Homeland Security: Preparing a 72 hour kit

[NCP24]

Just a tad more information on BOB and yes they forgot the guns and ammo!

http://www.nationalterroralert.com/readyguide/72hourkit.htm

Preparing a 72 hour kit

There are many types of disasters: floods, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes. It is estimated that after a major disaster, it may take up to three days for relief workers to reach some areas. It would be wise to consider a Go Pack that you could live on for 7-10 days. In such a case, If you live in a disaster prone area a 72-hour kit is the minimum you should have available.
Plan your go pack accordingly to your familys' size.


72 Hour Kit


 1-2 gallons of water per person , per day should be stored for sanitation and drinking
 Method of water purification
 Food
 72 + Hour Supply of Food and Water
 Warmth and Shelter
 Windproof/waterproof matches
 Second method to start a fire
 Tent/shelter
 Wool-blend blanket or
 Sleeping bag
 Emergency reflective blanket
 Lightweight stove and fuel
 Hand and body warm packs
 Poncho
 Light Sources
 Flashlight with batteries
 Candle
 Light stick
 Tools
 Pocket knife
 Shovel
 Hatchet or Axe
 Sewing kit
 50-foot nylon rope
 First Aid
 First aid kit and supplies
 Burn gel and dressings
 Bottle of potassium iodide tablets
 Communications
 Radio with batteries or radio with alternate power sources
 Whistle with neck cord
 Personal Sanitation
 Personal comfort kit (include soap, toothbrush and gel, comb, tissue, sanitary napkins, razor), and other needed items
 Extra Clothing
 A complete outfit of appropriate clothing for each family member. Include extra socks, underwear, hat, sturdy shoes, and gloves
 Money
 At least $50 in small bills in your kit. Be sure to include quarters and dimes for phone calls
 Stress Relievers
Games, books, hard candy, inspirational reading. For children: small toys, paper and pen, favorite security items
 Important Papers
 Copies of documents important to your family (such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, wills, insurance forms), phone numbers you might need, credit card information
 Additional Items
- Extra food
- Camp stove Mess kits and other cooking equipment
- Sun block
- Insect repellent Portable toilet - Special medication, extra glasses
- Portable Container
- Durable water resistant duffel bag, frame pack or day pack

 

[kahr404life]

As long as it does not dig into space for my 80mm mortar and my 155 cannon rounds it sounds good . My tank is a hybrid so it does not use a lot of gas .

 

[NCP24]

Portable toilet

What!

 

[Pilgrim]

Follow the family cat and do what he does.

 

[Lupinus]

Goverment over complicate's thing's terribly and I know a few people who would be terribly confused. PLus, unless you have a hell of a big bag to bug out with you don't have room for all this.

Tent/shelter

Nice to have but there are better thing's I could think of to use the space with. Big enough bag fine but I can think of better thing's. Course some people are better able to find/construct shelter from the area around them then other's.

Sleeping bag

Fine so long as you have a bag that can properly handle a sleeping bag. Otherwise a blanket might be better.

Lightweight stove and fuel

Completly un-needed. You have a fire. USE IT. Pack two-three can's of food in each person's bag per day. You can get by on one or two, three will keep you more comfertable. Those soup can's of ready to eat soup that don't need water make their own pot's quite nicly. Baked beans or something like spam can be cooked jsut fine in the can too. Condensed soup is ok but requires a lot of water and you need something seperate to cook it in...unless you can handle eating condensed soup uncut. Better yet MRE's or freze dried food makable in the pouch with a little water that you don't even need a fire for.

Shovel
 Hatchet or Axe

Small foldable shovel like an entrenching took fine. Hatchet is fine. But an axe? What are oyu gonan do bug out many mile's holding an axe on your shoulder?

Personal comfort kit (include soap, toothbrush and gel, comb, tissue, sanitary napkins, razor), and other needed items

Nice to have if you have the room. Otherwise you can live for a week without shaving or, while you wont have pretty breath or smell pretty, soup and toothpaste and the like. It's a BOB for survival, not comfort on a family outing camping trip. Sanitary napkin's or tampon's are one of the few item's I would say bring along from that list.

A complete outfit of appropriate clothing for each family member. Include extra socks, underwear, hat, sturdy shoes, and gloves

Good list, but wear good sturdy shoe's to begin with. A good pair of workboot's will get you out. A pair of good sturdy shoes or boots takes up a lot of room in a bag.

Money

ALWAY'S. Even on just a simple small bag for hiking keep money. The last thing you need when walking out or getting lost in the wood's is finding civilization by way of a mcdonald's and having no money for a big mac.

Stress Relievers
Games, books, hard candy, inspirational reading. For children: small toys, paper and pen, favorite security items

100% unneeded. If bugging out you should spend your time usfully. Reading a book and playing game's are activities you can do with out. Bring a survival guide if you want a book, or a bible or something if you are so inclined and it will keep your moral up. Gone with the wind has no place in your bug out bag. The only exception to this is if oyu have kid's a few small stuff animal's or something to keep them moving. Also the hard candy is an exception. Hard candy is great if bugging out. It is high in sugar, sugar is a quick energy boost. Also some protien or power type bar's are great for bugging out.

 Additional Items
- Extra food
- Camp stove Mess kits and other cooking equipment
- Sun block
- Insect repellent Portable toilet - Special medication, extra glasses
- Portable Container
- Durable water resistant duffel bag, frame pack or day pack

Extra food and water should fill up extra space so long as you can still carry it. Camp stove I already said on, carry a spoon. Anything more then a spoon you don't need. You already have a knife on your hip. Sun block and insect repelent is great. A portable toilet? *** do you need a portable toilet for? Drop your pant's and squat. If you are camped for a night use the entrenching tool and dig a hole. And a duffle bag? You should have a bag on your BACK. If you can bug out in a car, fine. Throw in some extra item's you really don't need. But you should always have a bug out bag wit hthe core item's needed to keep you alive. I don't count on having the ablity to bug out in a car and having to walk if needed.

Also gun's. GUNS. Few tools will be as usful. It will protect your supplies. If I have extra and can spare it, I am a generous kinda guy. But I am not letting myself or family starve or have drasticly lowwer odd's because you were not as prepared. I WILL shoot you over a can of foor or gallon of water if it mean's my family will starve or dehydrat.
On top of that, you can catch food. Rifle's are great and though I prefer rifle's few gun's are as versit;e as a shotgun and oyu can find ammo anywhere.

I have a link that has what in my opinion is a much better bug out bag, I will look for it and try and get it posted.

This BOB is fine if you have a car. But on your back? No way.

 

[Lupinus]

http://www.exxcess.info/bugoutbag.aspx
Has three different bags-

An immidiate response bag geared more twoard a home invasion in the middle of the night or an attack on a neighbor

A bug out bag- exactly what it say's. When you need to get out

And...my favorite ....a battle bag- Similer to the bug out bag but has good fighting ablity as well.

Also the site sell's a lot (if not all...minus the gun's of course...) of the item's i nthe bag's. As well as good bag's themselve's.

 

[NCP24]

Thanks, nice link.

 

[DelayedReaction]

Or, you could go weekend backpacking and develop a pack that you not only know inside out, but also have the capability of carrying. Not to mention that it lets YOU decide what YOU need, as opposed to something that recommends carrying a porta-john.

That's what I'm doing. With the exception of a firearm, I plan on having my bug out bag be my backpack. Not only does this mean I'll be well prepared in the event of an emergency, but it means I can go camping at a moment's notice.

 

[Lupinus]

yeah the last time I looked porta johns are kind of heavy. I wouldnt want to carry one.

Besides youd have to clean it everytime otherwise it would be sloshing around while you carried it. Wasting water!

Plus the packs in that link I like because they will hold water for you, which means it doesnt take up a lot of space and the nozzle near your mouth makes it very convienant. Also that it has filtration mean's that depending on the type of filter you always have a fresh supply of water. Filters are not that big and you could even carry spare's. Plus you could always build a solar still when all else fail's.

 

[odysseus]

One thing mentioned here, I would still recommend having soap and toothpaste. There is staying clean for health reasons, and staying clean for beauty. Keeping your mouth clean is important, think about having an infected mouth while in a situation described. It's good to try to keep the buggers in lower numbers on you. Of course 72 hours is probably ok without, but I wouldn't plan just for 3 days... YMMV.

 

[DelayedReaction]

A small container of baking soda is sufficient for a variety of hygenic needs. It can be used as a deoderant and toothpaste, and also to wash yourself (although granted it's not as effective as soap in that regard). It can also wash any cooking equipment you may have, although I would personally focus on foods like Mountain House where you simply add boiling water to a pouch.

 

[Lupinus]

There is staying clean for health reasons, and staying clean for beauty

It's fine if you have the room and the ability to wash. If all the water around you is heavily poluted with chemicles and need's to be put through filtration it isn't the best idea to bathe in it. And I certianly wont be using up my filtered water to smell better. If you really want I'd say find some soap that goes on without water and wipe's off. That is what astrounats use as taking a shower isn't very practicle in zero g. Toothpaste is better as it doesn't take much water. Have room great, but I wouldnt remove something that would be much more usefull. It isn't the most effective but you can also always wash yourself with just water and scrub. If you need a bath its better then nothing. But if you have anything around you where water being saturated with chemicle's, like in NOLA, i'd try and find some of that soap that goes on like a body wash and you can then just wipe off.

 

[Mnemesyne]

husband and I keep a pack of baby wipes for our bag...we find them useful for those times when nature calls and leaves just don't seem that pleasant (like in the middle of winter)

Tampons if you're going to carry them, use unscented...most of you probably already know this..but tampons can make a nice emergency hole plug or even nose plug if you're bleeding. Best ones I've found for my kit are the OB brand ones...very compact packaging and perfect for the BoB

 

[Lupinus]

Baby wipe's would be a great idea. Come in a nice container and have multiple use's.

Good call

 

[odysseus]

If you need a bath its better then nothing

Low-tech old school approach: just a simple sponge/cloth "bath". Does the trick with little need for water. That's what I meant, bath/shower is all luxury in this situation, and you can still keep clean a bit.

 

[RyanM]

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