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I am athe Emergency Preparedness Coordinator" at my church, and I need help putting together a list needed to "winterize" the home and auto in a preparedness kind of way.  

I'm looking for items to keep in the car and home as esll as having a plan in place.  I've already got a few things put down on paper, but wanted to compare notes.

I have a pretty receptive audience as about two thirds of our town were affected by a winter storm last February.  The two routes in and out of our town were shut down due to bad roads.  People couldn't get home from work, kids were stranded at school, etc.

Thanks.

I'm sure there's other members here who could help you far better than I can, but I'll help get you started with a few things that were mandatory for us to carry in our cars when I was stationed in North Dakota

1. Extra clothes (Heavy Jacket, wool sox, etc)
2. Space blanket
3. Boots
4. Candles
5. Food (MRE, Power bars)
6. Jumper cables
7. Flashlight
8. Small shovel

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To the above list, I would add some kind of stove or other device to keep the car warm. You might think, "Well, I'll just keep the engine running and stay warm that way," right? Why are you stranded in the first place? 'Cause the BLOODY ENGINE HAS FAILED, right? And if the engine won't run, you won't stay warm. Just be wary of carbon monoxide.

Stove, hand warmers, whatever. Also, I have started keeping my old cell phone in the car. I don't have service with Verizon anymore, but it will call 911 as long as it can 'see' a cell tower.