Emergency preparedness and off-grid survival for preppers should include emergency supplies and survival gear in addition to food and water packs. Emergency situations that could happen in the future that preppers like to be prepared for include natural disasters, nuclear war, terrorist attacks, pandemic threat, disease, and even asteroids. Depending on what you fear most may happen in the future, all aspects of preparation need to be carefully considered, from shelter and protection to a range of other situations that will need supplies to survive in an emergency situation.
Preppers supplies are off-grid survival items that will help sustain life in an emergency situation such as the ones mentioned above. Below are some of the necessary supplies to keep on hand in case any emergency situation occurs in your area. With the essential preppers supplies such as off-grid energy and water solutions you can take preparedness to a whole new level.
- A First Aid Kit is one of the most important supplies to have on hand during a crisis. If you or your family sustains injury a first aid kit will help with immediate and sustained treatment at times when medical supplies and assistance may be scarce.
- Food and shelter are vital to survival during a disaster situation and items such tents, sleeping bags, and tarps are important preppers supplies to have on hand in the even that your home is destroyed you need to flee.
- A Bug-Out bag is a common preppers item to carry emergency supplies in the event that you may have to leave your home. One for each person in the family will optimize the amount of items you can carry to sustain you during an emergency situation in your environment.
- Bic lighters are more valuable in some cases than a generator. They are small and easy to carry and a great fire-starter. A few hundred Bic lighters are cheap and compact and can be traded for other supplies.
- Food-grade buckets with gamma seal lids are essential for stockpiling emergency foods such as freeze dried packs and also to store water. The normal blue plastic buckets from Home Depot ar toxic and not suitable to store water or food. Buckets fit neatly into each other and can be used to collect crops from orchards or water for washing.
- Plastic dishes or a camp sink to hold water for dish washing and rinsing.
- Chlorine Bleach for disinfection of dishes, dishcloths, and anything else that needs to be sterile.
- Hydrogen Peroxide for water purification and first aid.
- A mesh bag to hang on a tree for drying dishes.
- Plastic gloves for dishwashing to protect your hands from infection and cuts.
- Hand sanitizers for disinfecting after handling dishes, meat, and anything can could cause infection.
- Pots and pans for cooking and as utensils to collect water.
- Duct tape has endless uses in a crises situation to patch up gear, torn clothing and more.
- Cable Ties to fasten anything from camping equipment to sealing food bags and even as a tourniquet.
- Super Glue to repair anything including shoes and equipment.
- Facial tissues for wiping noses during colds and flu. They are great for preventing disease from spreading.
- Toilet Rolls
- Camping Toilet
- Fever reducer, pain relief, allergy medication and electrolytes are the most urgent medicinal supplies to have.
- Freezer Bags have a multitude of uses for example to prepare food portions and keep food preservatives. They are ideal to keep food and other items clean and dry and protected from moisture damage.