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• Water Proof: Make sure your kit is in a waterproof sack, or at least the material which can be damaged by water such as rain or sprinkler systems.
• Communications: When the sirens go off, it's no time to ask yourself how to communicate with your family. Make a communications plan and put it in everyone's kit.
• Telephone Numbers: Make sure you have all the phone numbers you may need: friends, neighbors, doctors, hospitals schools etc.. Especially the number for your agreed upon meeting place, if there is one. Don't get just one number for each. Get'm all!
• Cell Phone: Don't assume the system will be working it may be down. But just in case the cell system still works, include a throwaway cell phone in your kit. Don't rely on your normal cell, in your eagerness to evacuate you may run off and forget it.
• Meeting Place: Racing home to the family only to find they are not there, is poor planning. Define a meeting place or places in advance. Make it a safe place and easy to get to. A local school might be perfect. Chances are there will be emergency services available or very soon after the attack.
• School Evacuation Policies: Yes you should carry a copy of your kids school evacuation procedure in your kit. And,,,, your family should agree on who does what, in advance. You also need to determine if your child's school is available for a meeting place or not, prior to making it your prime location. From a practical point of view it makes perfect sense.
• Pets: Don't forget they're your loved ones too. Make sure your primary meeting place will allow you to at least care for your pets if they are left in your vehicle. Consider the time of the year when leaving pets in a car. In certain instances, leaving your pets at home might be the most sensible thing to do. Include a who does what etc. in your kit.
• Medication "prescription": Ask your physician for an extra prescription for all members of the family including your pets. Store them safely in each person's kit.
• Medication "OTC": Make sure you pack the essentials in at least one adults kit for such things as over the count pain killer, allergy and flu medicine etc..
• Extra Eye Glasses: Fear will engulf you if you can't see well. Pack an extra pair. Most of us have an older pair lying around, which will be sufficient in a time of emergency. There is no need to buy a new set. Of course local pharmacies sell magnification eyeglasses, which may work perfectly well over the short term. Remember, this set is for use in the event you break or lose your primary set.
• Flashlight: You don't need to carry around a big old clunker. Pack a small high quality flashlight, such as a small magnum. They are readily available at any home center or hardware store.
• Gas Mask: Yes, everyone knows you probably won't be able to smell the danger and besides, you can't be wearing a gas mask 24 hours a day anyway. But, suppose you have a warning of a biological attack. What then? Also, suppose you have to flee through smoke filled stairways and hallways. What about being trapped in a smoke filled building awaiting the arrival of help? Guess what, rescue workers are rethinking their own rescue strategies. In the future they may not be allowed to enter buildings, which pose a great danger to their safety. You will be on your own. A quality gas mask may save your life. We suggest you visit the Internet and examine closely the quality, availability and costs of masks in order to make an intelligent choice or decision.
• Energy Bars: Fleeing a city may take all day and night. Energy bars may give you clarity of thought and judgment, at a time when it is desperately needed. Each kit should contain two or three quality nutritional bars. Always make sure there is no allergic reaction to worry about.
• Clean Water: In a time of emergency, never trust the local water supply until authorities advise otherwise. Pack at east one bottled water in each kit.
• Road Map: Suppose you are new to the area and your normal route is not available. Can you imagine the stress of trying to get to your emergency meeting place and not knowing an alternate route. Pack a map.
• First Aid Kit: No it's not ridiculous. Suppose you cut yourself on broken glass, who will help you? Everyone else may be fleeing for their lives. You may need to stop yourself from bleeding to death. You may even save someone else's life.
• Portable Radio: Make it small and make it a good one. You may have to abandon your transportation and won't have easy access to a radio.
• Extra Batteries: For all your portable electronics, pack'm in each kit.
• Pocket Knife: A small pocketknife with a blade of three inches or so may be just the item you need. Be careful, your local school may not allow knives even in your kid's survival kit.

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