It’s day three of Go Bag week! I hope you caught our bag and list posts. If not, check them out. And be sure to download our Individual Go Bag Checklist for free (or pay what you want!) Every dollar helps us keep making community preparedness content, workshops with people smarter than us, feed wayward farm animals, and more.
Today we’re talking about documents! It is imperative you keep copies, or if it suits your needs, the originals of important documents in your go bag. Below is a list of documents you should keep to make sure you’re able to recover as easily as possible after a crisis.
We keep ours in two envelopes in the main bag I showed you yesterday. It is best to keep them in a fire and/or water proof envelope like you can get from Qlynudo (it’s not a prescription drug, it is the brand we invested in for go bag money pouch). Our documents, however, are still in a simple paper envelope, uncomfortably at risk of fire or water damage. That should change ASAP after I put a few more bucks away for glitter to barter with, like, violent, adolescent craft gangs, or whatever.
Documents for your go bag:
- Passports and Visas
- We keep our originals in the go bag because our bag is as secure as a filing cabinet or safe and many agencies will not accept a photocopy. Good idea? What do you think?
- Marriage, birth, adoption and naturalization documents
- Same as above
- State issued IDs and drivers license (copies)
- Be sure to replace when you renew your license or ID
- Automobile registration and titles
- Deeds and property legal description (metes and bounds descriptions if available)
- We ride the fence about if copies or originals are ideal for these final 5 or 6 final items. What is your opinion?
- Power of Attorney
- Medical records
- Will
- School records
- Pet records
- Household valuables inventory
- Any nearly full punch cards
What are we missing? Which to you prefer to have as copies and which as originals? Again, this is a short post about a topic one could go on at length about. Let us know below!
Sulphur Springs Truck Patch invites your input on posts like these. Our whole operation is based on the idea that the community knows best. We are not seasoned peppers. Meredith works in adult literacy and has a graduate degree in folk studies and I am a recovering graphic designer and illustrator. So we have a lot to learn. We started this community preparedness hub to make a place for others to teach others. It is in it’s infancy. Next year, go bag week will likely be hosted by more experienced go bag thinkers to show us all how to do it. Let us know if you can be a part of that!
There is a lot to say about what makes great go bags and I’ve covered just a fraction here. We invite ideas, corrections, etc. We’ll be answering any questions or comments at the end of this week. Have any? Comment below or reach out at Instagram, Facebook, or Threads.
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