Lesson 4

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Survive In Place Lesson 4
The Ultimate Step-By-Step guide to creating your Urban Survival Plan
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Welcome to your fourth SurviveInPlace© lesson!
Remember, itÓs a self-paced course, so you can complete it in 12 weeks or
stretch it out longer once youÓve received the lessons.
Last week, we covered:
1.
Reviewing local threats and choke points.
2.
Assessing your Urban Survival Skills/Weaknesses.
3.
Assessing your current stockpile.
IÓd love to hear how your exercises from last week went for you. Please let
me know by emailing me at
david@surviveinplace.com
.
In this weekÓs lesson, weÓre going to cover a core survival item: 72 hour kits.
Depending on where you live, you may have heard them called bugout bags,
GO (get out) bags, blizzard kits, emergency response kits, or any of a
number of other names. If youÓve got your basic inventory of survival
supplies from last week handy, youÓll be able to complete much of the
process of creating or upgrading your 72 hour kit with the essentials in a
matter of an hour or less.
Purpose of the 72 hour kit
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 72 hour kits are primarily designed to help you survive a broad range of
emergencies for 72 hours away from your home or other sources of shelter
and supplies. The purist assumption is that you wonÓt have anything other
than the 72 hour kit and items that you acquire. This could be because you
are stuck on the side of a road, because you had to abandon your car away
from civilization, or because you had to leave your house and were only able
to grab one thing. It could also be because a storm or chemical/biological
event stranded you at your office overnight or longer.
There are also dozens of secondary uses for 72 hour kits. Over the years,
IÓve used my 72 hour kits for many practical reasons besides ÐemergenciesÑ
such as:
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Being at a trailhead and someone ÐneedsÑ toilet paper.
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Having a runny nose and nothing to wipe it with.
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When I canÓt stop to eat, but have low blood sugar.
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I cut my hand changing a tire and needed to clean/bandage it.
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I decided to spend the night at a friendÓs house & wanted to brush my
teeth.
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I couldnÓt get home because of a blizzard.
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Car broke down & I wanted food/water while waiting for a tow.
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We ran out of diapers in our diaper bag.
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Being at a picnic with charcoal, lighter fluid, and no matches.
Again, I want to stress that emergency preparedness doesnÓt have to be all
doom & gloom and I encourage you to thouroughly address situations that
are more likely to happen (like a short-term regional natural disaster or a
simple accident) before you get concerned about stocking your 72 hour kit
with items for long term civil breakdown or an economic collapse.
There are literally hundreds of items that you would want in your 72 hour kit
if you were preparing to get dropped into a Mad Max scenario, but weÓre
going to focus on developing solid basics today. WeÓll also talk about
optional items that youÓll want to consider in your 72 hour kit.
I want to start right off by saying that there is NO perfect 72 hour kit. Why?
Because the perfect 72 hour kit would have to meet AT LEAST the following
criteria:
1.
Inexpensive
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2.
Lightweight
3.
Small
4.
Handle natural/man made emergencies in 4 seasons
5.
Allow for young children, the elderly, guests, sick, or injured people
6.
Contain 3 days worth of shelter, water, fire, food, security, tools,
comfort items, medical items, & clothing. (A gallon of water weighs
8.3 pounds)
As you can see, ÐperfectÑ is not a reality. Fortunately, ÐgreatÑ is.
72 hour kits are very personal items and you are going to have to make the
final decision as to what you put in yours, but IÓm going to give you some
general guidelines to help you.
Logistics:
YouÓre going to have to make some decisions about what kind of 72 hour
kit(s) you are going to have. How much weight can you carry? How much
are you willing to spend? How many people are you going to prepare for?
How much room do you have in your car? How many kits are you going to
have? What disaster is most likely to affect you?
In fact, letÓs answer those questions right now:
How much can you carry?
How many kits are you going to have? (1 per
car + house + office?)
How much are you willing to spend?
How many people are you preparing for?
How much room do you have?
What disaster is most likely to affect you?
Depending on where you work, you may want a 72 hour kit in your office in
addition to your car. This is especially the case if you work in a highrise
building above the 4
th
floor or if you commute/ride to work.
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Even if you work from home, youÓre probably going to want to have multiple
72 hour kits. As an example, we have purchased several one-size-fits-all 72
hour kits for testing purposes, but three of our kits are primary ones. We
have one in each vehicle and one in the house. The ones in the cars are
designed to support two adults and our toddler for 3 days and the one in the
house is designed to support all 3 of us at a higher standard of comfort for
3+ days and has room to add last minute items. The car ones are small
(2400 cubic inchesÈlike a school bookbag) and the house one is a full size
7000 cubic inch internal frame camping backpack.
We actually use our big 72 hour kit every time we go camping. In addition
to knowing that everything in it works and that I know how to use it, this
serves as a great way to rotate items and always know that everything in it
is ready for immediate use.
Although there are several configurations available for 72 hour kits, including
a 5 gallon bucket, duffel bag, box, (we have ALL of them), a sweatshirt sewn
shut, etc., I suggest using a backpack or having one available for the simple
reason that theyÓre easier to carry.
A good rule is to cover all of the essential items initially and then expand out
from there. In other words, unless you find an incredible sale, make sure
you have basic shelter, water, fire, and food covered before you get a GPS
or Chem/Bio/Nuke items.
You also want to make sure that you know how to use everything in your kit,
THAT IT WORKS, and that your body can survive on it. One of the 72 hour
kits that we bought had a multi-tool in it already. As I was going through
the kit, everything was awesomeÈsolid stuff. I almost passed up the multi-
tool thinking that it would be as good as everything else, but fortunately I
didnÓt.
To begin with, I couldnÓt get the darn thing open without pulling my finger
nail away from my skin. That was enough to toss it, but I also quickly found
out that the metal was soft and completely worthless for any task other than
holding paper.
So make sure that you try everything that you might trust your life to.
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IÓm going to break down 72 hour kits into essentials, basics, recommended
items & optional items so that you can go at whatever pace your budget
allows. This is the order in which you want to stock your kits:
1.
Essentials in your home 72 hour kit.
2.
Essentials in your car 72 hour kits.
3.
Basics in your home kit.
4.
Basics in your car kits.
5.
Recommended items in your home kit.
6.
Recommended items in your car kits.
Essential items:
The Essentials are going to cover one of the 4 tennants of survival, which
are Shelter, Water, Fire, & Food. You should have most of these items on
hand to put in your 72 hour kit already, even if theyÓre VERY basic.
Shelter is anything that will protect you from the elements, including heat,
cold, wind, rain, and sun. The items that will work as shelter will depend on
where you are, the season, your budget, the number/age of people youÓre
preparing for and how much weight you can carry. Remember that this is a
72 hour solution, so you can use a space blanket, poncho, bivy sack, tarp, a
tent, heavy plastic, or contractor grade garbage bags and duct tape.
We consider our car our primary shelter when weÓre away from home, but
carry space blankets, ponchos, and a tube tent in our car kits in case we
need to abandon it. In our home kit, we also carry a space blanket &
poncho, but have a heavier tarp, & nicer tent.
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