Emergency Kit Checklist
Emergency Kit For Home
- Cash and credit cards – include smaller denominations
- Ready-to-eat and high-energy food for 3 days
- Manual can opener
- Bottled water or water container with at least 4 litres per person per day for 3 days
- Water-purifying tablets
- Lanterns, flashlights (with extra batteries), glow sticks
- Candles with matches
- Wind-up/battery-operated radios, extra batteries and alternate heat sources
- First aid kit
- Whistle (for each member of the family)
Travel Kit For Vehicle
- Extra clothing including hats, gloves & scarves in cool seasons
- Fully-charged cell phone and a car charger for your cell phone
- Blanket
- Ice scraper and brush in winter
- Windshield washer fluid
- Booster cables
- Basic tools including a shovel
- Sand or kitty litter
- First aid kit
- Reflective triangle
- Flashlight, glow sticks
- Small candle in a tin can, waterproof matches
- Non-perishable high-energy food
- Drinking water
Evacuation Kit
- Emergency contact lists with phone numbers (for every member of your family)
- Copy of this City of Edmonton emergency guide
- Photos of each member of your family
- Credit cards and cash – include small denominations
- Insurance and important documents, and copies of government identification on external drive
- Prescription and non-prescription medications
- Special needs items for baby, elderly, disabled, pets
- Extra clothes
- Toiletry kit (for every member of your family)
- Rolls of toilet paper
- Whistle (for every member of your family)
- First aid kit
- Lanterns, flashlights (with extra batteries), glow sticks
- Candles and waterproof matches
- Wind-up/battery-operated radios, extra batteries and alternate heat sources
- Bottled water or water container with at least 4 litres per person per day for 3 days
- Water-purifying tablets
- Non-perishable food
- Manual can opener
- Sets of utensils (for every member of your family)
- Hand sanitizer
- Garbage & recycle bags
- Games/toys to pass the time
Pet Kit for Evacuation
- Photo(s) of your pet(s)
- Traveling bag or sturdy carrier and blanket
- Extra leash/harness
- 3 days of food and water
- Feeding dishes
- Medications
- Disposable litter trays (aluminum pans)
- Litter or paper towels
For More Information
| Title | Office of Emergency Management |
|---|---|
| Telephone | 311 |
| TTY | 780-425-1231 |
| Website | (http://www.edmonton.ca/emergencymanagement) |
