72-Hour Kits

A ’72 hour kit’ suggested list is below

NOTE: There is no way anyone can get all of these items in the family back packs. In fact it may be difficult to even fit all of this in a car. These are only suggestions of items to consider. Make your own decisions of what you DO NOT need to put in your packs or directly into your car from this very extensive list.

A. Personal Hygiene
  1. Bath soap
  2. Chemical towelettes
  3. Comb or hair brush
  4. Contact lense solution
  5. Dental floss
  6. Deodorant or antiperspirant
  7. Ear plugs – for sleep or other
  8. Feminine hygiene
    1. Sanitary napkins or tampons (as needed)
    2. Other as needed
  9. Fingernail clippers
  10. Foot powder
  11. Insect repellant
  12. Hair spray or hair cream
  13. Lip balm
  14. Mirror
  15. Petrollium jelly
  16. Razor
  17. Shave cream
  18. Shampoo
  19. Skin lotion
  20. Sun screen toilet paper
  21. Tooth brush
  22. Tooth paste
  23. Towel
  24. Wash Cloth
B. Equipment
  1. Aluminum foil – 15 to 20 feet or more
  2. Ammunition
  3. Back pack
  4. Bright colored cloth
  5. Bunge cords
  6. Can opener
  7. Canteens at least 4 qts
  8. Chemical lights
  9. Compass
  10. Dish soap
  11. Knife (folding or sheath)
  12. Knife, fork, spoon for each person
  13. Fishing line & hooks
  14. Flash lights (w/extra bulbs & batteries)
  15. Games
  16. Gloves: Leather & cloth
  17. Laundry soap’
  18. Lubricating oil
  19. Maps (in case all cell phones do not work)
  20. Matches – water proof/strike anywhere
  21. Mess kits
  22. Nylon suspension line 200’ or more
  23. Pillow or equivalent
  24. Ponchos or poncho & ground cloth 2ea
  25. Radio, small weather band 2/batteries
  26. Rag, general purpose
  27. Reflective vest
  28. Rifle or handgun
  29. Rifle or hand gun cleaning kit
  30. Safety rope 15 – 20 ft
  31. Spiritual texts
  32. Scrub pad
  33. Sewing kit
  34. Sleeping pad
  35. Sleeping bag or blankets
  36. Sharpening stone
  37. Small tool kit
  38. Small roll or wire
  39. Snap link 2 ea.
  40. Stove (back packing)
  41. Survival book
  42. Survival blanket
  43. Survival match
  44. Survival saw
  45. Trash bags, large, several
  46. Whistle
  47. Zip lock bags – various sizes many
C. First Aid kit
  1. Ace bandage
  2. Adhesive tape
  3. Analgesic – aspirin, Tylenol etc.
  4. Anti-acid
  5. Antifungal ointment – etc
  6. Antiseptic
  7. Antibiotic ointment – Neosporin, etc
  8. Band aids
  9. Ear drops
  10. Eye drops
  11. Foot powder
  12. Gauze pads or a roll
  13. Hydrocortisone cream or ointment
  14. Hydrogen peroxide
  15. Mole skin – about one square foot
  16. Needle
  17. Personal medications
  18. Petroleum jelly
  19. Rope 100’ or longer
  20. Rubbing alcohol
  21. Small scissors thermometer
  22. Triangular bandage
  23. Tweezers
  24. Vitamins
  25. Water purification tablets
  26. Lot of masks
D. Clothing
  1. Belt
  2. Coat or warm jacket
  3. Hat (ski cap or brimmed hat depending on the season)
  4. Pants (loose enough to hike in)
  5. Shirt (loose)
  6. Shoes (to hike in)
  7. Socks ( 4-pair minimum)
E. To Have In Your Car
  1. Assorted tools
    1. Adjustable wrench (cresent)
    2. Electrical pliers
    3. Hack saw
    4. Hammer
    5. Screw driver, flat tip
    6. Screw driver, Phillips
    7. Vice grips pliers
  2. Ax
  3. Bow saw
  4. Bolt cutters
  5. Coleman fuel 2 gal
  6. Cooking grid
  7. Cots, folding (1 / family member)
  8. Dutch oven
  9. File
  10. Gas can
  11. Gas can spout
  12. Lantern, coleman
  13. Pliers – for dutch ovens
  14. Road flares
  15. Sharpening oil
  16. Sharpening stone
  17. Shovel
  18. Stove, coleman
  19. Tim snips
  20. Wash pans
F. Important Papers & Documents
  1. Passport
  2. Deeds
  3. Insurance policies
    1. Auto
    2. Life
    3. Mortgage
  4. List of debtors
  5. Wills
  6. Others as you may have
G. Things To Keep In Mind – Remember
  1. Keep in mind the season of the year as you plan clothes, food, sleeping gear
  2. Make family contingency plans for
    1. Disease
    2. Drought
    3. Wildfire
    4. Earthquake
    5. Extreme Temperatures
    6. Floods & flash Floods
    7. Severe storms or high winds
    8. Chemical spill due to truck accident or train derailment
    9. Human caused incident involving a mass shooting or terrorism
H. Consider These Questions
  1. How do we assemble the family afer a disaster
  2. What actions will be taken if:
    1. Mom or Dad cant’ be found within a reasonable time & what is a reasonable time
    2. What is the schools evacuation prodedure for your children after each type of disaster
    3. What will ou do to evacuate you family if you can’t take your car – will you back pasck 0 can you back pack
  3. Remember you will need to plan on 3000 – 5000 calories of complex carbohydrates daily per person to meet the physical demands of moving cross country on foot or helping clean up after a disaster/li>
I. A general guideline
A general guideline should be followed for assembling or putting together your kit & that is do the best you can with what you have now & work at constantly upgrading or improving it as you can remember their ar many way to use homemade equipment or inexpensive replacement items to keep your initial cost low.

The size & type of back pack is varied

Many of the items not to be put directly into the car can be put in back packs only as big as each family member can carry for long distances in the event that hiking becomes necessary.

But every member of the family can carry something:

If the Pima County Office of Emergency Management recommends staying Home & hunkering down you might want to consider having some food stored at Home for a month or two duration: