Every vehicle, RV, boat, and camper should have emergency gear on board. From a small supply for your car to a full blown survival kit for RV and camper use.
In the winter months, especialy in the northern states, your daily use car should have blankets, food bars, water, first aid and emergency candles. A candle inside of a tin can can heat a car quite well. There are 36 hour emergency candles that produce heat and light in an emergency. If you slide into a ditch where the snow is deep you may not be able to open the car so have all survival gear in the passenger compartment and not in the trunk. DO NOT USE THE CAR HEATER! In these situations, with the car snow bound, carbon monoxide will likely wind up in the passenger compartment with you. You must use other means of staying warm.
RVs and campers should have more extensive supplies because of the remoteness of your location. A good survival kit for 72 hours for twice the people on the trip is a wise stratagy to ensure a good outcome. Also have a well equipped first aid kit with extras like a tourniquet and snakebite kit.
Boats should also have these things and CPR supplies like a mouthguard. These really work! They make it easier to inflate the victims lungs especially if you are doing CPR alone. Many times a drowning victim has a pulse but is not breathing. These mouthguards work great and quickly!
Be safe and enjoy.
Eric
About Me
- Eric Reighard
- United States
- As a youth growing up on the outskirts of Fort Worth, Texas I became enthralled with the outdoors. I loved fishing, hunting, camping, backpacking and all things away from civilization. So much so that I didn't do all that well in my schooling. I didn't go to college then and decided on enlisting in the U.S. Armed Forces. My decision to go into the Air Force changed my way of thinking in a lot of ways. I learned discipline and leadership skills needed in my survival training that followed. My primary AFSC (Air Force Specialty Code) was Nuclear Weapon System Technician. Minute Man missiles at that time were spread out over the northern tier of states in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Missouri. Some of this area was very remote and dangerous especially in the winter months. We were trained in mountain as well as cold weather survival. -30 degerees F. was common with winds up to 60 mph steady. Life can be short in these conditions. My secondary AFSC was Air Force Search And Recovery. Our team could be called to do searches for downed aircraft and survivors anywhere in the world. I still love the outdoors and sharing about surviving natural and man made disasters.
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