A "Just In Case" Kit to Keep on Hand

A friend of mine wants to share ideas from her personal experience with a devastating home fire. What to put together, "just in case."  You should have a fireproof box large enough to hold the following items:

• All your photo negatives (photo's cannot be replaced)
• Insurance papers
• Birth Certificate; Social Security papers; Wedding/Divorce documents; any Death Certificates
• Mortgage/House  Documents
• *** PASSPORT ***  (if your drivers license is gone, this is your only means of identification)
• A copy of your Drivers License
  
• A few spare checks/and/or a spare credit card
• Bank information ie: account numbers, safety deposit key
• Phone numbers for your Credit Cards 
  
• Car information ie; Title, loan info
• A spare pair of glasses
• A copy of your personal phone numbers
• Perhaps a small amount of cash to purchase necessary items ie: toothbrush, personal care items, from a vending machine in the hotel
• Spare car/house keys

Many homeowner's are videotaping the interior of their homes to have a record of everything  they own for insurance purposes.  The tape or photos of each room should also be in the box, or your safety deposit box.
I understand this seems extreme, however, because the fire next door was caused by a gas explosion the police officer who came to my door wouldn't even give me a second to find my cats or grab my purse from another room.

While we were sitting outside in our car (my neighbor was not able to pull out her car as the fire trucks were behind it), we were thinking this will be over soon and we'll be back in our homes. Neither of us had any idea how fast the fire was burning, or how much damage it was doing. You just never know.