I have EDC one, car one, bug in one, bug out one. Each progressively more advanced.
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We bug out in our RV which has all those things already in it. We live in hurricane country which makes us ready to bug out 24/7. Already bugged out 3 times now in 20 years. Harvey was the last time.
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A BOB should have a means of starting a fire, a knife for obtaining wood for fire, building a shelter, and obtaining food, water or a way to filter water.
There are always more items.
Firestarter / Matches (both)
Knife
Water
550 cord
Tarp and / or trash bag
and yes, any prescription medicine you may need.
With a knife, you can make kindling and help start a fire, help gather poles for building a shelter, and with the 550 cord and tarp you have the means to make a quick shelter if you can not build one, water is a must, and a way to filter water (which can be done with a plastic bottle and straw or grasses, sand, gravel, and then boil it) A trash bag can be used as a ground cover and / or a rain poncho.
So, you can do without the tarp and trash bag, but you really should have your prescription medicine, a way to start a fire, and a knife to help build shelter and water or a means of filtering… so there are at least 4 items,
and this would not be a BOB. It might be a quick get home bag, or emergency survival bag, but a BOB should have more than three or four items.
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