Shelter and Warmth

      • "Emergency" space blanket or bag
      • Heavy duty plastic trash bag (2.5 mil)
      • 550 parachute cord 25'
      • 9' transparent vinyl mending tape (wrap around flashlight)

Water

      • Heavy-duty plastic water bag (large heavy-duty ziplock bag will do)
      • Iodine-based water tablets
      • Large cotton bandana or triangular bandage

Heat, Light, and Signalling

      • 9-hour candle
      • Waterproof match case
      • Waterproof strike-anywhere matches
      • 2 bithday candles
      • Disposable lighter
      • Mmagnesuim firestarter
      • Ccard-type magnifying lens [fresnel?]
      • Police whistle on lanyard [beware of metal whistles they freeze to lips in cold]
      • Stainless steel double-surface signal mirror
      • AA or AAA flashlight with fresh batteries
      • 50' surveyor's tape
      • 3"x5" cards and pen

Knives and Tools

      • Swiss ary knife or leathermean tool
      • Knife sharpener (opposed tungsten carbide tips)
      • Hemostats
      • Small "ignition point" file
      • 6" sharpened piece of hacksaw blade
      • 4" extra-heavy duty sewing needle
      • 6 heavy duty rubber bands

Direction Finding

      • Good quality liquid-filled luminous compass

First Aid

      • Clean cotton bandana or triangular bandage (see WATER)
      • Hemostats (see KNIVES and TOOLS)
      • Flexible fabric band-aids of various sizes
      • Handiwipes
      • Insect repellant
      • Aspirins or Tylenol
      • Moleskin or mole foam
      • Pepto Bismol

General

      • Mosquito headnet (for fishing or insects)
      • Safety pins, 2 large 4 medium
      • Telephone change
      • Snare wire, brass or copper
      • Survival cards

In Addition to the Basic Survival Kit Always Include the Following Items in Your Pack

      • Individual ready-to-eat canned food (sardines, etc)
      • Detailed map
      • Separate first-aid kit, including prescription medications
      • Small transistor radio
      • Extra pair eyeglasses in unbreakable case

Inventory for Augmentation Kit

First Aid

      • 4 3"x3" sterile pads
      • 1 roll 2" cling bandage
      • Trial size pack Coricidin D decongestant tablets
      • Blister pack of 9 Cepacol throat lozenges
      • Blister pack Pepto Bismol tablets
      • Neosporin antibiotic ointment
      • Extra sefety pins
      • 6 flexible fabric band-aids

Shelter and Warmth

      • 4'x7' poly blanket or extra space blanket
      • 9-hour candle
      • 25' 550 parachute cord
      • Small disposable lighter

Food and Water

      • 2 tins sardines
      • Heavy duty nylon spoon
      • Snare wire
      • Mosquito head net
      • Iodine water purification tablets
      • Plastic water bag

Signalling

      • Spare batteries for flashlight
nov 5 2009 ∞
apr 3 2010 +