Survival Kit

We recommend having an emergency survival kit at home and at the office.

If you prefer to keep your emergency survival kit items in the house for everyday use, make sure you know where to find them when there's an emergency.

Home emergency survival kit

Basic supplies for a home emergency kit:

emergency water
non-perishable foods
battery operated radio and spare batteries
first aid kit and manual
essential medications
emergency lighting (torch and spare batteries, lightsticks)
toilet paper, large bucket and large plastic bags (for making an emergency toilet), household bleach
blankets and warm waterproof clothing, sensible shoes
alternative cooking methods (gas cooker, BBQ)
pet and animal supplies (water, food, lead, towel or blanket, carry box)
baby supplies (nappies, favourite toy, warm clothing, waterproof clothing, food, formula, medication)
disinfectant
soap
can opener
fire extinguisher
knife
notebook and pencil
sleeping bags
special needs bag (for personal hygiene items such as sanitary items).

Further preparation

back up any important documents or files on your computer and print out a paper copy for storage
send at least one member of your family/household on a first aid course
install smoke alarms and get a fire extinguisher.

Workplace emergency survival kit

Occupational Safety and Health legislation requires all employers to develop procedures for dealing with emergencies that may arise while employees are at work.
Every employee is responsible for their own health and safety in the workplace, including being aware of emergency evacuation procedures and knowing the location of safety equipment and materials.

An emergency can be anything from a fire or hazardous substance spill to a major earthquake or flooding event.
We recommend that both employers and employees be prepared for an emergency.

Basic supplies for a personal emergency survival kit

Check to see if your employer has emergency survival supplies in your workplace. In addition to what they may have, we recommend individuals prepare themselves and have the following items handy to where you work:

emergency water
non-perishable foods
battery operated radio and spare batteries
essential medications
emergency lighting (torch and spare batteries, lightsticks)
blanket and warm waterproof clothing, sensible shoes.

Store your emergency survival items in strong, waterproof containers. Place your kit in an easily accessible, safe place. Discourage everyday use of items in the kit such as the torch and radio. Organise regular testing of batteries and rotate or renew items that have passed their use by date (eg. muesli bars, canned food etc).

Basic supplies for workplace emergency survival kit

The workplace emergency survival kit contents will differ depending on what type of workplace you operate. The list below is a general guideline only, based on an office environment

food packs containing dry rations (soup, power drinks, dried fruit, etc.), chocolate bars, energy bars, etc.
containers of water (the more water stored the better)
aluminium ladder
evacuation chair (if in a high rise building)
stretcher
hard hats
lengths of rope
nylon rope
first Aid kit (25 person)
plastic bags
green light sticks
white light sticks
torches
spare batteries for torches
battery operated radio plus spare batteries
eyewash bottle
dust masks
pairs of gloves
safety goggles
bags of cotton wool
foil blankets
blankets
hacksaw
crowbar
axe
hammer (at least 2kg)