Preparing your 72-hour “bug-out” bags.
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Loading ...August 25, 2012 in Preparedness
Preparing your 72-hour “bug-out” bags.
This is an easy, cost-effective preparation that makes a ton of sense — no matter what happens.
Even a small preparation like this can have an enormous impact on how you survive the first few days after any type of catastrophic event.
I’ll bet there were a lot of people after Hurricane Katrina that would have loved to have such a bag for each member of their family…
This could be a backpack or bag of some sort for each family member that contains all the items that individual may need during the first 72 hours after a disaster strikes.
Items to include in such a bag would be toiletries, important papers (see below), change of underwear and clothes, some bottled water, snacks, a few bags of freeze-dried food that only require two cups of hot water to reconstitute within self-contained bag, water purification device, metal cup and small pot for boiling water, backpacker mini-cook stove with fuel, sleeping bag, towel, ability to make fire, flashlight with extra batteries, glow sticks, ground cloth, tarp, rain gear, plastic forks, knives, spoons, parachute cord, personal cleaning wipes, a first aid kit and medication, good sharp knife and a multi-tool, fishing line, small fishing hooks, compass, cash, physical gold and silver, map of areas you may need, and any other items that would make sense for you.
Special items required by the elderly, babies, and pets need to be considered as well.
Important paperwork you should bring with you includes: birth certificates, insurance policies, passports, medical records, pet medical records, bank account information, deeds and titles to cars, homes etc., computer backup.
Gather these and put them in a suitable container and wrap in plastic against the elements.
Having such preparations after a tornado, hurricane, or any calamity would allow you to grab and go because it’s already prepared.
Each member of the family should have such a bag.
Laura said on September 19, 2012
Really good idea. Thanks for sharing this article.
Chrispy said on August 26, 2012
Hi, I’m in the UK here, but I’ve noticed none of these survival bags include a gun. If I were to make a survival bug out bag, I wouldn’t be carrying gold and silver, I’d have a gun.
Here’s hoping 1776 fever sweeps over the pond!
rosso said on August 26, 2012
sure survival bags don’t include a gun because you won’t be storing it in a bag ….
Jason Rose said on August 26, 2012
Chrispy if you are expecting British Society to suddenly gain a backbone then you are clearly very much mistaken.
I have flirted with the idea of gaining a firearm certificate just in case the worst should happen but seeing as there is such a minority of gun owners in the UK, anyone with a gun would be the first to be rounded up in the back of a jeep so there really isn’t much point. In the UK, our survival will be our resistance. As much as it sickens me to say this: but generally speaking the British are a bunch of tarts with no spines. They’d much rather be under a police-state then out trying to fight it.
Chrispy said on August 28, 2012
That’s what decades of slick propoganda does. And when the government makes it such a hassle to procure vitamins, guns, non contaminated food and medicine, then it’s practically saying “join the underground economy.”
Which is fine by me. A penny spent in the underground is a penny those bastards cannot tax, a penny that cannot buy a bullet to kill me or my fellow countrymen.
DJ said on September 20, 2012
On this side of the pond we carry our guns……..all the time.
rosso said on August 25, 2012
Survival Kits are an important purchase.
Not only do they need to be versatile, but they need to be high quality as well.
After all, the lives of you and your loved ones depend on them.
When you are purchasing bug out bags or survival equipment, you need to consider your surroundings, and your daily activities.
Where and how do you spend your time?
Are you in an office or other location for a substantial part of the day?
If so, then you may want to consider storing multiple survival kits.
Ideally, someone would have an office survival kit, a car emergency pack, and a home survival kit.
That way, all of your major bases are covered.
Another important consideration to keep in mind when you are purchasing survival bags or first aid kits, is that as much as possible, each person should carry their own survival gear.
If you have a very small child, they may not be strong enough to carry their own emergency supplies.
But otherwise, every adult should.
That way, if you are ever separated from your loved ones, you aren’t separated from your survival supplies.
Please keep in mind that even the best survival gear is not designed to eliminate every inconvenience from your life–you are storing emergency essentials that can keep you alive.
ALL we are doing is sharing info …the actions depends on the reader…the wise peoples will study the info we each share and do the actions to prepare …. each are own way
Patrick said on August 25, 2012
I’m working on my second one, for my wife’s car since our child is always in that car. So we will have one in the house and one in her car.
Asmallvoice said on August 25, 2012
Good Post,
1 key factor about having a “bug out bag” is KNOWING how to use the equipment that you are carrying. There are first aid, navagation, rope, fire, cooking and many other skills that will be required to make this equipment work for you, not against you. So in prepardness, there is 100 times the amount of “skull” preparedness over material preparedness. Just a point to ponder
United We Stand
Divided We Fall
Peace
Patrick said on August 25, 2012
Yes, knowledge is power. I take my BOB camping, you would be surprised how much you use it just camping. When I return I always replenish it.