Basic Emergency Supplies and Equipment

Culled from NEDCC website, 1-4-11

  • Absorbent paper – (blank newsprint, blotter, etc.)
  • Blank newsprint
  • Brooms and dustpans
  • Camera with film
  • Cellular telephone
  • Clipboards (also paper pads, pencils, waterproof pens, large self-adhesive labels)
  • Construction materials (wood, screws, nails)
  • Dehumidifier
  • Dry chemical sponges (for removing soot)
  • Dry ice
  • Drying space
  • Emergency funds – cash, purchase orders, institutional credit cards
  • Extension cords (50 ft., grounded)
  • Extra security personnel
  • First aid kit
  • Flashlights
  • Freezer or wax paper
  • Gloves (rubber/leather)
  • Hard hats
  • Heavy plastic sheeting (with scissors and tape)
  • Ladders
  • Metal book trucks
  • Metal cart
  • Monofilament nylon (fishing) line
  • Mops, buckets, sponges
  • Nearest CB radio
  • Nearest off-site phone
  • Paper towels
  • Photographic equipment/supplies
  • Plastic (milk) crates
  • Plastic buckets and trash cans
  • Plastic garbage bags
  • Plastic sheeting (stored with scissors and tape)
  • Polyethylene bags (various sizes)
  • Portable dehumidifiers
  • Portable electric fans
  • Portable folding tables
  • Portable generator
  • Portable lighting
  • Portable pump
  • Portable toilets
  • Protective masks/glasses
  • Refrigerator trucks
  • Rubber and/or plastic aprons
  • Rubber boots
  • Safety glasses
  • Sand bags
  • Sponges
  • Sturdy boxes
  • Tool kit (crowbar, hammer, pliers, screwdriver)
  • Water hoses with spray nozzles
  • Wet-vacuum