Just keeping preserved food in your car is not enough because most store bought food will not store safely in a car for more than a few months. Each of our emergency car survival kits come with a 3 day supply per person of United States Coast Guard Approved emergency food that will store safely in your car for a minimum of 5 years. We proudly use the ER Bar, a revolutionary emergency food bar designed with the the perfect balance of required nutrients and a non-thirst provoking formula for disaster victims. A 3 day survival supply of emergency food is the minimum survival recommendation and you should maintain a week's supply of emergency food in your vehicle for proper emergency preparedness.
You should also keep a minimum of 3 days of emergency drinking water in your car emergency kit. However, storing bottled water is not the smartest or cheapest way to store emergency water in your car. Because of the extreme temperatures that occur inside your vehicle, bottled water will store safely for less than 6 months. That is why each of our car survival kits come with Aqua Blox - US Coast Guard Approved, 5-year shelf-life, 3-day supply of emergency water rations. Since water remains the most important survival item to have, each car survival kit also comes with water purification tablets which can be used to purify extra water for drinking without having to carry it in your kit if you have to walk to a safe location.
If you get stuck in your car or have to travel by foot in the cold, you will need proper emergency shelter supplies. That is why you need emergency shelter supplies in your car emergency preparedness kit. Each of our car survival kits come with the proper shelter supplies including emergency thermal blankets for warmth, ponchos to protect you from the weather, and a tube tent for easy emergency shelter from the elements. Additional recommended emergency home shelter supplies include body warmer pads.
If you have to get out of your car and walk to a safe location during or after a disaster, you may be stuck walking at night and the street lights may also be out. People usually know that it is very important to keep emergency lights such as flashlight in their car but often people forget that they also have to replace the batteries every 6 months. That is why our deluxe emergency car survival kits come equipped with an am/fm solar and hand crank radio with lantern light which never needs batteries. This is highly recommended due to the limitations of battery use. Our emergency car survival kits also come with 12 hour emergency lightsticks and emergency flashlights. We also recommend the inclusion of a fluorescent lantern for additional lighting capabilities. Don't forget batteries...save yourself money and trouble in replacing batteries by purchasing our Code Red Batteries with a 20 year shelf life.
If you need to travel by foot to a safe location after a disaster, you will need to know where to go. In order to avoid walking into a potentially more dangerous situation, you should keep an emergency radio in your car. Each of our emergency preparedness kits for your car come with emergency radios for listening to emergency broadcasts following a disaster. Our deluxe car survival kits come equipped with an am/fm solar and hand crank powered radio with lantern light which never needs batteries. This emergency radio is highly recommended because regular battery operated emergency radios have many limitations such as the facts that batteries only last for hours and have an extremely limited shelf-life of around 6 months.
Traveling in your vehicle is likely the most dangerous thing you do everyday. In case of a disaster or just an everyday accident, you need to keep an emergency first aid kit in your car. Each of our emergency preparedness kits for your car come with a 33 piece first aid kit. In addition to the assortment of compresses, antiseptics, bandages, gauze pads and rolls, etc. in our the first aid kit, we also recommend the expansion of your first aid supplies with the inclusion of a CPR mask.
