If you have a car, prepare an emergency kit for the car and leave it there. The basic car emergency kit includes the following articles :

• Food non perishable (like energy bars)
• Water – in plastic bottles so that they don’t break in case of freezing (replace each six months)
• Blanket
• Back-up clothes and shoes
• First-aid kit – containing a knife to cut seatbelts
• Small shovel, scraper and snowbrush
• Candle in a deep can and matches
• Wind–up flashlight
• Whistle – to draw attention
• Roadmaps
• Copy of your emergency plan and personal documents

In your car trunk :

• Sand, salt or cat litter (non clumping)
• Antifreeze/windshield washer fluid
• Tow rope
• Jumper cables
• Fire extinguisher

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On top emergency plan and kit preparations, you could save lives by knowing how to give first-aid. Contact the Red-Cross or ambulance services in your area to obtain information about first aid courses offered in your area.