In conjunction with National Preparedness month, we want to promote things you can do at home, work and school to help you be prepared.
Have you ever wanted to build a disaster preparedness kit but after paying your bills, feeding your family and covering day to day expenses, there is just very little left over and no way possible you could buy an entire disaster preparedness kit. Even if you could buy a kit, what needs to be put in your disaster preparedness kit? Well, Mr. B Ready has put together a simple plan to build a disaster preparedness kit 1 piece at a time, and 1 week at a time. Will this kit protect you tomorrow? Certainly not, but we have prioritized the items that belong in the kit and after a period of time, you will have the basic necessities covered in your kit.
Note: Always be sure to write the date on water, food, batteries etc when they are purchased. After your 1st year of building the kit, you will simply be rotating stock that expires going forward. This kit does not include medication that should be the first thing you set aside in your kit.
Week 1 – Purchase a plastic crate for storage
Week 2 – 1 Large Claw Hammer
Week 3 – Duct Tape (4 rolls)
Week 4 – Adjustable Wrench 12″
Week 5 – Flashlight and batteries
Week 6 – 2 gallons of water
Week 7 – 1 plastic jar of Peanut Butter
Week 8 – Protein Bars, Fruit Bars or Dry Cereal / Granola
Week 9 – Fire extinguisher
Week 10 – 1 Can Opener and 1 large box of matches
Week 11 – Canned vegetables (4 cans)
Week 12 – Battery powered radio / Batteries
Week 13 – First Aid kit or supplies
Week 14 – Blankets (1 per every 2 persons in the family)
Week 15 – 2 gallons of water
Week 16 – $25.00 cash in an envelope
Week 17 – Purchase a 2nd plastic crate for storage
Week 18 – Cellular phone charging cord
Week 19 – 1 plastic jar of peanut butter
Week 20 – Box of large plastic trash bags
Week 21 – Mosquito repellant
Week 22 – 2 gallons of water
Week 23 – Additional $25.00 cash in the envelope
Week 24 – Dust masks 2 per person in family
Week 25 – 2 packages of moist sanitation towelettes
Week 26 – 1 bottle of rubbing alcohol or peroxide
Week 27 – Additional first aid supplies
Week 28 – Large package of plastic zip ties
Week 29 – 2 gallons of water
Week 30 – 1 plastic jar of peanut butter
Week 31 – Canned vegetables (4 cans)
Week 32 – More batteries for the flashlight and radio
Week 33 – Another flashlight (make sure to get a flashlight that takes the same size batteries as the one purchased during week 5)
Week 34 – Box of large plastic trash bags
Week 35 – Hard helmet (protective bump cap)
Week 36 – Rain Ponchos (1 for each person in the family)
Week 37 – 1 large plastic tarp
Week 38 – 1 pair of thermal socks for each person in the family
Week 39 – Protein Bars, Fruit Bars or Dry Cereal / Granola
Week 40 – 1 – 5 gallon bucket
Week 41 – 4 rolls of paper towels
Week 42 – 4 rolls of toilet paper
Week 43 – 2 bottles of Hand sanitizers
Week 44 – 1 package of bars of soap
Week 45 – 2 boxes of drier sheets
Week 46 – 1 large plastic tarp
Week 47 – Canned vegetables (4 cans)
Week 48 – 2 gallons of water
Week 49 – More batteries to match the size you need for radio and flashlights
Week 50 – Box of long burning candles
Week 51 – 2 boxes of fire starter blocks
Week 52 – Congratulations, purchase anything you would like to add to your disaster Preparedness kit.