One of the worst situations imaginable is one that requires you to evacuate the home and discover a safer haven. This might be the result of the serious natural disaster or extreme civil unrest. Regardless of the result, having to leave one s home, that is your base of surgery, is traumatic to state the least. In order to reduce the trauma inflicted on you and your own family, too as to ensure your own best possible chance for success during an emergency, a "bug out bag" is essential. A bug out bag is just a kit that stays packed as well as accessible always, which you can quickly retrieve as well as take with you as you flee. Having a bug out bag is essential for all preppers and those prepping to survive. There are some basic provisions that all bug out bags should contain.Food as well as WaterObviously, the family will need food and water as you flee the disaster. Water is especially critical, but unfortunately it's also very heavy. The amount you can carry depends just how you are planning to travel. If you may be fortunate enough to be able to flee in a car, this is easier. But irrespective, water is also needed even if you must leave on foot. To be prepared for both situations, you need to maintain a provide of water in gallon jugs to transport in a vehicle, and smaller bottles or perhaps canteens that each member of the family can carry.
Food is less important than water, but depending on how extended you will have to travel and stay away, it can become a great issue. Items like beef jerky, dried fruits, energy bars, MRE's as well as other light fat foods are best. Once again, if you have a vehicle, canned foods are an option. If you do take canned foods, ensure they tend to be either self opening or perhaps that your kit contains a can opener.
Medications / First Aid Kit
Keeping a supply of treatments in the bug out bag itself, is definitely not always possible, but a supply should at least be kept on-hand and easily accessible. In an emergency these items can quickly be packed for transport. An one week provide of medicine that is important is the minimum you need to keep available. A good prepper will have a first aid of some sort. You need a prepper mindset and assume you'll be on your own and definitely not have access to proper medical care for a couple time.
Documents
Depending on the emergency, identification could become a great issue. For this reason, the bug out bag should contain a complete set of documents for the family. In the greatest case, each family member should have a passport. At a minimum birth certificates should be included. Depending on the emergency, these items might be required to pass through checkpoints and other government control points. It is also advisable to have all the critical medical as well as financial information backed up on a secured USB Flash Drive.
Personal Defense
Part of prepping is to hope for the best but plan for the worst. A prepper will have to take into account that other people you might run over when you flee tend to be definitely not going to be ready and will try and take just what you have by force. Further articles regarding tactical gear is coming soon.
Other Items
To properly pack a bug out bag for your own family, you ll need to perform an assessment. The more items you have on hand, the better you will probably be. But keep in your mind that the kit can quickly become unmanageable if you include too much. The essentials for survival should be the priority. Keep in mind, the situation could reach a point where you end up on foot, transporting your supplies on your own body.
Conclusion
The bug out bag does definitely not have to be a single container, however rather it should be a pre-packed set of equipment that remains intact as well as in a known location to grab it quickly. If everything can't be kept with the kit, including treatments, keep a list attached to the kit that outlines items that need to be retrieved and added at the last minute. You all hope a bug out bag not becomes necessary, but if it should, you ll be very grateful you took the time to prepare it before time. There are a variety of options for a prepper to make an useful bug out bag.
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