Noah Project - Month 10 - 72 hour kit - List

Immediately available

Battery powered radio Flashlight and extra batteries

Emergency Needs

Instruction Manuals on Emergency Preparedness, 1 gallon Water storage

Sleeping bags and blankets

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 & plates or messkit, plastic utensils or camping set, can opener, multi-tool with knife

Stress Factors

Children - coloring book, crayons

Adults - books, needle work

In the Car

Standard First Aid Kit

Blanket

Flashlight and batteries

Reflectors and flares

Jumper Cables

Standard car repair tools

Shelter

Large Tarp or Tube Tent

100 feet parachute cord or nylon rope

Fire - Heat

Waterproof Matches

8 charcoal briquets or 4 bags of instafire or 2 cans sterno in large ziploc bag

8 cottonballs coated with vasoline

Magnesium fire starter

Individual Medical Needs

Suggested Additions

Family Photographs—on a thumbdrive or a set of negatives

Medical Information Sheet

Insurance Information

Identification for each Family Member

Will or Trust Information (copies of each)

Food - Ready-to-eat

Meats: canned, Fruit Cocktail, Peanut Butter

Powdered Milk, Infant Care: Canned milk 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, Spirits of ammonia ,scissors, Table salt, Baking soda, Eye drops, Safety pins, Matches

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, Heavy String

At least one change of clothing for everyone including shoes

Noah Project - Month 10 - 72 hour kits - Best Practices

 Make a Family Communication Plan

· Identify an out-of town contact. It may be easier to make a long-distance phone call than to call across town, so an out-of-town contact may be in  better position to communicate among separated family members.

· Be sure every member of your family knows the phone number and has a cell phone, coins, or a prepaid phone card to call the emergency contact.

· If you have a cell phone, program that person(s) as "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) in your phone. If you are in an accident, emergency personnel will often check your ICE listings in order to get a hold of someone you know.  

· Make sure to tell your family and friends that you’ve listed them as emergency contacts.

· Teach family members how to use text messaging (also knows as SMS or Short Message Service). Text messages can often get around network disruptions when a phone call might not be able to get through.

· Subscribe to alert services. Many communities have systems that will send instant text alerts or e-mails to let you know about bad weather, road closings, local emergencies, etc. Sign up by visiting http://www.wvdhsem.gov/

Noah Project - Month 10 - 72 hour kits - Challenge

There is no person who knows the real purpose for which this welfare program is being instituted but hardly before sufficient preparation has been made the real purpose will be revealed and when that time comes it will challenge every resource of the church to meet it. Harold B. Lee  When people are able but unwilling to take care of themselves we are responsible to employ the dictum of the Lord that the idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer. Boyd K Packer