I've been reading Doug's work and collecting lists of people's kits. I like to fiddle with categories and definitions, and this is what I came up with.<br><br>TYPES OF KIT<br><br>EDC: Every Day Carry. Gear you carry and often use every day. These items are typically in your pockets or in easy-to-reach storage. Items that are carried only in preparation for emergencies (like a metal match) are still EDC if they're not packed in a kit.<br><br>PSK: Personal Survival Kit. Gear you carry every day, but do not generally use. The gear is carried in preparation for emergencies or crises, and is packed in a sealed kit. This gear is the stuff it would be hard to do without for ANY length of time in a crisis, but does not include food, water, clothing, or extensive shelter.<br><br>BOB: Bug Out Bag. Gear and consumables intended to completely support you in a given environment for a specific period of time. The most common BOB is constructed to get you home or to a safe haven and to sustain you for three days.<br><br>CATEGORIES OF GEAR<br><br>I rethunk Doug's categories to suit my own preferences and to conform to the three-priority model of survival: Shelter (3 hours), water (3 days), food (3 weeks). Here's the list of categories, in descending order of priority:<br><br>First aid<br>Shelter<br>Fire starting<br>Signaling<br>Water purification<br>Food gathering<br>Tools<br><br>First aid is an even higher priority than shelter, because if you bleed out there's no point in keeping your body temperature up.<br><br>Shelter and fire starting sort of smoosh into each other. Fire is so important for water and food preparation and for mental health that it comes between shelter (which it augments) and water.<br><br>Okay. You're healthy and sheltered and even warm. Within the next few hours you might bring the whole sorry incident to an end if you get rescued. So signalling comes next. In theory, I've still got a day or two before water becomes critical.<br><br>Water - storage and purification - items come next, followed by food gathering supplies. These categories might even include water and food supplies when in a BOB.<br><br>The last category is outside the priority order of the list. Tools are all the goodies that have more general purposes than the items in the other six categories. Tools is also my "miscellaneous" category.<br><br>This stuff is just a mental exercise, but maybe someone will find it useful.<br><br>Bear<br>

I think direction/ navigaton is a crucial category. This should include a map if possible. If this is not possible, alot can be done with a compass, pencil and paper.