Outdoor Survival Series: Survival Kit

A survival kit can be small and lightweight and should contain the tools necessary to start a fire, provide shelter, produce signal and keep you hydrated.

The most important thing to remember is that your survival kit is NO GOOD unless it is with you. When I venture more than 200 feet from the truck, trailhead or camp I always make sure I have my survival kit.

A survival kit can be small and lightweight and it should contain the tools necessary to start a fire, provide shelter, produce a signal for help and aid in keeping you hydrated. The following essential items make a great starting point for a survival kit:

FIRE – metal match and Vaseline-soaked cotton balls
SHELTER – 4mm-thick bag, 8×10 tarp
SIGNAL – whistle, mirror, orange flagging tape
HYDRATION – chlorine tablets

In this video, we take a closer look at the essential items for your survival kit.

Outdoor Survival Series

Peter Kummerfeldt has been teaching outdoor survival nearly his entire life. His approach is practical and proven. Colorado Parks and Wildlife partnered with Peter in the production of a video outdoor survival series. As an avid outdoors person and survival enthusiast, I was fortunate to produce the project. And I learned a number of skills and knowledge that have helped me immensely. For more outdoor survival tips, please see the following:

2 Responses

Dave says:

January 29, 2016 at 3:24 pm

One of our most famous phrases; “I never thought it would happen to me.” Better to carry it for nothing then to need help and have nothing

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Survivalengine.com says:

September 22, 2016 at 2:13 am

Great post you have shared. Thanks for sharing this!!

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