When a disaster occurs, it takes 3-6 days for shelters and supplies to be set up by county and major disaster response organizations such as Red Cross.

Every family should have emergency supplies to last 7-14 days, whether you will be sheltering at home, or camped in the fields.  

What will you need for 1 to 7 days away from home?

What will you need at home if there is no water, power or internet?

Go-bags should include non-perishables with a shelf life of 5 or more years. 

• Most canned food will not last more than 2 years.  Will you remember to rotate your canned food every year?

• Freeze-dried camping food has a shelf life of 25-50 years

• Commercial water in plastic jugs have a shelf life of 5years - write the month and date you purchase them on each bottle

• New AA and AAA batteries have a 10-year shelf life

• Make a list of all the drug prescriptions that you will need to remember to take since they will not be in your go-bag

  • This list should be attached to the go-bag as a reminder, and should also be included in your family evacuation plan

• Don't forget to put CASH in small bills in your go-bag: ATMs will not work, and stores may require cash

Don’t put anything in a go-bag that you will need to use in every day life--get a spare for the go-bag