Personal Preparedness

Personal Emergency Supply Kit

First Aid Kit

Personal Emergency Response Plan at Work

• Phone & charger
• Medications & glasses
• Laptop & charger
• Family communication plan
• Emergency phone list
• Cash and identification
• Water, 1 gal. per person, per day for at least 3 three days
• Water purifier (tablets or filter)
• Food, 3 day supply, non-perishable
• Battery-powered or hand crank radio and NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries for both
• Flashlight and extra batteries
• Solar charger
• First aid kit & manual
• Dust and smoke mask (N95)
• Moist towelettes, garbage bags and
• plastic ties for personal sanitation
• Wrench for gas line
• Can opener for food
• Local maps
• Matches (waterproof)
• Hygiene supplies
• Sleeping bag or warm blanket,
• Change of clothes, sturdy shoes
• Mess kit, cup, plastic utensils, small hand towel
• Paper, pencil
• Emergency whistle
  
  Resource:
• Review information on disability planning.

• Prescription medicines
• Pain reliever
• Spare reading glasses
• 3 Triple antibiotic ointment packs, 0.5g each
• 4 Antiseptic cleansing wipes (sting free)
• 1 Hydrocortisone pack, 0.9g
• 2 Hand sanitizer packs, 0.9g each
• 2 chewable aspirin tablets, 81 mg each
• 20 Plastic adhesive bandages, 3/4″ x 3″
• 10 Plastic adhesive bandages,1″ x 3″
• 2 Elbow and knee plastic bandages, 2″ x 4″
• 5 Junior plastic bandages, 3/8″ x 1-1/2″
• 1 Knuckle fabric bandage
• 1 Fingertip fabric bandage
• 3 Patch bandages, 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″
• 1 Instant cold compress
• 1 Triangular sling/bandage
• 1 Trauma pad, 5″ x 9″
• 4 Gauze dressing pads, 3″ x 3″
• 2 Gauze dressing pads, 4″ x 4″
• 1 First aid tape roll, 3/4″ x 5 yds
• 1 Gauze roll bandage, 3″
• 1 CPR one-way valve face shield, latexfree
• 1 Thermometer
• 2 Latex-free exam-quality vinyl gloves
• Scissors, 1 pair
• Plastic tweezers, 1 pair
• 1 Emergency First Aid Guide
• 1 Zippered clear-pocket soft pack
• Personal respirators (intake/output)

• General – Maintain situational awareness throughout the day whether at work or at home. Always remember to remain calm and flexible.
• Risk Assessment – Be familiar with and document the hazards and risks where you work and live.
• Protective Actions – Review emergency response protocols, establish applicable procedures, and document specific tasks to guide in the appropriate immediate actions during an emergency.
• Emergency Resources – Be familiar with the people, systems, and equipment in your workplace or at home that can assist in an emergency. Identify key resources in your plan.
• Coordination – Be prepared to provide facility and hazard information to first responders to assist them in stabilizing the incident.
• Training – Participate in training opportunities that help you understand emergency plans, roles and responsibilities, policies and procedures.
• Emergency Drills and Exercises – A key component of all planning efforts is
• drilling and exercising plans to ensure they work. Participation and feedback
• play an important role in ensuring effective emergency preparedness.
  
  Personal Business Continuity Plan
  
• Consider how you could perform your work during various hazardous situations (power outage, office building inaccessible, data lost)
• Before it is needed, connect your laptop(s) to the UCSC Virtual Private Network (VPN) to work offsite.
• Discuss your department’s Business Continuity Plan with your supervisor. If your office does not have a plan, contact the Office of Emergency Service’s Business Continuity Planner. See our staff list at:
• Contacts & Staff
• Create a resource and contact lists for resuming your work
• Plan for methods to meet compliance reporting related to your work
• If appropriate, consider a shared folder so colleagues can gain access to your work when you cannot report to work
• Draft a personal business continuity plan