplies Diapers, as needed Stress Factors  Children - coloring book, crayons  Adults - books, needle work  Suggested Additions (keep in portable, waterproof container: Family photographs  Medical Information Sheet  Insurance information  Identification for each family member (e.g., passport, social security card) Bank account numbers Family records (birth, marriage certificates) Inventory of valuable household goods, important telephone numbers Will or Trust Information (copies of each)  Cash or traveler's checks Map of the area Paper and pencil

Food - Ready-to-eat  Meats: canned  Fruit Cocktail  High Energy Foods, such as peanut butter, granola bars Powdered Milk  Infant Care: Canned milk, formula and bottles  Dried Fruit: (caution - drink plenty of water.)  Raisins, prunes, fruit leather  Crackers Stress Foods  Sugar Cookies  Sweetened Cereals  Hard Candy  Standard First Aid Kit  First Aid manual  Scissors  Table salt  Baking soda  Safety pins  Matches  Tweezers Antiseptic Thermometer Petroleum jelly Sunscreen Adhesive or paper tape  Bandages  Telfa pads (4"x4")  Triangle Bandage (37"x37"x37")  Roll of Gauze Elastic Bandage  Splints  Popsicle sticks  shingles or thin board  40 page newspaper or magazines  Heavy String  Medications Aspirin or non-aspirin pain reliever Anti-diarrhea medication Antacids Ipecac Laxative Prescription medications Vitamins Clothing At least one change of clothing for everyone including shoes  Rain gear

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