Emergency rations are items of food and drink that a person stores and relies upon in case of an emergency. Emergency food supplies can be purchased for camping trips or wilderness adventures. These supplies are meant to last for several days. Many people also purchase long shelf life emergency food in case of natural disasters or other emergency situations. The food can come in the form of a powder, freeze-dried, smoked or salted.

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Typical emergency foodstuffs are high-calorie foods such as candy bars, nutritional bars, energy or sports bars, hard bread or biscuit, dried meat (such as jerky), and dried fruit. If water is available, rations with little water content are lighter to carry.

 

What you need on hand before an emergency. 

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• Put together a power outage emergency kit. 

• Buy an emergency weather radio. 

• Have flashlights and batteries for everyone. 

• Be able to purify water. 

• Buy a food thermometer. 

• Stock up on non-perishable food and water. 

• Be prepared to cook outdoors.

• Buy a portable generator.

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