Jeanette,

I just built a lightweight emergency kit for my recombinant DNA. This particular offspring is competent for a young adult and is bringing a vehicle to college.

Here's what I viewed as essential for this kit:

Car Specific
  • Car paperwork (in glovebox)
  • Jumper cables (under trunk deck)
  • Assortment of automotive fuses (under trunk deck)
  • self-fusing silicone tape (under trunk deck)
  • duct tape (under trunk deck)


Emergency Bag
  • Water bottle and Chlorine Dioxide tablets
  • Ritter PSP
  • Emergency ponchos x2
  • A few gallon ziplocs
  • A few contractor bags
  • A small tarp
  • 3-wick candle
  • Heatsheets two-person blanket x2
  • fullsize Bic in a kydex sheath
  • USB power bank, spare cable, spare 12V USB adapter
  • First Aid Kit and Trauma Kit
  • Writing materials
  • N95 masks x2
  • Baby wipes
  • Flashlight and headlamp (being for a non-flashaholic, these are appropriately easy to use) with a few extra batteries
  • Multitool
  • Small pry bar
  • Mora fixed blade knife
  • Small amount of super glue
  • Paracord
  • Duct tape


I left out food and cooking on purpose to minimize bulk and be focused on shelter, fire, communications, first aid, and tools.

Your area of operations, skillset, and needs are different, but I thought this give you some ideas.