Fire extinguisher.
Adequate supplies of medications that you or family members are taking.
Crescent and pipe wrenches to turn off gas and water supplies.
First-aid kit and handbook.
Flashlights with extra bulbs and batteries.
Portable radio with extra batteries.
Water for each family member for at least 3 days (allow at least 1 gallon per person per day) and purification tablets or   chlorine bleach to purify drinking water from other sources.
Canned and package foods, enough for several days and MECHANICAL can opener. Extra food for pets if necessary.
Camp stove or barbecue to cook on outdoors (store fuel out of the reach of children).
Waterproof, heavy-duty plastic bags for waste disposal.

Make sure each member of your family knows what to do no matter where they are when EQs occur :

• Establish a meeting place where you can all reunite afterward.
• Find out about EQ plans developed by children's school or day care.
• Remember transportation may be disrupted, keep some emergency supplies--food, liquids, and comfortable shoes, for example--at work.

Know where you gas, electric and water main shutoffs are and how to turn them off if there is a leak or electrical short.   Make sure older members of the family can shut off utilities.
Locate your nearest fire and police stations and emergency medical facility.
Talk to your neighbors--how could they help you, or you them after an EQ.
Take Red Cross First Aid and CPR Training Course.

First do the Drop, Cover, Hold for the initial 1-2 minutes. After that leave the building and assemble in the pre-identified safe   place outside.
Do not use matches, lighters, camp stoves or barbecues, electrical equipment, appliances until you are sure there are no   gas leaks. They may create a spark that could ignite leaking gas and cause an explosion and fire.
Do not use your telephone, except for a medical or fire emergency. You could tie up the lines needed for emergency   response. If the phone doesn't work send someone for help.

Download ' The Assam Relife Manual'.