Link to Office Emergency Management for the City of Seattle
List of items that are helpful to have in your home emergency preparation kit:
Short-term sustainability pack:
(check supplies every 6 months)
- Emergency Blankets (compact metallic ones)
- Emergency radio w/ flashlight – Eton microlink FR150 (internal battery charged w/ solar, crank or USB.)
- 2 short range Motorola handhelds – Talkabout 101 (3AA ea)
- Emergency Survival Pocket Guide or backcountry first aid booklet
- Hand warmers
- First Aid kit
- Flashlights
- Backpacking stove – Coleman Exponent dual fuel feather 442 (gasoline or Coleman fuel)
- Fire starter Kit: water-proof matches, vaseline & cotton balls, 9-volt bat w/ steel wool, candle, signal flair.
- Water purifier – Katudyn
- Water purifier solution – Sweet Water
- Water purification tablets – Potable Aqua (iodine)
- Folding bucket – 10 litre
- Benadryl allergy caps & other required medication/perscriptions
- Mosquito wipes
- Leatherman or Gerber multi-tools
- Plenty of extra batteries to power electronic devices
- Can O’ Gel Fuel – Sterno (2 hr)
- Can opener
- Toilet Paper
- A whistle – w/ thermometer, compass & magnifying glass
- Emergency cash ($100)
- Zip ties
- Camel back
- 1 gal. drinkings water per day per person
- Dehydrated food/survival food with long shelf life that doesn’t require cooking or heat source.