Have at least a three-day supply of food and water on hand. Choose ready-to-eat foods—some that don’t require refrigeration and some that don’t require cooking. Here are a few tips to guide you in accumulating your supplies:
Water: An adult should be provided with at least one litre of drinking water per day. In an emergency, water can be retrieved from toilet tanks (not bowl!), water heaters, or melted ice cube trays.
Food: Canned food can include soups, stews, baked beans, pasta, meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, and/or fruits. Crackers and biscuits are handy, as are honey, peanut butter, syrup, jam, salt and pepper, sugar, instant coffee and/or tea.
Equipment: Keep a supply of forks, knives, spoons, manual can opener, bottle opener, disposable cups and plates. A fuel stove and fuel are handy. Don’t use a barbecue indoors and don’t forget waterproof matches and plastic garbage bags.
Basic Emergency Survival Kit:
flashlight and batteries
radio and batteries
spare batteries
first aid kit
candles and matches or lighter
food and bottled water for 72 hours
clothing and footwear
blankets or sleeping bags
toilet paper and other personal supplies
medication / prescriptions
backpack / duffel bag important papers including ID for everyone
whistle, in case you need to attract attention
playing cards, games
Vehicle Kit:
shovel
tow chains warning light / flares
axe / hatchet
road maps methyl hydrate / de-icer
sand, salt, kitty litter
compass
extra clothing / footwear
booster cables
matches / survival candle
flashlight
traction mats
cloth / paper towels
emergency food pack
ice scraper / brush
fire extinguisher
first aid kit and survival blanket