What's in your "get out quick" emergency box

Food?
I also used to carry a quick snack. The chokky ones melted (new bag needed). Tried a few others but couldn't resist eating them. So if I have to sit and wait, I'll just have to go hungry...I could do with losing some weight anyway :)))

Friends were driving a VW bug across the Nullarbor, when they noticed smoke coming from the rear wheels.
Pulled over and stopped they found flames and had no way to douse them, tried sand - but no success.
Grabbing what they could out of the car before the flames got too hot, they moved to the other side of the road for shelter from the heat.
Fortunately one of the girls had a small camera and had taken some photos of the panic and efforts to put out the flames. Other photos of the vehicle burning over the shoulder of the road and the burnt out wreck established the circumstances sufficiently for the insurance company not to argue against the subsequent claim.
Yep; a camera is a good idea.
cheers

Thanks Don & Kathie - sounds like a well thought out bag. Cheers

Yep... you wouldn't want the fire extinquisher to burn!

That was my first thought.... make sure you CAN put the fire out!

Hi KiwiAngler. Thanks for the photos - you're obviously very organised! I couldn't identify some of the items in the photo of your pack contents - would you be able to write a list?

Cheers

From memory - not game to unpack it :-)))

GRAB BAG – Contents (as at 1st June 2008)

3 x Back Country Freeze Dried meals c/w utensils
1 x kookaburra Emergency Stove (includes Fuel tablets)
1 x Katadyn portable water purifier
1 x pkt emergency drinking water germicidal tablets
1 x Lge hunting knife
1 x Garmin GPS60
1 x UHF handheld (5w)
1 x Accusat MT410G EPIRB
1 x SPOT Messenger
1 x Orange smoke Flare
1 x Red night flare
3 x 12 hour red snaplight nightsticks
1 x snake bite kit
1 x large orange plastic sheet (water trap, signalling aid)
1 x large clear plastic bag (water trap)
1 x large thermal blanket
1 x plastic poncho
1 x fly/mosquito net
1 x signalling mirror
2 x compasses
1 x headlight
1 x magnesium block firelighter
1 x gas lighter
1 x box water proof matches
1 x bottle insect repellent/sun block cream
1 x tin Maya dust
1 x pair reading glasses
1 x pair darkglasses
1 x length fishing line and 6 small hooks
1 x length of s/s steel wire (snares etc)
1 x signal horn
1 x s/s wire cutter (snare, cut branches etc)
1 x backpack
1 x 3lt water bladder
6 x AA batteries
Numerous various lengths of nylon string
1 x small btl hand sanitizer
1 x pkt pocket soap (50 leaves)
1 x small notebook and pencil
1 x Orange E-Flare light
1 x Leatherman multi-tool
1 x Waeco Dynamo wind up torch
1 x small pr fold up binoculars