OK, I think I'm catching the drift.
What I think I'll do is:

(1) Add a decent backpack of some sort to the already put-together truck gear so I can bust out what I need to carry should that situation arise.
(2) Put togther a 24-hour BoB bag in a sling-style bag I already own.
(3) Beef up & centralize the supplies I already keep in the apartment, perhaps with the addition of one of those home kits sold in 5-gal buckets. (that will have to be a couple paydays down the road.) Or, given what I already have in the apartment, just supp with emergency rations and pre-packaged water.

Between my pocket and keychain EDC, my briefcase gear and what's in the current truck bag, I'm feeling pretty good about the supplies situation. With a smallish 24-BoB, will feel even better.

Now have to find some training. Check Red Cross first?

Happy to say that I liked the Ritter mini-RSK so much, I also ordered a full-size RSK folder, which should be here this coming week. I also ordered a 5-pack of Doug's PSKs.

Next payday, I think I'll also track down and buy another Browning Pac Jac. I've got one I've been using for about 5 years now, and it's the best raincoat/windbreaker I've ever owned. With a microfiber outershell and Goretex liner, it doesn't particularly look or feel like a raincoat, but performs extraordinarily well and packs down pretty darn small. One of those few things you buy hoping it lives up to its hype, and it surpasses expectations. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

You guys are awesome. Thanks for all the help.

The only bummer: I've got a feeling that by the tiime the fall gets here, I'll have spent the price of a very good Italian 16-gauge O/U bird gun on survival goodies. But that's OK. I'll have increased my emergency preparedness & the ability to help someone else if needed and had a few laughs.

Plus, I've made it 41 years w/o a 16 ga ... no harm going another bird season or two w/o one.

Sorry if I just rambled. This is kind of fun. Too bad you can't tell "normal people" about it. I know from my past experience sharing gear/outdoor tales with office folk that they look at you askance if you are prepared for anything more trying that a trip to Starbucks. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Kind of weird that this all got started for me when I noticed one of Doug's PSKs pictured next to a rifle in "American Rifleman." For years, I'd been looking for just a such a little kit to slip into my bird vest. I googled EQTS, and "Whoa, Nellie ... he's off to the races!" <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />