Emergency kit
For your peace of mind and safety, keep these items in your trunk, especially in the winter:
Vehicle:
- ice/snow scraper
- small/folding/retracting shovel
- abrasive material such as sand, salt or non-clumping kitty litter for extra traction
- windshield washer fluid
- spare windshield wipers
- jumper cables
- flares
- spare tire (check the air)
- tire gauge
- tire chains
- tool kit
- work gloves
- jack and lug wrench
- safety triangles
- accident report form. Here’s one from the B & G Group, Inc.
You:
- blanket
- extra gloves, overshoes, hat
- extra clothes
- non-freezable food such as hard candies in air-tight packaging
- flashlight
- candle and matches
- first-aid kit
- paper towels
- facial tissues
- toilet tissue
- bring with you: drinking water, hand sanitizer