Rehoboth Emergency Management Agency

Prepare Your Car for Winter
Keep yourself from getting stranded this winter. Store emergency items in your vehicle to handle cold weather, ice, and snow.
There are specific emergency items to store in your vehicle during the winter. There are also maintenance checks to keep you safe, your vehicle warm, and your engine running.
Follow these tips and find more winter preparedness information from the Ready campaign.
Check or have a mechanic check items, such as:
• Antifreeze levels
• Battery and ignition system
• Brakes
• Exhaust system
• Fuel and air filters
• Heater and defroster
• Lights and flashing hazard lights
• Oil
• Thermosat
• Windshield wiper equipment and washer fluid level
• Winter tires


Add winter items to the emergency kits in your vehicles:
• Shovel
• Ice scraper, snow brush
• Boots, mittens, warm clothes
• Blanket(s)
• Tow chain or rope
• Road salt and sand
• Tire chains or snow tires
Additional winter preparedness tips are available to keep your family safe and warm all winter long. To view more, download Prepareathon’s How to Prepare for a Winter Storm guide.