Preparedness Tip - Emergency Road Kit

Recently when asked what vehicle emergency kit I would recommend, I would recommend building your own.

Here are the components I recommend:

• First aid kit including tourniquet and pressure bandage: These critical elements are missing from many retail first aid kits. While 300 piece first aid kits may sound tempting, their contents typically won’t stop someone from bleeding to death. I highly recommend building your own first aid kit rather than buying one off the shelf.

• Blankets/Emergency Mylar Blankets

• Deep can with candle in it for heat

• Road flares

• Matches

• Reflective safety vest

• Mirror for signaling

• Non-perishable food such as energy bars (look for bars with high heat tolerance)

• Water

• Long handled snow scraper with snow brush

• Small shovel for clearing snow away from tires and tailpipe. It never snows in central Texas, right??

• Window breaker/seatbelt cutter

• Jumper cables

• Rechargeable car jumper

• Spare tire

• Tire inflator 

• Small tool kit

• Cell phone

• Paper maps: if you are stranded in the middle of nowhere, a “no service” message won’t get you to Google Maps.

• Flashlight or headlamp: A headlamp will free up both hands to allow you to change a tire or make other repairs.

On another preparation note, please be actively building up your food and water storage. Our stake presidency has asked us to have build a three month pantry and store one year of long-term staples. 

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As always, a great resource can be found here:  Temporal Preparedness Guide