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Preparation kit: Best essential items to keep in an emergency grab bag

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What would you save from a burning building?

It’s a question that usually rounds off a light-hearted quiz, but what if you were faced with a literal fire? Or a flood? Or another catastrophic event or emergency that meant you had to leave home in a hurry? 

When time is low, can you trust yourself to think practically through the panic as you race around grabbing the essentials? 

That’s why having an emergency bag ready to go at a moment’s notice is useful, especially if you live somewhere at risk of flooding, fires and power cuts.

An insurance policy of sorts, there should be enough clothes, water and supplies to last three or four days. If you have

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