Prepare your Car for an Emergency With a Survival Kit

Canada is famous for its wondrous landscape and natural beauty. With a coastline of 243,000 kilometres, Canada is a vast land with a lot of unpopulated, wide open spaces. This means that to get around a lot of driving needs to be done, and it also means that a lot of that motoring is conducted on long, lonely stretches of road. And, couple that with our unpredictable climate and Canada can be a hazardous place to drive if one is not prepared. Proper vehicle preparation means making sure that your car is in good working order, but it also means keeping several items in the trunk of your car that will be useful in times of emergency.

Emergency

Creating a kit for your car can be divided into two different categories: Emergency and Survival. An emergency kit should include items that will help restore your car to proper working order in case it happens to break down. These items include booster cables, flares, a tire gauge, screwdriver, pliers, rags, a jug of water and a container of motor oil. Make sure your automobile also has its spare tire and jack, and it’s a good idea to also put a four-way lug wrench in your kit because the one included in the manufacturer’s kit tends to be inadequate. Don’t forget to include a funnel and an emergency flashlight in case you need to add some fluids into your engine and it’s dark. Speaking of the dark, it’s also important to add a reflective help sign, and some reflective tape into your kit so that you will be able to be spotted by other passing motorists. Keeping some rope or bungee cords in the kit should also prove useful in an emergency situation.

Car Survival Kit

Survival

Living in Canada means that we also need a survival kit in our cars.. To combat possible snowstorms, your vehicle should already have an ice scraper / brush, but that’s really a tool for the outside of the car. What about the inside? No matter what the weather, if you’re going on a long trip, there is always the possibility that you will need to rely on your vehicle as a possible short-term shelter, so you should always have a few survival essentials on hand. Stocking these items in the trunk of your car will ensure your survival if the unthinkable happens:

• 72 hour supply of non-perishable food (like granola bars, trail mix etc.)
• 72hour supply of bottled water
• First Aid Kit
• Thermal blankets
• Flares
• Waterproof matches or a lighter
• Fire Extinguisher
• A supply of candles that will help add heat to the car. Make sure that you keep the candle in a jar when lit to prevent an accident. Also open your car window a crack when the candle is lit.
• Battery operated radio.

Keeping all these items in your car will ensure that you are ready and prepared for any scenario that might occur when you’re driving. It might even end up saving your life.

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