Prepper Survival Kit

I've compiled a popular list of items needed or recommended to have on hand.



At home

• Water, three quarts per day, for cooking and washing 
• Hand-pumped water filter 
• Four replacement filters 
• Cistern for collecting rainwater 
• Iodine and/or purification tablets 
• Canned food, three cans per day (preferable to dried goods in that they contain some water) 
• Two portable electric stoves 
• Advanced medical kit (must include field-surgery implements and antibiotics) 
• Bicycle-powered electric generator 
• Gasoline generator (to be used only in emergencies) 
• Twenty gallons of gasoline 
• Rechargeable, battery-powered shortwave radio 
• Two battery-powered flashlights 
• Two rechargeable, battery-powered electric lamps 
• Two rechargeable, battery-powered and/or solar-powered radios 
• Appropriate reinforcement materials, including lumber, bricks, mortar, etc. 
• Extensive tool kit, including sledgehammer, ax, handsaw, etc. 
• Lime and/or bleaching powder in sufficient supply to maintain latrine 
• One high-powered telescope (80X?100X), with spare lenses and cleaning equipment 
• Fifteen emergency flares 
• Thirty-five chemical light sticks 
• Five fire extinguishers 
• Two sets of earplugs 
• Spare parts for all aforementioned machinery and users manuals 
• Extensive library of manuals, including a general disaster manual 

On the run

• Backpack 
• Dependable hiking boots (already broken in) 
• Two pairs of socks 
• Wide-mouthed, quart-sized water bottle 
• Water-purification tablets 
• Wind– and waterproof matches 
• Bandanna 
• Map 
• Compass 
• Small flashlight (AAA battery) with coated lens 
• Poncho 
• Small signaling mirror 
• Bedroll or sleeping bag (both will be too cumbersome) 
• Sunglasses (polarized lenses) 
• Palm-sized first-aid kit 
• Swiss Army knife or multi-tool 
• Hand-held radio with earpiece 
• Knife 
• Binoculars 
• Primary firearm (preferably, a semiautomatic carbine) 
• Fifty rounds (if in a group, thirty per person) 
• Cleaning kit 
• Secondary firearm (preferably a .22 rimfire pistol) 
• Twenty-five rounds 
• Hand weapon (preferably, a machete) 
• Signal flares 
• not necessary in groups 
• need be carried by only one person if in a group 
• In addition, all groups should carry: 
• Silent ballistic weapon (preferably a silenced firearm or crossbow) 
• Extra ammunition for fifteen kills (if weapon differs from standard firearm) 
• Telescopic sight 
• Medium-sized medical kit 
• Two-way radio with headphones 
• Crowbar (in lieu of hand weapon) 
• Water-purification pump