The Emergency Binder

The Emergency Binder:

The Emergency Binder is a waterproof binder that includes valuable personal documents, irreplaceable photographs of your family, and other information priceless to your family. Try to have one Emergency Binder per adult in the family. This information is irreplaceable to your family.

The purpose of the Emergency Binder is so that if you had to leave the house without notice, you can grab your binder and go. This is something that would be on hand, at home,  in the same location as you 72 Hour kit, Bug Out Bag, Family Bug Out Bag, etc.

In a large binder, have dividers labeled with clear plastic tabs in the following sections with either copies or the originals of the following documents. Ideally you should use a binder that zips up and has several pockets for things like cards or money. Weather your binder is or is not waterproof, place it in several oversized Ziploc’s, just to be safe.

Remember, this information is your life on paper and is irreplaceable!

Emergency Plan:

·         Family plan for when an emergency happens- where to meet, whom to contact, etc. You can even include a grab and go list of items that are vital around your house.

Emergency Contacts:

·         Emergency contacts both in and out of city/ state.

Personal Information:

·         Important personal/ legal documents for every member of the family.

·         Birth certificates

·         Patriarchal blessings

·         Diplomas

·         Wills

·         Drivers licenses

·         Marriage certificates

·         Passports

·         Vaccination papers

·         Trade licenses

Health Information:

·         Needed medications for every member of family with the medication sheet that includes side effects (the one that comes with the prescription)

·         List of allergies of every family member

·         Vaccinations list

·         Health cards

Journals:

·         Journals, if any, of each family member.

Ownership Papers:

·         Car Deed

·         Home Deed

·         Contracts

·         Insurance policies

Billing Information:

·         Phone list of your insurance company contacts, banker, etc. For if you cannot return home.

·         Health insurance

·         Car insurance

·         Home insurance

·         Electricity

·         SRP

·         Etc.

Business Information:

·         Any information relating to a home business; i.e. business credit cards, etc.

Bank Accounts:

·         Bank account numbers

Family History:

·         Genealogy records

Emergency Situations:

·         “How to” instructions for things like camping and medical information

Other items to be placed in the binder:

·         Credit cards

·         Pre-paid phone cards

·         Cash money $50-$100 per person in small bills and change (for buses, food, change for land-line phone calls, etc.)

·         Extra key to house, car or trusted family house (like Grandparents/ siblings).

·         Cd's or jump drives that contain precious family pictures/ information

·         More than one copy of photos of every member in the family (to handout if someone is lost. Get informal photos of each family member in their “emergency clothing”)

·         Disposable camera to document before and after pictures for insurance purposes

·         Journals if they are separate books

·         Scriptures