Tarps & Plastic Sheeting for Emergency Shelter & Response
Tarps and plastic sheeting are among the most versatile and widely used supplies in emergency preparedness and response — providing temporary shelter, weather protection, hazard containment, and triage area setup capability across a broad range of emergency scenarios. More Prepared carries utility tarps and plastic sheeting suited for facility emergency supply stations, CERT response kits, and custom emergency kit assembly.
Blue Utility Tarps
Standard blue poly tarps in multiple sizes provide durable, water-resistant temporary shelter and protection for emergency scenarios requiring rapid deployment of weather protection — including facility roof damage, broken windows, equipment protection, and outdoor shelter setup during extended emergency operations. Available in small, medium, and large configurations to match the coverage requirements of different deployment scenarios. Blue utility tarps are a standard component of facility emergency supply inventories and disaster response equipment caches.
Triage Tarp Sets
Color-coded triage tarp sets provide the treatment area ground marking needed to establish immediate, delayed, minor, and expectant patient treatment zones during mass casualty incident response — deploying rapidly without assembly to create clearly defined, color-coded treatment areas in accordance with START triage protocols. Triage tarps are used alongside treatment area flag systems for comprehensive MCI treatment zone establishment. For a complete treatment area setup solution see our Treatment Area Setup & Flagging collection under Response.
Plastic Sheeting
Plastic sheeting provides a flexible, multi-use emergency supply for shelter-in-place scenarios requiring interior room sealing against airborne contaminants, facility hazard containment, weather protection, and temporary barrier establishment. Standard plastic sheeting in roll format is a recommended component of shelter-in-place emergency supply inventories for schools, government facilities, and workplaces where airborne hazard events — including chemical releases, wildfire smoke, and biological incidents — may require interior room sealing as a protective measure.
All tarps and plastic sheeting are available individually and in quantities appropriate for facility emergency supply stations and agency-wide deployment. Volume pricing is available for school districts and government agencies purchasing in quantity.
