Prepare Your Underground Shelter

When you have to retreat to your underground shelter, bunker, or safe room, you’ll have to make sacrifices. However, you’ll want to make your stay as comfortable as possible. It’s our job to make sure you have a safe space, protected from burglars as well as natural disasters. Maintaining your quality of life is going to involve equipping your safe room with a few things, so you sacrifice as little as possible.

Here are a few things with which to prepare your safe room for a lengthy stay.

Note: Storing Potable (Drinkable) Water

It is recommended that you store one gallon of water, per person, per day. If you are using 2-liter bottles, two of these bottles satisfies the requirements for one person, one day. While it is impossible to predict how long you will have to remain in your underground shelter, we recommend you stock up on enough water for two weeks – at the very least.

Prepping Your Underground Shelter

Make sure your safe room or bunker is equipped with the following. This list is not exhaustive.

• Sleeping bag/Cot
• Blankets, Pillows
• Easy-to-prepare food
• Water (see above)
• First Aid
• Medicines
• Flashlights
• Batteries
• Walkie-Talkie/Radio
• Weather Radio
• Space Heater
• Fan, Air Filter

Each of these items has a specific use for your survival. You never know how long you’ll be staying in your safe room, you should have enough medicine and provisions to live for a few weeks—maybe even a few months. Make sure your underground shelter is equipped with these items at all times. In the event of a natural disaster, you may not have the time to rush around the house grabbing the necessary materials.

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