Home emergency kit – one week
Ready for a week on your own, even when the phone and the internet go quiet.
Norwegian authorities recommend that as many households as possible can manage on their own for a week if power, water or the network goes down. This list is based on the DSB checklist and keeps track of what goes stale: the water, the batteries, the medicines. Start with what you have and add a little at a time.
A ready-made list from DSB. Share it with the whole household, so everyone sees what is done. It tells you when something needs replacing.
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When the network is down
Norway's preparedness week 2026 is about the days when the mobile network and the internet don't work as normal. Most of it you sort out in advance:
- A DAB radio on batteries, a crank or solar power. NRK P1 is the emergency channel, and the car radio works too.
- Find out whether your municipality has an information point, and where it is.
- Important phone numbers on paper, in case you have to borrow a phone.
- An agreed place to meet if you can't reach each other.
- A pair of walkie-talkies (PMR446, licence-free) and an agreed family channel.
- A charged power bank and spare batteries for the radio.
- Some cash and a physical BankAxept card.
Source: DSB and Nkom, «Råd hvis internett og mobilnett ikke virker»; DSB and Norges Bank, «Eigenberedskap for betalingar»
Kitfolio's tip: print the list and put it up where you keep your supplies. Paper needs neither power nor coverage.
Water and food
- Drinking water in jerrycans or bottles (about 20 litres per person)Replace every year (DSB)
- Food that needs no cooking (crispbread, oats, tins, nuts, dried fruit)Replace every year (DSB)
- Food to heat up (pasta, rice, packet soup, tinned meals)Replace every year (DSB)
- Food and water for pets (one week)Replace every year (DSB)
Heat and cooking
- Grill, camping stove or storm cooker (for outdoor use – see the CO tip)
- Spare gas or fuelCheck every year (Kitfolio's recommendation)
- Matches
- Candles
- Firewood (if you have a wood stove or fireplace)
- Gas or paraffin heater made for indoor use
- Warm clothes, blankets, duvets and sleeping bags
- An arrangement to stay elsewhere if you have no other heating
Light, radio and power
- Torch or headlamp (battery, crank or solar)
- DAB radio (battery, crank or solar)
- Batteries that fit the torch and radioCheck every year (Kitfolio's recommendation)
- A charged power bankCharge every 6 months (Kitfolio's recommendation)
Health and hygiene
- Regular medicines – at least one extra week's supplyReplace every 6 months (Kitfolio's recommendation)
- First aid kit (plasters, dressings, wound wash, thermometer)Check every year (Kitfolio's recommendation)
- Iodine tablets (for children, adults under 40, pregnant and breastfeeding women – follow the pack)Check every year (Kitfolio's recommendation)
- Wet wipesReplace every year (Kitfolio's recommendation)
- Hand sanitiser
- Toilet paper
- Bin bags and plastic bags (emergency toilet)
- Nappies and period products (as needed)
Money and papers
- Some cash, preferably in small notes and coins
- More than one payment card
- A paper list of important phone numbersCheck every year (Kitfolio's recommendation)
Tips and variations
Start with the water
About 20 litres per person, clean containers, dark and cool, replace once a year. 5–10 litres beats none.
Heat and cooking indoors, safely
A grill, a camping stove or a patio heater is for outdoor use and must never be used indoors. A gas or paraffin heater made for indoor use needs good ventilation and a CO alarm nearby, and one without a flue must never be in a room where someone sleeps.
The list remembers for you
Tick what you have, and a clock starts: «Replace around Oct 2027», «Charge around Apr 2027», «Check around Oct 2027». When it is time, it quietly says «Due to replace», «Due to charge» or «Due to check». One tap on «Replaced today», «Charged today» or «Checked today» restarts it. Water follows DSB. The other intervals are Kitfolio's cautious recommendation, and you can change them. A date on the pack wins.
Once a year
Review the stock. Use it in daily life and restock before it runs out.
Source: DSB – the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection, «Slik bidrar du til Norges beredskap» (read 11 October 2026)