Make a Blackout & Emergency box, Tips and Tricks 

What should you have in your box?

Everyone has different needs and priorities.

This is just a standard list like any other.

 

              Food and water

  • Filled 5-10 liter water cans, calculate 3-5 liters of water per person per day. Keep the water dark and cool
  • Water purification tablets
  • Camping stove and fuel
  • Thermos
  • Matches or lighters
  • Food and drinks that can be stored at room temperature, for example: canned food, dry food, such as powdered soups, powdered porridge, dried meat, dried fruit, energy and protein bars, chocolate, nuts, freeze-dried coffee, tea, juice concentrate, MRE

 

 

              Protection and warmth

  • Blankets in the household, preferably a wool blanket or sleeping bag
  • Warm clothing
  • Propane heater

 

 

              Lighting

  • Flashlight, battery-powered or with dynamo/crank so you are not dependent on batteries
  • Headlamp
  • Tea candles,candle lights

 

 

              Healthcare equipment and hygiene 

  • First aid kit
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste
  • Intimate hygiene, for example pads, tampons, nappies
  • Toilet paper
  • Alcogel
  • Wet wipes
  • Dry shampoo

 

 

 

         Personal accessory

  • Cash - if other payment systems do not work

  • Identity document, driver's license or passport

  • Home pharmacy, for example: painkillers

  • Personal medicine

     

     

        Miscellaneous
  • Multitool
  • Radio, battery powered or with dynamo/crank so you are not dependent on batteries.
  • Batteries
  • Powerbank
  • Powerstation and solarpanels
  • Can opener
  • Games like playing cards
  • Important telephone numbers and addresses written down on paper.
  • Plastic bags in different sizes (for example to waterproof important papers and matches etc. The plastic bags can also be used when visiting the toilet when the toilet stops working)
 
 
                 Keep in mind that

 

Be careful when handling fuel and open flames indoors.

Do not leave stoves or candles burning while you sleep

Place candles well away from flammable materials such as curtains.

Place tealights sparsely in a candlestick that cannot start burning.

Do not place camping kitchens on a bench with an overhead cabinet, or near the cooker hood.

Open windows and ventilate occasionally. If you use a burner, a lot of oxygen is used up.

If you live in a tight space and find it difficult to store, for example, water cans, agree with your neighbors if you can have a common stock of water and blankets, among other things.

If you are not able to have emergency preparedness in your own home at all, make sure you have a plan to transport you to a friend or relative who has emergency preparedness at home.