EDC refers to Every Day Carry, like my neck worn dog tags that outline my identify and my contact emergency numbers ; usually I also have a $20 or $50 dollar bank note taped to this essential item.
( include allergies and medical history etc. )
So we have a small Maxpedition backpack which is actually a sling bag. A sling bag is designed to be worn over one shoulder and while still worn to spin to the persons front. This allows a person to access gear etc. without removing the bag from your body.
Simply put this bag has everything an average person would need to survive almost anywhere for seven days.
The water is 4 days worth at maximum rationing , 32 ounces is only half a normal daily allowance , but in life and death situations it can be enough for four days ! ! !
The emergency long life food is enough for over one week. This survival pack has 3 adult meals but again in a life or survival situation food is not mandatory ! ! !
A survival water straw allows filtering of 500 gallons of contaminated water safely, (I myself living in a city do not carry FIRE making tools ; simply legally it would be to much of a headache. But I could carry a flint fire starter with my awesome folding survival knife.
Hat, a REAL first aid ( first is not for blisters or headaches its about deep wounds and bleeding gashes ), visual aids, sleeping warmth, cool shade, tablet book and WiFi computer, power cables, battery supply, safety glasses, gloves ( you must have safe eye protection ), without hands or vision your situation went of poor to desperate !!!
Morale patches, signal mirror, extra carry backpack and maps , signal light ( I could include a compass ) but again I am in the city and have plastic maps , alcohol wipes, sunscreen, bug spray. . .
Everything except extra clothing and footwear, extra clothing is option in a true GoTo Grab Bag. I wear this everywhere I ever go. I only must remove the knife to make this pack air travel legal ! ! ! Obviously I do not wear it in the shopping centers etc but I have it in the car or close by...
At home i keep fifty bottled waters in case of water supply loss / interruption from pipeline contamination. Properly stored bottled water lasts over 20 years ! ! !
I even have a Bug Out Bag or BoB a large backpack of essential stuff always packed , I would just need to stop to grab the extra water and emergency food packs. If the worst were to happen I can be gone for seven days in under 30 seconds , now that makes me feel more prepared and safer . .
This small backpack of everything for one week weighs around / or under 17 pounds. However it needs extra drinking water since 32 ounces is only half your normal daily hydration needs , but it can last up to 4 days . . . You must have water !!! Humans are 60 % water ; just FIVE % water loss = damage , a loss of just 10 % = DEATH ! ! !
You can prepare and carry or horde more gear or you can simply educate yourself ! ! ! Whats your safety meet up plans for the family, what is your action plan where the mobile phone cell towers are overloaded and do not work ; how do your loved ones get out in a fire ???
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Knife ; part of every sale goes to support US Army Rangers ! ! !