Your basic emergency disaster kit should contain at least: Drinking water, ready to eat food, first aid kit, important family documents and contact information, clothes and rain gear, work gloves, water purification supplies, personal hygiene supplies, basic tools - utility knife, blankets or sleeping bags, heavy duty plastic bags, special needs items for individuals including critical medications and water and food for your pets.You should also have a Go Bag ready for instant departure that also has a flashlight, radio, batteries, emergency whistle.  

  You can make a list and go shopping for the individual items - or you can save yourself the time, the stress, the extra planning and money, by buying a ready to go family emergency Go Bag- kit like the ones we have featured here.   These emergency kits  have been prepared in consultation with emergency preparedness experts and are in keeping with the 72 Hour Guidelines from FEMA,  Public Safety Canada and a host of non-profit emergency support organizations.  Survival gear, emergency food supplies and first aid kits are ready to go in high quality, hikers backpacks.   And basic survival kits, packed in tough waterproof cooler bags are perfect to keep in the trunk of your car , at the office or at home.