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What should I prep for in 2022?

Outfitting yourself in most of these will give you the resources to tackle almost anything; including emergencies, disasters, and SHTF. Food Essentials. Water Essentials. Fire and Light Survival Kit Gear. Communication Equipment. Safety and Security Supplies. Shelter and Clothing Supplies. Hygiene and First Aid Supplies. More items...

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TruePrepper Home Survival Kit Guide

This is a comprehensive in-place survival kit guide with tips and checklists curated by all of our authors for preppers both new and seasoned. It is constantly being updated with up-to-date and accurate information, so please check back frequently for updates. Survival kits, also known as disaster kits, emergency kits, bug-in kits, or 72-hour kits, are meant to sustain people during emergencies and disasters. Basic tools, food, and water are all usually a part of these kits. The disaster survival kit is the cornerstone of any prepper’s contingency plan. It is an in-place kit designed to sustain survival for yourself and your family. While we call it a kit, it is not necessarily stored all in one place, and we actually encourage spreading out your resources inside your home to lower your risk of losing it all.

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Home Survival Kit Essentials

The survival kit essentials with our recommended gear for each area. Outfitting yourself in most of these will give you the resources to tackle almost anything; including emergencies, disasters, and SHTF.

Food Essentials

A few days without food and you will be feeling the effects. A few weeks, and you will not be around anymore. Food storage is imperative for a survival kit because it is hard to obtain after a disaster. While hunters and anglers bring great skills to the table in this area, there may not always be time or opportunity to look for food. You want to start with a three-day supply (at the very least) and then work your way up from there. Food storage items we use and suggest:

Water Essentials

You can only live a few days without water and you should have a plan to store, filter, and purify it. Water is very heavy at 8.3 lbs per gallon. This poses a problem when creating mobile kits, like a car kit or bug-out bag. In-home survival kits don’t have this problem, so stocking up is one of the easiest ways to knock this element of the kit out. You want water for the entire family for three days. Ongoing water collection solutions are also a great way to tackle water storage, using rain collection barrels or your very own well. Check out our water storage calculator to make all of the math easy: Back Stock Your Pantry : Buy extra bottled water to start your water storage plan. : Buy extra bottled water to start your water storage plan. Emergency Water Storage : WaterBOB – Great for disasters, this thing instantly turns any bathtub into a disaster water reservoir. : – Great for disasters, this thing instantly turns any bathtub into a disaster water reservoir. Water Filter : Lifestraw Family (See why this is our favorite filter) – This filter has the capacity and longevity to sustain a family with clean water for up to three years. : (See why this is our favorite filter) – This filter has the capacity and longevity to sustain a family with clean water for up to three years. Water Purifier: Potable Aqua (See why this is our favorite tablet) – Iodine tablets for purifying water storage. For being so small and cheap, there is no reason to overlook these in a survival kit.

Fire and Light Survival Kit Gear

Communication Equipment

Safety and Security Supplies

Safety and security are the two categories with the highest likelihood that you will experience them. House fires and other accidents, when paired up with burglaries and home invasions, make up the vast majority of survival experiences today. Careless mistakes can have devastating consequences when fires are involved. When times get tough, history shows that we can sometimes turn against each other. While it is always good to approach situations with an open mind, you should hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Fire Extinguisher: First Alert Standard Extinguisher – Keep extinguishers in the kitchen, garage, and any other room with potential for fire.

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– Keep extinguishers in the kitchen, garage, and any other room with potential for fire. Survival Knife: KA-BAR Becker BK2 Campanion Fixed Blade Knife Home Defense Shotgun: Winchester, Benelli, Remington, Mossberg- select one that you can practice with, take care of, and respect. A pump-action makes for a good choice since the racking sound is a great deterrent. Winchester, Benelli, Remington, Mossberg- select one that you can practice with, take care of, and respect. A pump-action makes for a good choice since the racking sound is a great deterrent. Ammunition : For your guns, of course. : For your guns, of course. Door Reinforcement Kit: Door Armor MAX (See why Door Armor is the best door reinforcement kit) (See why Door Armor is the best door reinforcement kit) Security Cameras: Creating your own security network is easier than you think these days. Cameras are a great deterrent for an ‘opportunist’ thief.

Shelter and Clothing Supplies

Hygiene and First Aid Supplies

Poor hygiene can be a surprising enemy when you and your family are in survival mode. Sickness and infection were the biggest killers in pre-modern times, and any societal collapse situation would surely take us back to these conditions. Toilet paper is often a subject of ridicule when it comes to prepping- but seriously, who likes to run out of toilet paper?

Basic First Aid Kit: 299 Pc First Aid Kit

N-95 Masks: 3M N-95 Masks (now that there are no mask shortages, get the real thing) (now that there are no mask shortages, get the real thing) Prescription Medication : Don’t get caught without your meds! Stock these just as you would food- and for at least the same period. : Don’t get caught without your meds! Stock these just as you would food- and for at least the same period. Nitrile Gloves: Nitrile Exam Gloves Feminine Supplies : You want a healthy supply of feminine hygiene supplies that is at least equivalent to your food storage levels. : You want a healthy supply of feminine hygiene supplies that is at least equivalent to your food storage levels. Bleach and Other Solvent Cleaners : Killing bacteria is the goal here, and these can get it done. Bleach can also double as a way to clean water and keep it potable. : Killing bacteria is the goal here, and these can get it done. Bleach can also double as a way to clean water and keep it potable. Toilet Paper: Cottonelle 60 Roll Case – get whatever brand you fancy, this one just happens to be our favorite (after much deliberation). Toilet paper can get rushed and stock out of the store quickly during disasters although it is not usually relevant.

Documents and Navigation Tools

Fireproof Bags: Fireproof/Waterproof Document Bag – Keep these inside your safe with your information inside for a quick grab-and-go solution. – Keep these inside your safe with your information inside for a quick grab-and-go solution. Bank Information: Records and account numbers are important to have to access your banked emergency fund. Records and account numbers are important to have to access your banked emergency fund. Birth Certificates: These are important enough to stash in the fireproof bag. These are important enough to stash in the fireproof bag. Social Security Cards : Another identifying piece of information you don’t want to lose. : Another identifying piece of information you don’t want to lose. Passports: If you have one, it is an important document. If you have one, it is an important document. Medical History: Immunization records and medical documents can be important in certain situations. Immunization records and medical documents can be important in certain situations. Emergency Plan: TruePrepper Emergency Plan – We’ve done all the hard work. Print the plan. Fill it out. Share with family. Practice. TruePrepper Emergency Plan – We’ve done all the hard work. Print the plan. Fill it out. Share with family. Practice. Survival Guides and PDFs: There are a lot of great resources on the web that you can collect and start a digital collection. Actual books are great too if you have the space.

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Miscellaneous Survival Kit Supplies

Other Survival Kits

Other kits that you have on hand are part of your emergency survival kit by default. Think of your emergency survival kit as a term that is an umbrella for all of your preparedness supplies. Bug out bags, specialized kits, and even your everyday carry loadout are all part of your general preparedness, and therefore part of your whole-home survival kit. We’ve covered the survival kit essentials, but as we said earlier: there isn’t a perfect survival kit. Your situation, specific resources, and possible threats vary from the next person’s. In this section, we list additions that are not essential but could be extremely helpful during a specific emergency.

Extra Supplies for a Survival Kit

Essentials and suggested additions have been covered, so this is the area will you will find everything else that could be useful for your survival kit. These extra supplies will help you in very specific situations, are less versatile, and may take up a lot of space. Even still, they could be the difference makers in an emergency- so it could pay off to consider adding these.

The Full Home Survival Kit Checklist

A perfect survival kit doesn’t exist- what is right for you depends on your situation and risk tolerance. That said, we have as close to perfect of a starting point for you: our comprehensive checklist. Our checklist is available as both a pdf download and as a Google Sheet/Excel file where you can check off items yourself, and even add and subtract items from the checklist.

Home Survival Kit Checklist Printable PDF

If you are looking for the simplest way to print and use the checklist above, download our printable PDF version. It is two pages long on 8.5″ x 11″ paper and makes creating a bug out bag extremely easy. Once you open the bug out bag PDF checklist in your browser, you can either print it directly or save it through your browser.

Home Survival Kit Checklist Excel / Google Sheet

If you are looking for a comprehensive way to track your survival kit contents, open our Excel / Google Sheet version. The sheet is sharable, and you just need to copy it to your own Google Sheet account or download it to excel to edit it. We also keep the best-reviewed item for each category linked to simplify shopping for any equipment you may find yourself missing. Once you have a solid plan and kit for basic in-place survival, you should bolster your plan and kit for additional threats and provide longer sustainability. You also need to forge a bug-out plan and kit as well so that you have options in the event of a disaster. Components of your survival kit can be used in the bug out kit, but redundancy in your equipment is always smart. I choose to have separate bug out bags for my family so that they are a grab-and-go solution. Learn everything you need to construct a solid bug out bag here: Bug Out Bags.

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