Car Survival and Emergency Kit

1-Maintain a minimum of 1/2 tank of gas
2- Keep in a backpack:
3- Tools needed to change a flat tire
4- Jumper cables
5- Road emergency flares
6- Flashlight with extra batteries-light sticks
7- Blanket(s)-(can be mylar)
8- Whistle/equiped to hang around neck
9- Food/power bars(s)
10- Water: 2 liter soda bottles (filled 3/4 full to allow freeze expansion).
Rotate water every 6 months
11- Collapsible shovel
12- Fire extinguisher (standard class ABC)
13- Rubber disposable gloves
14- Coat(s) or jacket(s) and rain poncho
15- Boots/goulashes
16- First Aid kit:
-Bandaids, gauze, non-adherant sterile pads (various sizes)
first aid tape
-Anti-bacterial ointment
-Burn cream
-Scissors, tweezers, pocket knife, razor blades...
-Large cotton cloth (use for sling, tourniquet, bandana)
-Non aspirin pain reliever
-Chemical ice pack, hand warmer packets
-Safety pins (various sizes) needles, heavy thread
-matches (waterproof)
-Eyewash
-hand wipes (antiseptic) cottonballs, cotton pads
-Alcohol swabs, iodine (bottle or pads)
-Prescription Medications
17- additional car kit supplies:
-Siphoning hose
-bag of sand or rock salt
-tow rope
-personal sanitation items (toilet tissue, towelletes)
-writing pad/pencils, road map
-ice scraper
-dust mask

Maintain your vehicle(s) for seasonal changes and...
Buckle Up and Drive Safely!!!!

courtesy- bereadyutah.gov

*Use this list as a goal for next year. Purchase a couple of things each month and by the time next December comes, you will have a complete emergency car kit.