In an emergency you may need to move quickly, so it’s important to have necessities at hand.
Ideally, you should pack an easy-to-carry bag with essentials and store it in an accessible place.
At the very least, you should make an up-to-date list of things to put into your ‘grab bag’.
The contents will vary depending on your needs but may include:
- Essential/prescribed medication, plus asthma and respiratory aids
- Hearing aids
- Spectacles, contact lenses
- Useful phone numbers
- Mobile phone, charger
- House and car keys
- Money, credit cards
- First aid kit
- Basic toiletries eg: toothbrush, toothpaste, sanitary towels
- Baby and small children supplies:
- Food, formula, drink
- Change of clothing
- Nappies
- Toys, books, activities
- Food and water:
- Bottled drinking water
- Special food needs, canned or dried food
- Can opener
- Clothing and Equipment:
- Wind and rainproof clothing
- Strong outdoors shoes
- Waterproof torch, spare batteries (check regularly) Consider a wind-up model
- Radio, spare batteries (check regularly) Consider a wind-up model
- Copies of insurance documents
- Anti-bacterial hand wipes/gel
- Blankets, sleeping bags
- Sun hats, sunscreen
- Toilet paper
- Rubbish bags
- Thermos flasks
- Pet supplies