Emergency Sanitation
EMERGENCY SANITATION
After a major disaster, if water and sewage lines have been disrupted you may need to improvise emergency sanitation facilities.
Supplies:
· Always have basic sanitation supplies on hand
· Medium-sized plastic bucked with tight lid
· Household chlorine bleach
· Toilet paper
· Plastic garbage bags and ties (heavy duty)
· Soap, liquid detergent
· Towelettes
Sanitation:
· Build a makeshift toilet
· If sewage lines are broken but the toilet bowl is useable, place a garbage bag inside the bowl.
· If the toilet is completely backed up, make your own
· Line a medium sized bucket with a garbage bag
· Make a toilet seat out of two boards place parallel to each other across the bucket. An old toilet seat will also work
Sanitize Waste
· After each use, pour a disinfectant such as bleach into the container. This will help avoid infection and stop the spread of disease
· Cover the container tightly WHEN NOT IN USE
Waste Disposal
· Bury garbage and human waste to avoid the spread of disease by rats and insects.
· Dig a pit 2 to 3 feet deep and at least 50 feet downhill or away from any well, spring or water supply
· If the garbage cannot be buried immediately, strain any liquids into the emergency toilet.
· Wrap the residue in several layers of newspapers and store it in a large can with a tight fitting lid.
· Place the can outside until it can be buried.
---Listed Below are items that you will need for a sanitation kit, they are to be placed in a 5-6 gallon plastic bucket with a tight fitting lid. Many of these items may already be in your 72 hour kit; you will just need to account for any missing sanitation supplies.
· Five or six gallon plastic container with tight fitting lid
· Toilet paper
· Cotton dish towel
· Small bar of soap and soap holder
· Liquid soap in a pump dispenser
· Toothpaste
· Toothbrush
· Deodorant or anti-perspirant
· Dental floss
· Insect repellent
· Diaper ointment
· Chapstick
· Vaseline
· Kleenex
· Hairbrush or comb
· Small bath towel
· Washcloth
· Moistened towelettes or baby wipes
· Feminine hygiene needs
· Extra prescription glasses
· Waterless soap
· Hand lotion
· Breath mints
· Q-tips
· Cotton balls
· Foot powder
· Extra lid
· 3M-type scrubbing sponge
· Laundry detergent
· Small mirror
· Clothes pins
· Paper towels
· Regular sponge
· 48-four gallon white waste paper basket plastic bags
· 6 large grocery bags
· Small can of Lysol disinfectant
· Small container of liquid chlorine bleach
· Folding camp shovel with serrated cutting edge
· Deodorizer tablets
· 3-32 gallon garbage bag liners
· Disposable rubber gloves
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