72 hour Survival Kit - What Do You Need In One?

From the phrase ‘72 hour survival kit' it is quite easily assumable that this kit is going to contain the essential things that you will need for Survival for 72 hours. These kits are also nice to have in your Car, RV, and Motor home or at your vacation home. What this kit will have in it depends much on the person who owns it. If you do not know how to arrange for a 72-hour kit, read on down this article. I hope that it will let you know what is needed in a 72-hour survival kit. Please feel free to add comments to help others be prepared!

When putting together your emergency preparedness plan consider all of the disasters that may occur where you live. Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Flooding, Wild Fires and with since post 911, Terrorist attacks.

The essential things that your 72 hour kit should have within it; a battery powered or hand crank radio, a first aid kit, sleeping bags, manual can opener, flashlights, non-perishable food , water (look for water and food with shelf lives of 5 years - most bottle water is only good for a year or two), water purification tablets and a utility knife. You may also want in your 72 hour survival kit some candles for emergency purposes, extra eyeglasses, extra clothing and some essential medications, and I have added a secure USB drive with scanned copies of all of my families data, this device is password protected, fire and water-proof.

There is perhaps, no need to explain why these things are called essential and why these are the prime things that your 72 hour kit must carry.

Here is the list of some more things that you should carry in your 72 hour kit while traveling. The list includes plastic bags and ties, paper cups and plates, improvised toilet seat, personal toiletries, aluminum foils, personal hygiene needs, soap, shampoo and some other.

While preparing this 72 hour kit, keep it in mind that you will need these things when you are not at home. Equip it in such a way that t can make you feel at home at any place in the world. Do not forget to include a set of pen and paper, some money (additional), phone cards, rolls of quarters, work gloves and some basic tools in the list of the things to be put into the 72 hour kit. It is better for you if you can manage to consult a doctor in order that you can come to know which particular medicines you aught to keep in your 72 hour kit. Manage the things well so that you do not get confused about which thing has been placed where.

I would sum up by asking you to consider why it's important to have a 72 Hour Survival Kit on hand - When some bad happens Government Agencies will be focused on helping those who are in the most need. So, having an emergency preparedness plan and a 72 Hour Survival Kit will help you get through the initial stages of chaos, water , power outages.

We also have 6 months of dry goods in our panty to help us not only when something bad happens but in tough times and smaller paychecks.