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I'm creating a basic emergency binder for my family.
I got a red binder - the kind that zips all the way around so things don't fall out, and that has a few zippered pockets for things like thumb drives and pens. I put some dividers in it and some of those plastic sheets that hold paper (so you don't have to hole-punch things).
I'm keeping it simple and adding either pre-printed info (e.g., from the FEMA website) and/or a more succinct summary I made of each topic. I'm making it mostly paper/hard copy for times like when we lose power (so any info stored electronically is impossible to access).
I'm also only including topics specific to us and our area. For example, we lose power for many hours/days at least a few times a year here. So I've included info like how to keep our food safe-temp longer, how long until things have to be thrown out, what to eat and how when there's no electricity (for some reason when we lose power all awareness that we can still eat goes right out the window), etc. However, we have zero worries from tsunamis, so no info on tsunamis included.