Packing Lists

These packing checklists are to help you assemble gear and supplies for your home, car, and to carry on your person should you have to evacuate. You can add or subtract items based on your geographical location, regional climate, and perceived threats. If you see anything that you think should be added to any of the checklists, please post a comment at the bottom of the page or contact us via the Contact Us page.

Everyday Carry (EDC) Checklist:

Savannah Arsenal’s EDC Page

This is what you carry on you everyday. EDC refers to small items or gadgets worn, carried, or made available in pockets, holsters, or bags on a daily basis to manage common tasks or for use in unexpected situations or emergencies.

Carried on your body and the minimum to fight with:

pistol
ammunition (amount is mission dependent)
small knife or multi-tool
flashlight
mobile phone

Depending on the threat level and environment, add:

medical gear (tourniquet, hemostatic and/or compression bandage)
compass and/or GPS
cash (large amount of small bills)
passport and credentials
escape and evasion kit

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Bug-Out Bag (72-Hour Bag) Checklist:

Your Bug-Out Bag is your sustainment load that will ensure that you will have enough drinking water, food, shelter, medical supplies, means of communications, and means of self-defense to sustain yourself for at least 72 hours should you have to bug-out. Your kit should be small and light enough to be easily portable.

Water (bottled, 3 day supply)
Wide-mouth water bottle
Food: MREs, canned food with pull-top, energy bars
Flashlight(s) (quality LED)
Mulit-tool (quality, Gerber / Leatherman type)
Machete
Work gloves
Emergency FM / AM / weather radio (solar or hand-crank, in a Zip-lock bag)
Batteries (extra for lights, radio)
First-aid kit
Small tarp
Small tent stakes
Poncho
Poncho liner
Sleeping bag (if weather is cold)
Para-cord (100′)
Sterno, or stove & fuel
Lighters (2, in a small Zip-lock type bag)
Lighter fluid
Chem-lights (glow sticks, 3 or more)
Sanitizing hand gel
Baby wipes (sealed in a Zip-lock bag)
Large contractor bag
Small garbage bags
Aluminum foil (multiple cooking size sections folded small, Zip-lock bag)
Small, camp size cooking pot
Camping flatware (“Spork”) or plastic fast food utensils
Paper plates
Paper towels (folded up in Zip-lock bag)
Toilet paper
Dry socks (in Zip-lock bag)
Dry underwear (in Zip-lock bag)
Gloves & beanie (in Zip-lock bag)
Bandana

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Home Disaster Preparedness Box Checklist:

The items on this checklist are important to have in your household for emergencies lasting more than 72 hours. These items do not necessarily have to be portable. They are intended to supplement the Bug-Out Bag while you bunker in your own home. You probably have most of these items in your home already. Purchase any items that you don’t already have.

Water (bottled, at least one gallon per person per day)
MREs (or canned with pull-top)
Powered sports drink mix
Two or more flashlights
Multi-tool
Emergency FM / AM / weather radio
Batteries (extra for lights, radio)
First aid kit
First aid kit resupply items
Whistle
Sleeping bags / blankets
Nails, staple gun, and hammer
Duct tape
Two large 9’X9′ (or larger) PVC tarps
Poncho
Solar powered battery charger
Insect repellent
Manual can opener
Cooking pots
Large pot to boil water
Iodine or water treatment tablets
550 Parachute chord (500′)
Lighters (x2)
Lighter fluid
Chem-lights (glow sticks)
Candles
Sterno (or gas camp stove + fuel)
Sanitizing hand gel
Baby wipes
Large contractor bags
Small garbage bags
Zip-lock bags
Aluminum foil
Flatware
Paper plates
Napkins
Paper cups
Toilet paper
Soap
Personal hygiene products (tooth brushes, toothpaste, deodorant, razors, etc.)
Feminine-hygiene products
Notepad and pen
Sharpie Marker
Rx meds

Additional items that will aid with long-term emergencies include:

Gasoline powered generator + stabilized fuel
Portable air conditioner
Propane grill + additional bottles of propane
Five-gallon buckets (to transport water, wash clothes, or to make a toilet, etc.)
Water filtration kits
Drink cooler(s) + ice chests
Hand tools: saw, hammer, pry bar, rope pulley, carabiner, light-weight rope, screw-drivers, electric-drills, etc.
Chain saw and fuel
Yard tools: shovel, rake, leaf or snow blower, axe, etc.
GMRS walkie-talkies and HAM radio equipment

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Defensive Loadout / 2nd Line Gear Checklist:

This is a list of items that you need to keep with your primary defensive firearm. The items are the absolute basics that you will need to keep your weapon(s) running and survive for a short time should the time come to “shoot & scoot”.

The items will be carried either in some type of military style load bearing vest / chest rig, or small “man purse” where magazines/ammo, flashlight, and blowout kits are readily accessible. The loadout should be light weight, easily manageable, and just enough to let your fight your way out of a situation and survive (not necessarily flourish) for 24 hours. It is not intended to sustain you for a three-week mission in Afghanistan. The bug-out vest and other loose items will be stored in your bug-out bag (see next checklist).

In addition to supporting your primary firearm the Go-Bag also contains items that will supplement your escape and evasion. In times of emergency you may choose to keep medical related and survival items in clothing pockets, or simply carry everything in the bug-out bag.

The bug-out bag should “fit in” to the environment where you think you might carry it. Avoid using “tacticool” bags for this purpose. Use a Nike brand or similar unassuming gym bag that will not attract attention from well-meaning law-enforcement officers, or those intent on stealing your supplies.

Minimal:

Some type of magazine carrying rig or bag (see Savannah Arsenal’s Defensive Loadout: 2nd Gear page)
Rifle & pistol magazines (3 to 7)
Rifle & pistol ammunition (enough to fill your magazines)
Knife
Multi-tool
LED flashlight(s) + extra set of batteries
Blowout kit (checklist is on the located on this page)

Added Value:

Hydration system and water
Chem-lights
Small duct tape roll (black or olive drab)
Electrical tape
Lighter
Compass
Handheld GPS + extra set of batteries
Maps
Mini weapons cleaning kit (checklist is on the Shooting Page)
Broken down MRE or Power Bars
Protective gloves
Protective eyewear
Ear protection
Body armor

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Wilderness Survival Kit Checklist:

This is a list of items that each person must have anytime they venture into the wilderness. They will give you light, fire, a way to signal for help, hunt or fish for food, and navigate. The kit should be small enough to fit in the cargo pocket of your jacket or cargo pants.

Headlight or small flashlight
Lighter / fire starter
Knife
Fishing kit (hooks, line, sinkers, bobbers)
Signal mirror
Compass
Whistle-compass
Foil pack
Glow sticks
Alcohol wipes
Band-Aids

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First-Aid Kit Checklist:

This is a list of items that should be kept first-aid kits. Keep a first-aid kit in your 72 hour box, in your home, in your vehicles (cars, boats, aircraft, etc.), and in your outdoor / hiking pack. Get the training to properly use these items.

Gauze roll
Gauze pads
Medical tape
Scissors
Band-Aids
Neosporin
Tweezers
Ace bandage
Rubber gloves (2 pairs)
Alcohol wipes
Eye wash
Tylenol
Aspirin
Antacid
Sinus meds
Anti-diarrhea meds
Cortisone
Snakebite kit

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Blowout Kit Checklist:

The blowout kit is intended to immediately control serious bleeding or other life-threatening condition in a combat situation. The contents of the kit are intended to be used on your wounds. The person rendering aid to you will use your items to treat your wounds. The blowout kit will be contained and easily accessible on your weapon’s load bearing gear/vest or in your bug-out bag. It is important that each person in your group carry their blowout kit in the same place so as not to waste any time trying to find life-saving items.

Roll of gauze
Pressure bandage (Israeli or H)
Ace or self sticking bandage
Petroleum bandage or Asherman chest seal
Nasal trumpet
Surgical or duct tape
Tourniquet
Sharpe marker
Alcohol wipes
Medical scissors
Snakebite kit
Rubber gloves (2 pairs)

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Car Box Checklist:

This is a list of items that should be kept in each vehicle. Most of these items are very compact and may be stored in the spare tire well or similar storage are within the vehicle. If you get a flat tire, split a cooling hose, or loose a fan belt, you are on your own.

Knife
Road flare(s)
Fix-a-Flat
Tire plugs
Duct tape
Electric tape
Tool set
Oil
Spare fuses
Flashlight / batteries
Glow sticks
Work gloves
Poncho
Bottled water (especially if you will be driving through the desert or similar hot area)
Blanket(s) or poncho liner(s) (especially if you will be driving through cold area)
First-aid kit
Toilet seat covers (especially if you have children)

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Go-To Box Checklist:

Go-to boxes are intended as “resupply” kits containing basic survival and fighting gear. Metal military .50 caliber ammunition cans make perfect go-to boxes.

Ammo
Batteries
MRE’s
Gloves
Med stuff

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Range Box Checklist:

This is a list of items that will make your trip to the gun range much more enjoyable and productive. A large Tupperware or similar type of plastic box works great for storing and transporting these items.

Cheap paper plates (These make great targets. Either masking-tape rows of plates to cardboard to shoot at, or tape them to create replaceable “kill-zones” on silhouette targets)
Set of small and medium size screw-drivers
Set of Allen wrenches
Tube of “blue” Loc-Tite (non-permanent) thread locker
Spotting scope (if shooting distances to far to see where the rounds are hitting)
Heavy duty staple gun plus extra staples (long enough to staple your cardboard securely to your target stakes)
Sharpie marker (to mark targets)
Baby butt-wipes (To clean the gun-shot residue off your hands after shooting. Remove them from their plastic box and place in a big Zip-Lock bag so that they do not dry out.)
Wide masking tape (To tape paper targets to cardboard. Don’t buy cheap tape. It will not tear well and will become a thorn in your side when trying to tape up targets.)
Hammer (To drive wood stakes into the ground. The target cardboard will be stapled to these.)