Emergency items you need

Answer the following questions to find out how ready you are.

1. Non-perishable food for 3 days or longer 2. Water (3 litres per day per person / 150mls per kg for animals) (don’t forget sources like your hot water cylinder) 3. Additional water for washing / cooking 4. Torch with spare batteries or dynamo / solar torch 5. Battery radio with spare batteries (a car radio counts) 6. Can opener (hand operated) 7. Emergency toilet (bucket/ paper/ rubbish bags) 8. Basic First Aid Kit / Essential medicines 9. Blankets, duvets, sleeping bags 10. Wind and waterproof clothing. Strong outdoor shoes 11. Hat for sun face/ dust masks (you can use a damp tea towel as a dust mask) 12. Camping stove or gas BBQ (or access to one) 13. Baby’s formula and small children’s, food and drinks (if appropriate) 14. Pet supplies (if appropriate)

NB: For questions 13 and / or 14 enter a tick if the item is not relevant, that is if you don't have babies, children or pets .

Number Correct % Prepared 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

7% 14% 21% 28% 35% 42% 50% 57% 64% 74% 78% 85% 92% 100%

How safe is your home?

Doors and Windows

1. Are all locks to outside doors either dead locks or strong bolt locks? 2. Can door locks be opened by breaking a window and reaching through? 3. Can internal doors be locked? 4. Are all locks in good working order? 5. Do you lock the internal door from your garage? 6. Can you account for all copies of keys to your home? 7. Are window locks properly and securely mounted? 8. Do you keep windows locked when they are shut? 9. Do you use locks that allow windows to be secured partly open?

Garage

10. Do you lock your garage door at night? 11. Do you lock your garage door when away from home? 12. Do you have good secure locks on garage windows and doors? 13. Do you lock your car when its parked in your garage?

Holiday

14. Do you notify neighbours when away on holiday? 15. Do you have mail and circulars collected for you when you are away? 16. Do you stop deliveries and newspapers when on holiday? 17. Do you have shades up and lights on when on holiday? 18. Do you use timers on lights & radios to make it look like you are home? 19. Do you arrange to keep lawns and gardens maintained? 20. Are you a member of a neighbourhood support group?

Environment

21. Do you have sensor lights around your house? 22. Are shrubs and bushes well trimmed near your house and boarders?

Safe Practices

23. Have you recorded all serial numbers and stored them away from home? 24. Have you uniquely marked valuable items (etch or invisible)? 25. Do you have a description of valuable property? 26. Have you displayed a sign that items are marked for identification? 27. Do you have an alarm? 28. Have you displayed a sign stating that your house is alarmed? 29. Do you report suspicious activity or people to police immediately? 30. Do you know not to disturb anything if you are burgled? just to call police?

Yes No

Every “NO” shows a weak point and may help a burglar. Every “YES”improves your protection.