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🎒 Family emergency kit

Based on SENAPRED's "Familia Preparada" plan. Tick off what you already have: your progress is saved on this device and the list works offline. Keep the kit in a bag the whole family knows about, near the way out.

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💧 Water and food

Water is the heaviest and bulkiest thing in the kit, which is exactly why people cut it first. Don't: a family of four needs around 36 litres for three days. Choose food you can eat without cooking or refrigeration — you may have neither gas nor power.

Bottled water: 3 litres per person per day, for at least 3 days Non-perishable food for 3 days (canned goods, bars, nuts and dried fruit) Manual can opener and basic utensils Food and water for your pets

🩹 Health

After an emergency, pharmacies close, clinics fill up and prescriptions go missing. What you cannot improvise is regular medication and personal aids — pack those first, because they are the hardest things to replace.

First-aid kit (bandages, gauze, antiseptics, gloves) Seven days of any regular medication, with the prescriptions Face masks (ideally N95 for ash or smoke) Hand sanitiser and hygiene supplies Spare glasses, hearing aids or any other personal aids

📄 Documents and money

Documents don't go into the kit — they get duplicated. Keep the photocopies in the bag and the originals where they have always been, then add a digital copy in the cloud. That way no version depends on you grabbing the other one in time. Cash follows the same logic: when the power goes, card readers and ATMs stop working long before the corner shop does.

Photocopies of ID, passports and property deeds in a sealed bag Cash in small bills (card readers and ATMs go down) Printed list of key phone numbers (don't depend on your phone) Digital backup of your documents in the cloud

🔦 Tools and warmth

This section solves three problems: seeing, staying warm, and knowing what is going on. A battery radio still matters even when everyone has a phone, because the mobile network saturates or fails in the first minutes while radio stations keep broadcasting on generators. Shoes beside the bed prevent more injuries than anything else here — after a quake the floor is covered in glass.

Flashlight with spare batteries (ideally one per person) Battery or hand-crank radio for official information Whistle to call for help Multi-tool or knife, duct tape and rubbish bags A coat, emergency blanket and change of clothes per person Sturdy closed shoes beside the bed (broken glass on the floor) Matches or a lighter in a waterproof container

📱 Communication and power

Your phone is the first thing to run out and the last thing to rely on. Charge the power bank once a month and assume there will be no signal: an agreed meeting point and an out-of-region contact work when local calls won't connect, because long-distance messages usually get through before local ones.

Charged power bank and cables Car charger for your phone A family meeting point everyone has agreed on and knows An agreed out-of-region contact to check in with ("I'm OK")

Check the kit every 6 months: replace water, food and batteries, and update the children's clothing sizes. A good trick: do it whenever the clocks change. Store it somewhere accessible that the whole family knows about — near the way out, not at the back of a closet or down in the basement — and avoid leaving it behind a door that could jam. Inside the big kit, pack a smaller go-bag one person can grab and run with.

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