Emergency kit for a family of four
With children at home, readiness is also about keeping a power cut calm and manageable. The authorities recommend that families can manage on their own for at least three days, and this kit is put together for two adults and two children aged 3 to 12.
The kit for you
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Your kit
- 1×Emergency radio
- 1×First aid kit
- 1×LED lantern 'Retro'
- 2×LED headlamp 'Compact'
- 1×Power bank 20,000 mAh
- 2×Collapsible water carrier 20 L
- 4×Emergency sleeping bag
- 1×Emergency blanket 4-pack
- 4×Hand warmers (pair)
Prices will follow once our supplier prices are final. The kit is not in stock yet - first delivery is expected in spring 2027.
Water need
36 litres for 3 days - for drinking and cooking for the whole household, pets included.
What you need to add yourself
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Who is it for?
Families with two adults and two school-age or nursery children. If you have a teenager, a baby or a pet, adjust the household in the calculator - teens get their own headlamp and hand warmers, and babies add items to your checklist.
What's inside?
The family shares the emergency radio, LED lantern, power bank and first aid kit. The adults each get a headlamp and hand warmers - children don't get hand warmers, but all four get their own emergency sleeping bag, and there is a pack of emergency blankets for the whole family.
Four people over three days comes to 36 litres of drinking water at three litres per person per day. The water carriers are collapsible, so you fill them when you need them.
Good to know with children at home
Let the children try the headlamp and the lantern before they are needed - that way it becomes a game rather than something unfamiliar. Keep the kit high up or in a cupboard the children don't rummage in, so the batteries aren't flat when you need them. Make a simple plan for where the family gathers if the power goes in the evening, and charge the power bank and lantern once a year.
What you add yourselves
Food for three days that the children like and that keeps without a fridge, the family's medication and some cash. Talk to the children about what happens if the power goes - it makes it less unsettling when it does. If you already have some of the gear, tick it and we take it out.
Read also
- Readiness for the whole family: children, elderly and pets
- Water in your emergency kit: how much, and how to store it
- Emergency supply list: what to keep at home