Your Survival Supplies Inventory

Survival supplies inventory: Have you completed one recently?

Do you have enough survival supplies for your family when/if a crisis "rains on your parade"?

Take a piece of paper, or download our FREE Planning & Inventory Chart. Make three columns with these headings:

I Have (what I currently have reserved)

I Need (What I feel is vital, that I am lacking)

I plan to (what I plan to do within the next 6 months-year to improve my preparedness).

This should be an ongoing focus: the planning and acquisition of food, water, warm clothing/bedding, fuel, and, if you're paying attention to the economic conditions recently, cash on hand.

Here are some examples of what your will write on your survival supplies inventory sheet:

What do you have?

• Several different kinds of veggies for one meal per day for a year.
• Enough ingredients to make one loaf of bread for one year.
• Peanut butter and jelly for lunches
• Oatmeal for breakfast
• Dry milk
• Dry eggs
• Coffee and tea
• Water filters/water storage
• Rice and beans
• Pasta
• Tomato sauces (canned).
• Various canned meats (hot dogs, chicken, pork roast, etc).

What do you need?

• More variety maybe - like some canned fruit or?
• More potable water?
• Better first aid kit?

After taking inventory, make a plan for improve over the next 6 months:

• Need some MREs?
• More/better sleeping bags?
• Better storage containers?
• A communication plan with family, extended family, and neighbors?

Gather your family together and have party - a survival supplies inventory party! Assess what you need then plan how to acquire the items - a few at a time or a bulk purchase. Just do it!

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