After a disaster, the risk of a house fire is high. Damaged electrical and gas systems and broken appliances can start a fire; rioters may set fire to your home or nearby homes; and so forth.
It's a good idea to have fire extinguishers available. They can be obtained inexpensively: This unit sells for $12.95 from Camping/Survival; another product, Cold Fire, works equally well. Buy multiple units and have, at a minimum, one on each floor of your home.
A cheaper, suitable alternative is sand. Sand can be stored in buckets (sherbet-type buckets with lids and handles work well for this purpose). In fact, before chemical fire extinguishers were invented, many public buildings kept buckets of sand available for fire suppression. Write "Fire Sand" on the lids of these buckets to distinguish it from "Water Sand".
Additionally, gray water can be used to put out fires, though water should not be used for certain types of fires (such as grease fires).
Even in daily life, it's highly recommended to have fire extinguishers available in the home.
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