Build the perfect bug out bag : your 72-hour disaster survival kit / Creek Stewart.
Be ready when disaster strikes. If an unexpected emergency or disaster hits, are you prepared to leave your home fast? You will be if you follow the advice in this book. This book shows you how to create a self contained disaster preparedness kit to help you survive your journey from ground zero to a safer location. Survival expert Creek Stewart details from start to finish everything you need to gather for 72 hours of independent survival: water, food, protection, shelter, survival tools, and so much more. You'll find: a complete Bug Out Bag checklist that tells you exactly what to pack based on your survival skill level, photos and explanations of every item you need in your bag, resource lists to help you find and purchase gear, practice exercises that teach you how to use almost everything in your bag, demonstrations for multi use items that save pack space and weight, and specific gear recommendations for common disasters. The book even includes special considerations for bugging out with children, the elderly, the physically disabled, and even pets.
Record details
- ISBN: 1440318743
- ISBN: 9781440318740
- Physical Description: 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Home, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Chapter 1 Meet BOB-The Bug Out Bag 10 -- Getting to Know BOB -- Four Key Attributes of a Bug Out Bag -- Chapter 2 Bug Out Bag: Choosing Your Pack 16 -- Backpack Styles -- Size Does Matter -- Key Features of a BOB -- For Families, Does Everyone Need a BOB? -- Stocking Your Pack -- Chapter Organization -- Disaster-Prone Considerations -- Chapter 3 Water & Hydration 28 -- Containers -- Water Purification On the Go -- Water Filter Verses Water Purifier -- Chapter 4 Food & Food Preparation 36 -- Bug Out Survival Food -- Specific Suggested BOB Foods -- Baby/Infant Food Items -- Special Dietary Needs -- Biannual Review -- Food Preparation -- BOB Cook Kit Contents -- Convenience Items -- Heat Sources -- Pressurized Gas Stoves -- Chapter 5 Clothing 52 -- Weather Appropriate -- Clothing Specifications -- Bug Out Clothing Guidelines -- Protecting Your Feet -- Cold Weather Essentials -- Cold Weather Accessories -- Rain Poncho -- Durable Work Gloves -- Shemagh -- Chapter 6 Shelter & Bedding 62 -- BOB Shelter Option 1: Tarp Shelter -- Tarp Shelter Insights -- Many Uses of a Tarp -- BOB Shelter Option 2: Tent Shelter -- Poncho Shelter -- Bug Out Bedding -- Bug Out Sleeping Bag -- Ground Sleeping Pad -- Chapter 7 Fire 76 -- Your Fire Kit -- Ignition Sources -- Fire-Starting Tinder -- Building a Fire -- Chapter 8 First Aid 86 -- Prepackaged First Aid Kits -- First Aid Kit Containers -- Kit Contents -- Miscellaneous Medical Items -- Personalizing Your First Aid Kit -- Chapter 9 Hygiene 96 -- Public Hygiene -- Personal Hygiene -- BOB Personal Hygiene Pack Items -- Chapter 10 Tools 102 -- Bug Out Tool 1: Survival Knife -- Attributes of a Survival Knife -- Four Great Survival Knives -- BOB Tool 2: Multi-Tool -- Machete -- Chapter 11 Lighting 114 -- Low-Light or Nighttime Travel -- Setting Up Camp in Low Light -- Signaling -- Lighting Options -- Alternate Light Sources -- Chapter 12 Communications 120 -- Cell Phone -- Emergency Radio -- Important Documents -- Cash Money -- Area Map -- Compass -- Two-Way Radios -- Note Pad and Pencil -- Signaling Tools -- Chapter 13 Protection & Self-Defense 128 -- Ugly Truth -- Self-Defense Mentality -- Self-Offense -- Self-Defense Options -- Bug Out Gun -- Chapter 14 Miscellaneous Supplies 138 -- Extra items you will want during a Bug Out -- Chapter 15 Bugging Out With Pets 146 -- Considerations and kits for household pets -- Chapter 16 BOB Organization & Maintenance 150 -- Waterproofing -- Compartmentalizing -- Pack Organization -- Bug Out Bag Biannual Review -- Pack Storage and Maintenance -- Chapter 17 Mental & Physical Preparedness 156 -- Mental Preparedness -- Physical Preparedness -- Key Practice Exercises -- Chapter 18 Bug Out Plan 162 -- Bug Out Plan -- Bug Out Vehicle -- Bug Out Location -- Chapter 19 Bug Out Resources & At-Home Exercises 172 -- Complete listings of where you can find Bug Out gear -- Organizational Supply Checklists 190.
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