The Survival Backpack

When you have ten minutes to leave home, the bag you grab decides the next three days.

A wildfire order. A flood warning. A gas leak in the building. Most people who have to leave in a hurry take the wrong things, or too many of them, and end up carrying a bag that's too heavy to walk with and still missing what they need most.

The Survival Backpack shows you how to build one bag, a go-bag, that you can grab in seconds and carry for hours. No gadgets for the sake of gadgets and no endless packing lists. Just the essentials that actually get used, chosen for weight, reliability, and the way real emergencies unfold.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

• Carry enough water for three days, and find and purify more when it runs out

• Pack food that gives you the most energy for the least weight

• Keep light, power, and a working radio when the grid goes down

• Put together a first-aid kit you'll know how to use

• Stay clean and healthy on the move

• Choose the few tools you'll actually reach for

• Stay warm and dry with the right clothing and a simple shelter

• Protect your documents and money

• Build a bag for every member of the family, including children, older relatives, and pets

• Pack, weigh, and test your backpack, then keep it ready all year

Every chapter ends with a checklist, and the appendices give you a master packing list and a guide to finding the emergency numbers, alerts, and agencies wherever you live, whether that's the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, or New Zealand.

This is the second book in the Ready for Anything series. Book 1, 72 Hours Without Help, gives you the plan; this one puts it on your back.

Pack it once. Check it twice a year. Grab it and go.