| There are many different types of emergency | | | | make shelter in the wilderness if you are lost. |
| kits available to the general public. In fact, | | | | A truly excellent survival kit that is designed for a |
| emergency preparedness is such a general term | | | | general emergency preparedness as well as first |
| that it really doesn't even give a clear picture of | | | | aid. There should be some kind of a signal, like a |
| what any particular individual kit is actually for. Is | | | | small whistle. Because three blasts on a good |
| an emergency kit a first aid kit, or is it more like | | | | whistle can be heard from a very long distance |
| a wilderness survival kit? These are definitely | | | | and that is the international signal for help. |
| different things, and depending on which particular | | | | There should also be material for starting a fire. |
| one you are looking at buying, an emergency kit | | | | This isn't just water proof matches or a flint and |
| could actually be either one. | | | | steel, but should also include something like loose |
| A good emergency preparedness kit should be | | | | cotton or some type of fire starter that is going |
| one that covers more than one particular disaster | | | | to make starting a fire much easier. |
| or contingency, however. While a portable first aid | | | | There are many other materials that should be |
| kit is always a good thing, it only covers first aid | | | | put into a quality emergency preparedness |
| situations and not other emergencies such as the | | | | survival kit, but these are a good starting base to |
| need to signal someone when trapped or lost or | | | | any good kit. |