Tuesday 8 December 2015

How to create an emergency kit for power cuts

It is always important to put together an emergency preparedness kit for power cuts for your family. A lot of extremely worried and frightened by these outages, so creating a emergency kit can make them feel more empowered and prepared.

Items to place in your emergency kit:

- Flashlights with extra batteries
- A well-stocked first aid kit
- Warming blankets
- Candles and matches or a lighter – use these with caution
- Drinking water
- Non-perishable food
- Manual can opener
- Coolers and ice
- Food thermometer
- Medicines
- Paper towels
- Tissues
- Hand wipes
- Hand sanitizer
- Work gloves
- Power bank
- Cell phone and extra battery

It is important to remember that items from your kit that have an expiry date, such as food and medicines, need to be replenished when they go off or are used.


Always be prepared, you never know when a power cut could happen and it’s not possible to know for certain how many hours you will be without power.

For a wide range of backup power solutions, contact Off Grid today. 

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