update your bug out bag after SHTF AlaskaGranny son house fire how to start prepping start over
it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper it's always a good idea to have a bug out bag so that you have
something you can grab and go in an emergency you have supplies that can help you get through
for several days just having a bug out bag isn't enough though it's a good idea to go through your
bug out bag regularly to make sure that your gear is up to date and that you understand
and remember how to use your survival gear well sadly my son had a fire in his home
he was forced to rush out of his home with just his dog and his work computer he didn't even have
time to get one single other thing while his home is a complete and utter devastating loss we were
able to find his bug out bag so i decided it was a good time to update it in spite of the condition
of where we found it it was always worth a look to see if some of the things would still be usable
and to make sure that then he has an updated bug out bag so I took everything out I tried to decide
what would have been damaged completely by fire smoke heat and water his bug out bag's
been sitting under all this mess and so it's highly likely that a lot of the items are no
longer going to be good or safe to use so it's time to go through it anyway you can see that
the bag has a bunch of junk on top of it but the bag itself doesn't seem to be harmed in any way
so I think I can clean the bag off and it'll still be useful let's take a look inside first
there's a therm-a-rest pillow it's covered with all of the fiberglass and such from the fire so
that's not going to be useful and there's also a therm-a-rest inflatable sleeping pad it is crispy
crunchy and it's no longer safe so that needs to be pitched also he had two kinds of electronics an
Eton scorpion radio flashlight and it also has a solar panel and I put it out in the sun but it
doesn't seem to charge anymore so I think I don't know if it was the water or the fire or the heat
but it's no longer useful and this little gotenna doesn't seem to be working either there's some wet
wipes and some kleenex those we need to those need to be replaced there's some iosat tablets and the
first aid kit it's not a good idea to trust your health or your first aid supplies if they've been
through some catastrophic event you need to pitch those items and get new ones because you just
don't know it wouldn't be safe to use any of the medicines that are inside you can't rely on first
aid supplies that have been through catastrophic events there's some paracord that seems to be fine
and surprisingly there's a Coleman rain suit and I don't know if it's because it had another
wrapper around it but this seems to be fine maybe simply because it was way way deep down inside
the bug out bag but I took it out it seems to be fine so that's a keeper there's a pack towel I got
it out it smells like smoke but it doesn't seem to be damaged so I'm putting that in a pile of things
to wash next is this MSR cook set you can see that the MSR pot seemed to be fine the bag doesn't seem
to have any harmful effects on it and that's going into the keep pile AlaskaGranny son has an MSR
stove it seems to be fine but I'm going to have him put it together and check it out just to make
sure that everything is still in good working order the last thing you need is emergency gear
that doesn't work in a real emergency look at this cute little orange pouch it holds a waterproof
weatherproof rain jacket and that came through fine it doesn't even smell like smoke nothing
seems to be on it it seems to be fine so i'm going to put it back in the bug out bag my son has a SAS
survival guide the pocket size edition which are absolutely great to have in your survival gear
unfortunately this book is ruined and I don't think you can even buy them anymore so that is
really a shame he has some bungee cords they seem to be fine the duct tape you can see is completely
misshapen so we need to get a new roll of duct tape here are a couple of pocket mirrors they look
great and some flatware silverware the little the three-piece knife fork spoon kit is great
the white spoon and the blue fork are misshapen now they didn't stand up well to a fire here's a
great item it's an Equinox multifunction poncho that has snaps and little hooks in it and you
can use it to make all kinds of shelters all kinds of great things that you can do with this poncho
unfortunately is something happened to it because it just has a horrific odor in something has
chemically changed the components the composite of the fabric that it's made out of and so this needs
to be pitched if you ever see one of these get one because they're a very wonderful item to have
in your emergency gear there are two REI stuff bags I thought they might be ruined but I was
able to wash them and there was some sticky weird residue on them but it washed right off
next are the fire starting supplies there's wet fire there's the fire paste
some lighters I'm not going to trust his survival on questionable fire starting gear
there's an MSR fuel bottle fortunately that was empty because who knows it might have caused an
explosion during the fire his work gloves look good he has layers of clothes a t-shirt and a long
sleeve zip up I'm going to wash those they seem to be fine he also has this insect shield it's a head
net and these are super handy especially in some of the places that we go the bugs are ridiculous
I'm going to wash that put it back in the Nalgene bottle seems to be fine I did give it a test
I washed it all out I filled it with water and checked it to make sure there weren't any leaks in
case something had melted or failed and it's fine he has micropure mp1 water purifier tablets by
katadyn those need to be replaced you have no idea what might have happened to something like that
in your bag if it's gone through a catastrophic event so make sure you replace anything like
that the platypus water carrier it seems to have melted it's leaking so it needs to be replaced
and then he has some tools the pocket chainsaw those are really handy I made a video about pocket
chainsaw many years ago when he and I were out backpacking together it's a great handy
item AlaskaGranny son has a Gerber flashlight that comes with a carrying case and another little tiny
one and those both seem to work but I'm going to replace the batteries in them just to make
sure that they're fresh and ready to go here's a Gerber pocket fold up shovel that's still good a
Leatherman tool that's going to be fine and then all these little bits I don't have some of those I
might have to really sit down with him and figure out if I need some of those and what they're
useful for there's some fire starters those are fine and he has a carabiner now if you're going to
get something like this carabiner pay attention this one has a safe working load of 150 pounds
if you're really gonna just clip something onto your backpack any carabiner will do even one from
the dollar tree but if you think you might need this in some kind of a life-saving event make sure
that you get one that's designed to really carry a load there's an emergency whistle which is nice
it has a clip you can hook it on your jacket this gear aid explorer repair kit these are awesome but
they don't make them anymore I made a video about Gear Aid explorer repair kit a long time ago when
he and I were out backpacking one time and there's all kinds of little components in there for
sewing for repairing seams there's safety pins there's a glue stick there's extra buckles alcohol
prep pads a lot of this stuff is like melted and it's not good anymore and so most of the
contents of the bag are not safe to use so we'll have to try to find some replacements because the
kit itself is no longer available so there were a lot of things that came through the fire fine
that he's got a real good start to having his bug out bag up and going again but it's not complete
I have some items that I'm going to wash and replace into his bug out bag and then a
whole pile of stuff that sadly that's damaged beyond use and that all needs to be replaced
but we've gone through the emergency gear now we know what do we have what do we need to replace
and we can make a shopping list and order some emergency survival bug out bag supplies so that
he has what he needs for hopefully not another emergency so see we just never know we can make
all the plans that we want we can have all the emergency survival gear but we may not
ever have the opportunity to use it in a real catastrophic emergency event but that's okay
because the number one thing you need is to save your own life you need to get out safely never
risk your life to save things you can always get more things but you can't replace yourself
so at the end of the day what you have in your brain the things that you've learned
what you have in your heart the love that you have for others and the things that you know and can
create and go forward so always keep looking forward make the best out of every situation
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