What Needs to Be In the Survival Kits?
There are some things that you’ll want to have with you at all times no matter where you go, to be on your keychain or wallet, or taking up space in your everyday purse or fanny pack. Among these will be your photo ID (usually driver’s license), your cell phone, an LED flashlight, Swiss Army knife and some sort of tweezer thing. You should also carry a basic magnetic compass, a few band-aids and a little tube of antibiotic cream. I also carry a coach’s whistle (good as an alarm system and not too big to put in the purse), a little zip lock bag with matches, a travel-size bottle of aspirin and a few bubble-pack tablets of Benedryl. I’ve also purchased a few of those little plastic packs of rain ponchos and mylar “space blankets” and have divvied these up between the car kit and purse. My purse doubles as a back pack, so it goes with me on all hikes through the National Forest that borders our homestead. In the car (which for us is actually a pickup truck) we keep a cell phone charger th
