PrimalX - Emergency Supplies

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

In these times, it is essential to be prepared for a variety of emergency situations. Living in California, the possibility of earthquake is inevitable, and power outages are always a possibility. With terrorist and war issues, the right supplies could make all the difference in survival.

BASIC BAGS
Fanny pack/s
Duffel bag/s
Standard backpack/s

Have items ready to go in smaller kits, identified outside:

ENTERTAINMENT KIT
AM/FM/SW solar radio with antenna or battery radio and extra batteries
Chess (or other game) board
Playing cards

CLOTHES KIT Keep list with the kits so you can grab and go

Bandanas
Boots & extra laces (2 pr)
Clothes (lots)
Coats/Jackets
Coveralls/Overalls
Gloves (cotton and leather)

Hat
Jeans
Socks
Sunglasses
Sweaters
Underwear
Windbreaker

DOCUMENTS KIT IN A WATER & FIRE PROOF CONTAINER:
Bank account & credit card info
Deeds
Family records (birth, marriage, death certificates)
Immunization records
Important phone numbers
Insurance policies
Passports
Social security cards
Stocks/bonds
Will

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Boot grease
Garbage bags
Ground cloth
Hammock
Heavy duty space blanket/s
Poncho

Sleeping bag/s
Sunblock
Tarps (reflective one side)
Tent
Towels

FOOD KIT

Preparation
- can opener (not electric)
- nut cracker
- serving fork and spoon
- steamer basket
- tea ball
- teflon coated cook pot
- teflon coated frying pan
- thermos
- wire rack grill

Stored (check expirations, rotate)
- canned goods
- cocoa/coffee/tea packets
- food bars
- freeze dried meals
- hard candy
- jello (with sugar)
- nuts (canned)
- salt & pepper
- soup packets
- sugar
- trail mix
- vitamins

seeds for planting in waterproof container for long term survival

FIRE KIT

Butane
Camp stove with fuel
Flint rock
Hexamine tablets
Kindling*

Lighters
Magnifying glass (3 inch) - keep in medical kit
Metal match (magnesium bar with striker)
Sterno stove
Waterproof matches

* dryer lint & vegetable oil OR cotton balls & petroleum jelly - keep in 35mm film container

FISHING KIT
Fishing line (100 yrds, 15 lb)
Fishing pole/s
Float (35mm container works too)
Hooks (mostly small)
Jigs/Flies (couple each)
Netting
Sinkers

HUNTING KIT
Hunting bowie knife
Small Firearm (.22) and ammunition
Shotgun and ammunition
Snare/trap
Wire/twine

LIGHT KIT
Calume stick
Candles
Flashlights, spare bulbs, extra batteries
Gas light
Solar battery charger and nicads

MEDICAL/FIRST AID KIT
Advil, Allerest, Bufferin, Dramamine, Kaopectate, Pepto-Bismol, Senocot, Tums

Ace bandages
Antibiotic/antiseptic cream
Bandaid (assorted)
Bug repellent
Cravats (2)
Eye patch
Grade A Essential Oils (and book)
Gauze bandage rolls
Gauze pads & tape
Hot/Cold packs
Latex gloves
Lubricant
Magnifying glass (3 inch)
Measuring dropper
Moleskin

Paper towels
Personal prescriptions
Safety pins - keep in sewing kit
Sawyer Extractor kit (snake/insect bites)
Scalpel and blades
Scissors
"Second Skin"
Splint kit
Steri-strips
Suture Kit (military)
Thermometer
Towellettes (pre-moist)
Triangular bandages
Tweezers

NAVIGATION KIT

Altimeter
Compass (really good one)
MAPS

Sextant
Star chart
Watch

SEWING KIT

Awl
Buttons (variety of spares)
Needles (wide size variety)
Ripstop tape

Safety pins
Small scissors
Thread, nylon thread

SIGNAL KIT

CB, ELT or aviation radio
Flare gun and extra flares
International orange cloth
Shatterproof signal mirror

Signal strobe
Smoke bombs
Whistle

SOCIAL KIT

Cash (coins, paper money, silver, gold)
Credit cards
Padlock & keys
Paper
Pens/pencils
Whiskey

Comb and Washcloth
Condoms/birth control pills
Disposable razors
Feminine supplies
Folding scissors
Soap, shampoo/conditioner
Tooth brush & paste, floss
Toilet paper

TOOLS KIT

Aluminum foil (10 sq ft)
Ax
Bucket/s
Calculator
Carabiners
Cheesecloth (2 yrds)
Clothes pins
Coat hanger (2 ft)
Cord (100 ft 1/8 inch parachute)
Crow bar
File (or rasp)
"Funny" wrench
Glues (epoxy, silicone, super, wood)
Hack saw
Ice scraper
Machete
Mosquito netting

Nails
Propane torch kit
Pulleys
Rock hammer
Rope
Rubber/nylon/canvas patch kit
Saws (combo, sven)
Screwdriver (multi-bit)
Sharpening stone
Shovel
String (162 ft 150 lb break twine)
Tape (duct and strapping)
Tire patch kit
Vaseline
Vice grip pliers
Waterproofing spray/grease
Wire and wire ties

VEHICLE KIT in each vehicle

Jack/tire iron
Empty fuel can
Spare tire
Tire patch kit
Tools for vehicle

Basic medical kit
Emergency clothing & shoes
Flares

VISION KIT

Binoculars
Extra sunglasses

Disposable contact lenses
Extra glasses in unbreakable case

WATER KIT

Canteen/s (for carried/found)
Coffee filters
Filter straw/s
Purifying (pump filter, iodine tablets)

Solar still
Stored (gallon jug per person OR MORE)
Ziplock bag/s