Some initial thoughts

Based on the experience from December 2022 6-day power failure.

Some items are already available, other things are newly listed after considering the experience and the intention to extend the autonomy period to 14 days, and including water to the requirement.

• Toilet Rolls → 9 pack
• Candles → 4 per day → 56 → 6 x 10 pack
• Tea Lights → 4 per day → 56 → 2 x 50 pack = 100
• Batteries
  • AA → 2 x 12
  • AAA → 2 x 16
  • CR123 → 2 x 4
• Matches → 4 boxes “Cooks Matches”
• Lighters → 4 x BIC/Clipper
• Medication
  • Paracetamol
  • Ibuprofen
  • Aspirin
  • Prescription?
• First Aid - plasters/dressings etc
• Wet wipes / hand sanitzer

In addition to normal household supplies

• Stoves : Ovoids → 7 bags
• Firelighters → 4 boxes
• Propane → 1 x 13kg
• Jet Boil → camping gas

• 100Ah Leisure Battery x 1
• 24Ah SLAB x 3
• 3Ah & 7Ah & 18Ah SLAB - various
• 12V → USB Charging device(s)
• Solar Panel for recharging batteries
• USB Power Banks

• personal headtorches
• personal pocket torches
• candle-lantern(s)
• 12V LED lighting

• Pasta → 3 x 1kg (75g per person per meal → 2 x 14 x 75g → 2.1kg)
• Rice → 3 x 1kg
  • Rice and Pasta combined, and with pulses, makes a meal with complete protein
• Dried Noodles
• Porrige Oats (can be made with plain water if milk not available, or dried milk powder?)
• Tins
  • Soup x 28
  • Pulses x 14
  • Fish x 7
• Jars
  • Pesto x 4
  • Curry Paste x 4
• Baking Goods
  • Bread Flour
  • Dried Yeast
• Drinks
  • Coffee
  • Tea Bags
  • Dried Milk
• Sundries
  • Olive Oil
  • Stock Cubes
  • Marmite

• Tins
  • Pulses : 4 year
  • Soup : 2 year
  • Fish : 3 year
• Jars
  • Pesto : 3 year
  • Curry Paste : 3 year
• Dried Goods
  • Pasta : 2 years
  • Rice : 2 years

Aim for 1 gallon per person per day

• 2 persons x 14 day x 1 gallon → 28 gallons → 6 x 5 gallon jerry cans.

• Dog food → 15kg bag

• Mobile Phones with choice of SIM cards → EE or Vodafone
• 4G battery powered MiFi router
• 12V DC powered ADSL router/Wifi Access point
• Old DTMF manual dial telephone
• Investigate Ham Radio HF Email
• Marine Band VHF radio for Coastguard

— John Pumford-Green 22/12/22 09:42