Get home bag input

[Tinelement]

So I decide to put together a GHB (get home bag) to carry with me in my vehicle on a daily basis, or to bring if we take my wife's car. This is just the start of the project so I will post as I get it together. Have lots of stuff! I am an avid backpacker so I have plenty of light weight survival pieces I plan to include. Pretty much everything from tp to tents, to backpacking cookware and food, to extra everything. So today I picked up a new pack from Jensen arms. I got a Maxpedition Falcon II Backpack. I also picked up a Surefire G2X Pro flashlight since I didn't really have a good one! I also plan on carrying a HK P2000 with a Streamlight TRL-1s on it with 3 extra mags, plus whatever i am ccw that day. I know I have enough supplies from my backpacking equipment to make it work for myself, but I have a wife, an 18 month old boy, and one in the oven. Most of our travel is from Loveland to Denver and up to Breckenridge. So am I just looking for those real important items I may need if the fam has to abandoned ship and get to safety. I know this is broad but thinking kid wise. I do have a crew cab truck I keep plenty of extras in! So any input would be great! Just want to see what others carry with a young family!! Thanks!!

[Omicron]

Good thinking. You'd want a fully stocked diaper bag (and all Dads know how the women seem to pack everything a baby could need in said diaper bag!) plus selections from Ferfal's lists, here http://ferfal.blogspot.com/search/label/Emergency%20Kit .

Ferfal is BTW a great resource who literally HAS "been there, done that."

Hope this helps!

[Tinelement]

I won't list everything that is in it and take up a whole page. You can get a pretty good idea with the photos! I'm thinking we always have a diaper bag with us stocked up, so I think that would be ok for the wifey to carry if need be. Or should I pack another small backpack with kid specific stuff? Thoughts?



Pack has a Camelbac bladder in it.



























I just thought this one was cool!!

[StagLefty]

I'm curious as to what your pack weighs with all the gear ?

[Tinelement]

minus the the AR, I haven't put it on a scale but I would guesstimate 20 to 30 lbs. As I mentioned this is a vehicle pack and will only be used in a "abandon ship situation", that being said my backpacking pack fully loaded is over 50lbs, so this is a walk in the park!

[StagLefty]

Thanks ! Age is a factor for my pack weight nowadays

[frozenmud]

Shelter? That was the only thing that I noticed. I need to get a bag(s) together...

http://www.adventuremedicalkits.com/...hermal%20Bivvy

[Tinelement]

I did think about the shelter. I have a couple lightweight pack tents which I will probably throw one in the truck. My thought process behind this was more of a ditch the vehicle and find the closest safety with a wife, toddler, and infant. Being we mainly (99%) travel the front range and west I70, I personally feel there is enough possible shelter to be found. Now, the what if factor always come into play. If there is nothing, I would stay in the vehicle for shelter! Same thing with bug out or bug in. In the next few yrs we would need to bug in, so also working on a home supply as well! Not to be to long winded!!!!

[Irving]

Wow, you put that together pretty quickly. My bag is still pretty half-assed at this point.

[Tinelement]

Thanks! But as I mentioned I am a hiker/backpacker so 95% of this stuff was just sitting downstairs. Just picked up a new pack, reviewed what I had, and picked up about $50 worth of other stuff! It is a fun project! Looking forward to working on our home supply now!