Release Date: April 2004

YOUR FAMILY DISASTER SUPPLIES KIT

A hurricane, earthquake, tornado or any other disaster could cut off basic services to your home – gas, water, electricity and telephones –for days. Your family will cope best by preparing for disaster before it strikes. Get ready with Your Family Disaster Supplies Kit from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This brochure lists the kinds of foods, first aid supplies, tools, and other items you should stock up on to get through an emergency. Find out how to store your supplies so you can “grab it and go” in an evacuation. This publication costs fifty cents. For your copy, call toll-free 1 (888) 8 PUEBLO , that's 1 (888) 878-3256 and ask for Item 354L . Have your credit card handy. Or send your name, address, and a check or money order for fifty cents to Federal Citizen Information Center, Dept. 354L, Pueblo, CO 81009. And visit www.pueblo.gsa.gov to read or print out this and hundreds of other FCIC publications for free.

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