Ideas for Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Vehicle Kits

[Samantha Loftis]

Hello!

I am making an emergency kit for each of our Outreach/Library Vehicles and I am hoping for some ideas of items to keep in the kits. Our vehicles are fairly small, our largest being a Ram Pro-Master, and are used for various deliveries around our county. Most deliveries are within 30 to 40 minuets from our base office, but most of our towns are connected by lots of curving roads that wind through hilly woods.

We have a procedure for bad winter weather that postpones deliveries until roads are considered safe to travel by MODOT. We also thoroughly discuss the if the road conditions are truly safe enough to travel before anyone leaves their homes to get to the library. We leave it up to the staff member to deicide if it is safe enough for them to come into the library. We also have a guidelines for tornados and bad weather outside winter weather.

I would greatly appreciate some ideas for what to keep in our vehicles so I and my team are prepared for various emergencies that may pop up on our travels and deliveries.

Thank you!

Sam Loftis

Outreach Coordinator

[Kat Robinson Board Member 4]

What a great question - and great thinking on your part. We have collapsible triangles or cones, in case of breakdown on a road, flares, a blanket ( the metallic kind that folds down to almost nothing). I even have a bottle of water and a couple granola bars. Since you are so close you may not need more than that. If you were looking for other ideas - a small tire inflator (they are super small now) and a battery jumper. 

What other ideas do you have and has anyone suggested something cool?

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Kat Robinson

Board Member At Large, Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services

Bookmobile and Outreach Coordinator

Rockingham County, NC

Co-Chair, Conference Planning

Committee, Long Range Planning  

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[Samantha Loftis]

Having snacks and water in the kit is a fantastic idea. I also keep Liquid IV in my office incase I or my coworkers get dehydrated but I might keep some other electrolyte drink mixes in the vehicles too.

We also keep laminated emergency contact information in the glove compartments with a list of PIC staff and Admin staff for our libraries.

[communityoutreachservicespwpl]

We have things like flares, the metallic blankets, extra water in case something happens, a first aid kit, basic tools, window breaking tools (by passenger door), we also have a power bank charging device meant to be for emergencies. 

-Rachel