It's really fairly simple, if you can't drum it into your head "grab the go bag BEFORE the socks and underwear", then have a backup bag in your car/truck. I tend to do both, my hands are full going out the door, and my vehicle looks like I'm ready for a camping trip. I occasionally get some chuckles out of friends/coworkers, but I'm always the first one they come to when they need the widget that nobody else has with them at the time too.

Troy

I've jumped out of a burning car, leaving my purse and paycheck on the seat! If I'd had my shoes on the seat, they would have been left behind, too!

Sue

I understand, but at this moment in time, I was holding my dog in my arms, and he had just experienced a fit or a seizure.

I was scared to death he'd die right in my arms before we could drive to the vet's.

I admit, I wasn't thinking of ANYTHING beyond getting help for my Arnie.

-- Craig

I also do "an X-Ray Dave".

My Fatboy is placed in a strategic place for the night.
Amazing the amount of stuff in there.

Just got the larger version of the Fatboy. Looks like substantially more room. However it is not really good for daily wear - I'm only 5'8"

Yeah, and too many people buy puppies without realizing how much of a commitment they're making, then dispose of them when they're no longer cute and misbehave. But it's not the dog's fault the owner's neglected to train him!

The adopted older dogs are usually more mellow, anyway, and really appreciate an environment where they can just relax.

On weekend mornings after his walk, he kind of knows he gets to snuggle in bed with us. Once I lift him onto the bed, he happily wiggles around a bit, noses his way under the covers, and prompty drifts off into a contented slumber -- and begins snoring. Grin.

-- Craig

Yep, there've been times too when I left the shoulderbag in the hooch, along with my shoes, running like hell for the bunker in the middle of the night. Sometimes all you have time for is grab the body armor and whatever you're already wearing.

This kind of "bug out" can happen with your KID in your arms. I understand how serious it can be, and how possible it can take place any time. So, keep a "kit" in your vehicle including money . Why wont you leave some cash in the car ?? If someone steals your car (worth hundreds or thousands of $$$) , it wont hurt you much more that it had some $50 hidden in it.

I do hide a few $$$ in my car, shhh .. don't tell anyone !!!

And BTW, this type of "hole" in any emergency plan we may draw strengthens my belief in the "cache" idea , which I can rename multi-BOB or multi-KIT system. Where you have backups here and there. OK, you wont have one hhidden in a clinic , but one in the car, another in your office or gym locker ( including cash too) , and so on. You never know when you need that $ 50, and your workplace is only a walking distance from where you are.

On the "cache" (not cash... <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> ) idea...

Since many of us do follow the law, and rarely ever break it intentionally, sometimes we need to think "outside the box" and realize that there may be instance where your personal survival trumps written law.

For example, you might say "I can't leave a kit here at work, the place is all locked up at night and I can't get to it". You are thinking as a law abiding person. Take a step back and evaluate : Can I get to my kit after hours if I need to? Just food for thought.

There are two problems with this as I see it:

1) "Looting" during disasters can get you shot
2) Some people may not want your personal property stored on their personal property, and the cache may not be safe from being stolen/destroyed

Agree with you 100%. No use having a kit to help you solve a problem, and result in you losing your life or sinking in a bigger ( legal) problem.

We have to think clearly and plan properly before being in a survival situation. My idea of storing something at workplace is understood to be when it is YOUR place , and no problem would face you when you get in at that time. Say, it is a mechanic shop or a restaurant, wahtever, and you are the enterpreneur that runs it, you are the boss there and have the keys.

If its a bank <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />, well, I wont try. However, even then, if you can locate another kit there, you should. Because you never know when a disaster strikes ( while you are working) and need another kit for backup, for a spouse or dear friend. Everyone working anywhere have some personal space. A small psk in your desk drawer wont do anyone any harm.

BTW, I know two brothers who have each others car keys. Im emergency they know that anyone of them can take any of the two cars.

Seems I am drifting toooo far off the topic. Sorry. <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />