Item Wheat Rice Corn Beans sugar Honey dry milk Salt (iodized) Baking soda Baking powder Cooking oil pasta oats dried onions potato flakes Flour drink mix yeast packets

Note: This is approximate food storage for a family of 5 for at least one year- supplemented with gardening, hunting, and possible livestock. calculated at 25 lbs of grains/person/month, 5 lbs beans/pp/pm plus cooking essentials and extras for variety and roughly 2 loaves bread/week

Total needed

On hand 500 500 100 300 100 100 100 50 25 25 5 100 300 25 100 500 100 100

Need to get 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

495 500 100 300 100 100 100 50 25 25 5 100 300 25 100 500 100 100

Item oversize skillet stew pot huge kettles PVC buckets--for water hauling soap making skinning knives gut-buckets meat saws Cooking spices grain mill meat grinder wood burning stove/oven propane stove dehydrator

Total needed

On hand 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Need to get 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0

Item 55 gallon barrels (one for rainwater) water purifier (mechanical) water pump (for barrel) water purifier (tablets) House downspout (for rainwater) camping water purifier Gravity-fed storage tank

Total needed

On hand 10 2 2 50 1 2 1

Need to get 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 2 2 50 1 2 1

Item burn treatment do-it-yourself dentistry full minor surgery outfit small first-aid kit thermometer antibiotics Advil cough syrup antihistamines big first aid kit

Total needed 2 1 1 5 6 5 10 10 10 10

On hand Need to get 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 1 5 6 5 10 10 10 10

Item very tall deer-proof and rabbit-proof fence Top Soil/Amendments/Fertilizers

Total needed On hand Need to get 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 heirloom seeds (garden in a can) 2 0 2 medicinal herbs such as aloe vera (for burns), echinacea (purple cone flower), valerian, 0 et cetera 0 Tools+ spares for barter/charity 0 0 pick axe 2 0 2 shovel 4 0 4 garden rake 4 0 4 hoe 4 0 4 hand spade 5 0 5

Item Sacks of powdered lime for the outhouse TP in quantity (Phone books) hand soap dish soap laundry soap cleansers Bottled lye for soap making Ladies’ supplies boxes Toothpaste (or powder). Floss. Fluoride rinse/mouth wash Sunscreen.

Total needed

On hand 5 10 10 10 20 10 5 12 20 10 12 10

Need to get 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 10 10 10 20 10 5 12 20 10 12 10 0 0

Item Night vision gear Salt blocks Knives deer stands

Total needed

On hand 3 5 5 3

Need to get 0 0 0 0

3 5 5 3

Item blackout screens (cardboard) “tri-fuel” generator Kerosene lamps plenty of extra wicks, mantles, and chimneys. deep cell marine battery photovoltaic cells (solar cell) or wind/hydro inverter controller battery charger light bulbs batteries- AA batteries- AAA batteries- D and C Flashlights

Total needed 5 2 5 10 2 1 1 1 1 10 25 10 25 10

On hand Need to get 0 5 0 2 0 5 0 10 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 0 25 0 10 0 25 0 10

Item propane tanks gas tanks (5 gallon containers) Gas stabilizer. Diesel antibacterial additive. firewood (cord) kerosene (5 gallon containers) chainsaws extra chains, critical spare parts, and plenty of two-cycle oil Kevlar chainsaw safety chaps gloves, goggles, and ear-muffs (set) logger’s helmet lubricant. Two cycle engine oil pts engine oil qts transmission oil gal differential oil qts

Total needed 3 5 10 10 1 4 2 2 2 4 2 5 5 20 2 10

On hand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Need to get 3 5 10 10 1 4 2 2 2 4 2 5 5 20 2 10

Item 2” water line from gravity-fed storage tank Fire fighting rig with an adjustable stream/mist head Smoke and CO detectors. fire extinguishers

Total needed

On hand Need to get 1 1 2 4

0 0 0 0

1 1 2 4

Item sturdy earth-tone clothing (cammo) Cold weather and foul weather gear ponchos and gaiters Mosquito repellent sleeping bags IR floodlights Subdued flashlights and penlights

Total needed On hand Need to get 10 0 10 10 0 10 5 0 5 10 0 10 7 0 7 2 0 2 5 0 5 0 0 15-minute maps 5 0 5 Security-General: Locks, intrusion detection/alarm systems, exterior 0 obstacles0(fences, gates, 5/8” diameter (or larger) locking road 0 0 0

Item Firearms

Total needed On hand

Need to get

12 gauge pistol deer rifle assault rifle .22 cal rifle

2 2 2 2 2

0 0 0 0 0

2 2 2 2 2

12 gauge pistol deer rifle assault rifle .22 cal rifle

500 500 500 2000 5000

0 0 0 0 0

500 500 500 2000 5000

pistol assault rifle

12 10

0 0

12 10

2 3 4

0 0 0

2 3 4

2 2 2 2 2

0 0 0 0 0

2 2 2 2 2

1 50

0 0

2 8

0 0

1 50 0 2 8

ammunition

magazines

cleaning equipment carrying cases scopes

spare parts 12 gauge pistol deer rifle assault rifle .22 cal rifle gunsmithing tools targets and target frames Holsters (pistols) Slings (long rifles)

Item 12 VDC marine band radios Rechargable handhelds and spares CBs HAM radios Short Wave radio Hand crank AM/FM/SW/WX

Total needed

On hand Need to get 3 0 3 5 0 5 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0

Item Gardening tools (see Gardening) Auto mechanics tools (complete set) Welding equipment Bolt cutters Woodworking tools. Gunsmithing tools (see firearms) hand powered tools Hand or treadle powered grinding wheel plenty of extra work gloves wire of various gauges duct tape chain nails framing/roofing nuts and bolts weather stripping abrasives twine glue Sewing supply kit

Total needed

On hand Need to get 2 2 1 1

0 0 0 0

1 10

0 0

5 20 10

0 0 0

4 4 3

0 0 0

2 2 1 1 0 0 1 10 0 5 20 10 0 0 0 4 4 3 0 0

Item ammo .22 LR (most high velocity hollow points) at least ten boxes of the local favorite deer hunting cartridge Ladies supplies. Salt Two cycle engine oil Gas stabilizer. Diesel antibacterial additive. 50-pound sacks of lime lubricant. Waterproof dufflebags in earth tone colors Thermal socks. Semi-waterproof matches Military web gear olive drab parachute cord. olive-drab duct tape. Spools of monofilament fishing line. Rolls of 10 mil "Visqueen", sheet plastic (for replacing windows) Playing cards. Candle wax and wicking.

Total needed On hand Need to get 500 0 500 500 0 500 10 0 10 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 10 0 10 5 0 5 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 3 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5

Item

Total needed On hand Need to get

Non-Fiction "musts": Scriptures First Aid -- (American Red Cross Handbook) Responding To Emergencies Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook Where There Is No Dentist The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Tenth Edition) Making the Best of Basics: Family Preparedness Handbook Cookin' with Home Storage Boston's Gun Bible Survival Guns Tappan on Survival "Rawles on Retreats and Relocation"

Fiction with Survival and Preparedness Themes (Some of these are out of print but usually available via inter-library loan)

Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (A classic nuke scenario) The Rackham Files by Dean Ing (includes the text of "Pulling Through" a more modern nuke scenario + a mini nuke survival manua Some Will Not Die by Algis Budrys (Plague total wipe out scenario) No Blade of Grass by John Christopher (Massive crop disease/social breakdown scenario, from the British perspective.) Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken Molon Labe! by Boston T. Party Vandenberg by Oliver Lange (Invasion scenario) The Weapon by Michael Z. Williamson (SurvivalBlog's Editor at Large) Unintended Consequences by John Ross (This otherwise excellent novel was marred by some vulgarity and gratuitous sex scenes. Beware!) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Wolf And Iron by Gordon Dickson The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

Item bulk grain salt blocks brushes files tackle

Total needed

On hand

Need to get

Item Main house outhouse haybarn livestock barn greenhouse root cellar wood shed workshop

Total needed 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

On hand Need to get 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Item Total needed On hand Need to get Make a separate personal list for each family member and individual expected to arrive at your retreat.) Spare glasses Prescription and nonprescription medications Birth control. Keep dentistry up to date “Comfort” items Books games CDs chocolates Bug Out Bag (72 hr kit) Bug Out Vehicle (4x4 truck w/survival gear)