Emergency Preparedness week 4

I know I haven't done a preparedness post in awhile. Shame on me!

This one is about Documents.

For level 1 preparedness:

1. Do you have a basic list of important  documents?
2. Do you have copies of these documents in a waterproof container in your 72 hour kit?
3. Do you have copies stored in a safe place outside your home (relative, deposit box)?

Level 2 preparedness:

These are the documents you need and get them notarized.
 Legal Documents

• Birth Certificates
• Marriage Certificates
• Will, Personal/As an Executor
• Passports
• Contracts
• Vehicle Titles
• Tax Returns (first 2 pages for the last 3 years)

Health Documents

• Vaccination Papers
• Health History
• List of current meds/prescriptions

 Insurance Policies (if you have them)

• Property (include Contact Information)
• Health (include Contact Information)
• Life (include Contact Information)
• Flood (include Contact Information)

Vital Records

• Bank Accounts (include Contact Information)
• Investment Accounts (include Contact Information)
• Retirement Accounts (include Contact Information)
• Debt Obligations (include Contact Information)
• Doctors (include Contact Information)
• Medications, prescription numbers (include Contact Information)
• Deeds and property records

Include a copy of the following:

• Durable Power of Attorney
• Living Wills
• Health care proxies (yours, as an attorney-in-fact, as a health care surrogate)
• Original Social Security cards

Level 3

In addition to the documents listed in Level 2 you should include copies of the following in your emergency kit, ready to grab:

• Scriptures
• Genealogy Records
• Irreplaceable Family Mementos
• Journals
• Military/Citizenship papers
• Transcripts/Diplomas
• Voter Registration
• Cash
• Credit Cards
• Pre-paid phone cards

Good luck and I hope this gives you some great ideas of documents that you will need if something happens.