What's in the Bag?
- Introduction
- The SAS Survival Handbook
- The Urban Survival Handbook
- Survival: A Manual that Could Save Your Life
- Camping and Woodcraft
- The Backpacker's Handbook
- Backpacker Magazine
- Common Sense Survival for Outdoor Enthusiasts
- Backpacking One Step at a Time
- Ten Essentials
- Sports Afield Outdoor Skills
- Staying Alive
- Basic Survival Kit
- Advanced Crisis Pack
- Auxillary Crisis Pack
- Fast Food For Your Bug Out Bag
- Basic Crisis Pack
- Short Survival List
- Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue List
- Food for Thought
- An Abstract List
- A Compact Kit
- Disaster Supplies
- Greybeard
- FEMA
- Retail Kits
- Survival Kit Contents
- 10 Packs for Survival
Basic Crisis Pack
©1995 E. Michael Smith
Packing it:
- Large hip bag or fanny pack
Directions
- Flash cards or small booklet (purchased from local bookstore)
- (Tom Brown's books of Survival are good, though too big for this smallest of the kits.)
Environmental Protection
- Space blanket
- Hand warmer packs
Water
- Stored
- 1 or 2 Qt. canteen. (I like the canteen, since it lets me use the water as needed for non emergencies, and that trains me to keep it in the car.)
- You can buy retorts of water (like juice boxes) if desired.
- Carried/found - baggies 1Qt. size
- Purified - iodide tablets
Food
- Stored
- Soup packets or bullion cubes (Herb Ox brand is best!)
- Coffee packets with sugar packets.
- A salt and pepper packet is nice too.
- Gathered
- Folding can opener
- Small fish kit (Handline, 2 swivels, 2 sinkers, 2 hooks)
- Snare wire
- Preparing
- Sierra Club stainless steel cup, fork, spoon
Fire Making
- Bic lighter
- Fresnell lens
- Waterproof matches
- Hexamine tablets and maybe a stove
- AA flashlight w/ spare bulb (maglight) or candle
Health and First Aid
- Minor Kit (purchase) Band-Aids, aspirin, smelling salts
- Bug repellent
- Lip balm - find some that doesn't melt
- Sunscreen
Signaling
- Mirror
- Whistle
- (see also: Fire making and Light)
Navigation
- Compass - small keyring type
- Local map
Social Survival
- Coins and Bills ($1 coins/ $20 bills)
- Pen and paper, waterproof
- Swiss Army Knife { for scissors and corkscrew}
Cleaning Up and Sanitation
- Toothbrush
- Small hotel type soap
- Condoms +/or Tampons
Entertainment
- Miniature Bible or cards
General Tools
- Swiss army knife (Captains)
- Cordage
- Dental floss
- String - Use fish line
- Cord - 20 ft. 1/8" nylon
- Wire - small spool
- Sewing kit - hotel type
- Screwdriver disk
- Aluminum foil 1ft/sq
- Hacksaw blade - short
- Bobby Pins
- Safety pins
- Fingernail clippers
- Red hanky
- Rubber bands
- Nails
- Cup hooks
- Small file
- Super glue +/or epoxy, small
- Tape
Carry Also
- Clothes, lots of them
- Money
- Water
- Food
- Cell phone, CB radio and/or Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)
- Duct tape
- Flares and/or strobe
- Larger flashlight
- Any personal medications & glasses
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