Cold food for more than a few meals is unappealing. You need to try and eat as normally as possible after a disaster. This is for your physical as well as your mental health. Basically, you could be on a camp-out for three or more days.

• Camp stove ( Have plenty of propane or white gas )

• Backpacking stove

• Fireplace should not be used after an earthquake, until it has had a video inspection by a chimney specialist. Unseen damage may cause an attic fire or allow carbon monoxide into dwelling.

• Barbecue (Charcoal and starter fluid) 

• Sterno (type) stove

• Cooking utensils

  • Pots

  • Pans

  • Cups and Glasses

  • Forks, knives, and spoons

• Manual Can Opener. To open all your cans of stored food.

IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE: Don't use any of these stoves indoors. Carbon monoxide poisoning can occur.

For additional assistance, feel free to contact the Los Angeles Fire Department's Disaster Preparedness Section.

Los Angeles Fire Department
Disaster Preparedness Unit
5021 North Sepulveda Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA

Telephone: (818) 756-9674
           Fax: (818) 756-9681