Preparing for Outages

Put together an outage kit with items that will be useful in other emergency situations as well. Store these items in a water-tight container:

1. Bottled water – one gallon per person per day. (Most emergency preparedness experts recommend having at least a three-day supply on hand.)

2. Ready-to-eat foods and manual can opener

3. Battery-operated radio, clock, flashlight and extra batteries

4. Blankets

5. First aid kit

If someone in your home is on life support, be sure to have a back-up system and a plan of action for during an outage.