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Food and Water

Keep track of what you have purchased and when.  Rotate the product as necessary.  Shelf dates are provided for a reason and can be important.

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Light and Communication

Try not to rely on the unreliable.  There are now subsitutes available for most of the battery operated devices that you may wish to include in your survival kit.

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Shelter and Warmth

There is no telling when a disaster might occur.  There could be wet weather or dry weather.  It could be winter time or summer time.  Be prepared to cope with a survival situation that could arise at any time of the year.

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Tools

Consider multifunction.  A survival whistle with compass, signaling mirror, matches and a lanyard in a waterproof container can save you expense, space and weight.  The same holds true for other multi devices.

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First Aid

Are you going to be providing for your family, a group or just for yourself?  Let that help you decide just how much and what to include.  Consider, too, that during a disaster you may be called upon to assist others.

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Hygiene and Sanitation

You probably won't need lots.  A full size bottle of shampoo or a full size bottle of mouthwash may fit into your backpack, but do you need that additional weight?  You may be on foot and you may be travelling relatively long distances during that emergency.

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Entertainment

Entertainment during an emergency?  You bet.  Sometimes the hardest part of dealing with an emergency situation is just the sitting there and waiting with nothing to do but worry.  Something to occupy your time could be very worthwhile.

Emergency Survival Kit Considerations

Going Beyond the Backpack in Emergency Survival Kit Planning

Store-It Foods provides one or two person survival kits that are already packed with items designed to ensure survival during those first critical days of an unexpected emergency.  They have been carefully prepared using expert advice and with compactness and portability in mind.  Weight considerations have also entered into the picture with space being left so that personal needs can be met.  We also offer a selection of other emergency preparedness gear to assist in that personalization.

For those wishing help in accomplishing that task, or who would simply like ideas for planning their own 72 hour kit(s) Store-It Foods is pleased to provide you with the following list of emergency survival kit suggestions.  Please be aware that they are only suggestions, and that following them all may well require more than a small backpack to accommodate your selections.

Should you pack some disposable diapers -- even without a baby in the family?  Not everyone may be as prepared as you.  You could end up being an angel in disguise for some young mother coping with a sudden evacuation with a babe in arms and no diapers to meet its needs.

(Have you considered a canine backpack?)

(an often ignored component of emergency survival / 72 hour kits)

(a few emegency storage ideas for those living away from home)