Master Prepping List

Master Prepping List
List of supplies for preppers and survivalists

Prepper Supplies Checklist
Your guide to emergency preparedness begins with a list. We pulled together an ultimate prepper’s list of supplies below.

Master List of Prepping Supplies  
If you’re new to prepping, you need a place to start ~ that’s
where our master list of prepping supplies can help you. If you’re
an experienced prepper, you may like to evaluate the supplies
you currently have available and consier ideas on items you may
potentially lack. The checklist below can help you measure
progress toward your preparedness goals.  

Another excellent resource is the Prepper Supplies Checklist, a
simple guide to emergency preparedness, by Nettie David,
pictured right. It’s a short read, and more like a workbook, but
within this guide you will find:

  • an easy to follow preparedness plan
  • lists of survival supplies
  • photos, illustrations, and short stories
  • formulas for calculating supply needs
  • a prioritized list of emergency preparedness categories
  • simple strategies for setting preparedness goals
  • checklists for each prepper category
  • bug out bag and power outage kit ideas
  • an easy system for tracking progress and
  • a prepper calendar

Following is a prepper’s supplies checklist:

  1. Alcohol  (and rubbing alcohol)
  2. Antibiotics – Natural and fish antibiotics
  3. Antibacterials
  4. Antiseptics – Neosporin (or polysporin if you are allergic)
  5. Ammunition.
  6. Aspirin or aspirin alternatives
  7. Axe / hatchet and sharpener for wood chopping. Pulaski axe.
  8. Big Berkey water filter
  9. Blankets – mylar blankets , fleece and wool blankets
  10. Bleach
  11. Boots (hiking, work boots)
  12. Bouillon cubes
  13. Borax
  14. burn barrel
  15. Bucket Openers.
  16. Buckets of Emergency Food (beans, corn, cerealoats, pasta,
    popcorn, powdered milk, rice, sugar, spices and wheat)
  17. Bugout bag
  18. Bugout bike
  19. Burn barrel
  20. Cable ties
  21. Canteen or water bladder
  22. Canned foods
  23. Canning lids
  24. Carbon monixide detector
  25. Camp stove
  26. Camp solar shower
  27. Camp Suds
  28. Charcoal (activated charcoal and charcoal briquettes)
  29. Compass and maps
  30. Composting toilet
  31. Communications (cell phone, weather Radio, CB, HAM radio,
    two wave radio, walkie talkies)
  32. Candles (emergency candles) and candlemaking supplies
  33. Canned food – meats, fruits, vegetables, soups, stews,
    stocks
  34. Can Openers – multiples for redundancy
  35. Carts – hauling food, water, wood, and equipment
  36. Chemical suit
  37. Chewing gum. Chew on this: Gum could help save your life in
    a survival situation and we’ll show you how, so don’t over
    look this inexpensive part of your preps!
  38. Cigarettes  – for tinder and bartering
  39. Citrus – prevent scurvy malnutrition.
  40. Cordage – paracord
  41. Colloidal silver
  42. Coffee packaged for long term food storage
  43. Coffee filters
  44. Copper
  45. Dehydrator
  46. Duct tape
  47. Dental aid – dental medic kit, dental wax, braces kit
  48. Dental hygiene supplies –  dental floss, toothbrushes,
    toothpaste, mouthwash (which is an antiseptic!)
  49. Disinfectants (chlorine bleach, Steramine tablets)
  50. Drink mixes, powdered milk, and other emergency drinks
  51. Essential Oils. When medicines are not available, preppers
    will be turning to wisdom of the centuries with tinctures and
    essential oils.
  52. Electrolytes – Pedialyte, Saltstick Electrolyte Capsules
  53. Emergency radio
  54. Epsom Salt
  55. Ferro rod
  56. Flashlights – LED, hand crank, and solar
  57. Flu pandemic mask
  58. Firearms (guns and ammunition)
  59. Fire extinguishers
  60. Fire starters – BIC lighter, matches, ferro rod, Zippo
  61. Fresnel lens
  62. Freeze dried foods – Augason FarmsHoneyville Farms,
    Mountain House, Legacy Foods, bucket of potatoes.
  63. Fishing gear – fishing pole and reel, fishing line, lures,
    swivels, sinkers, tackle box
  64. First Aid supplies – bandages, butterfly bandages, finger
    cots, finger splints, smelling salts, (see also Medic Bag)
  65. Fuel –  kerosene, propane, white gas (see also charcoal)
  66. Gas Mask – Nuclear Biological and Chemical (NBC) gas mask
  67. Gardening tools – rake, hoe, planters (see also shovel and
    spade)
  68. Generator
  69. Grains
  70. Grain mill
  71. Hammer and nails
  72. Heirloom, non-GMO Survival Seeds.
  73. Home defense tools – barbed wire
  74. Homestead supplies – chicken wire (aka poultry netting) and
    garden staples,
  75. Hunting – alternate gear including, BB gun, crossbow, snare
    wire, slingshot, pellet gun
  76. Hygiene (dental)
  77. Hygiene (personal) ~ shampoo, soap, toothpaste
  78. Hygiene (other)– diapers (paper and cloth); sanitary napkins,
    tampons or cup; adult diapers, wipes
  79. Hydrogen peroxide
  80. Immunity Boosters – Vitamins
  81. Knives (fixed blade knives)
  82. Knives (folding knives )
  83. Lanterns  ~ solar, gas, hand crank, oil lamps
  84. Laundry ~ off grid washing machine, centrifugal dryer,
    washboards, clothes pins and washing line
  85. Lighter BIC lighter or Zippo
  86. Pandemic Personal Protective Equipment – chemical and
    splash resistant, disposable clothing, booties  pandemic
    mask, goggles, nitrile gloves, gauntlet gloves
  87. Plastic bags ~ hazardous waste bags, garbage bags, ziplock
    bags,
  88. Protein bars, energy bars, cereal bars, granola bars
  89. Manual kitchen tools – butter churn, cheesecloth, cheese
    wax, manual egg beater,  manual knife sharpener, juice
    press, corn husker, heavy duty apple /potato peeler, pea
    sheller.
  90. Mason jars
  91. Medicines (allergy, aspirinaspirin alternativeactivated
    charcoal, cold medicine etc. )
  92. Medics bag and first responder supplies
  93. Powdered milk
  94. Pressure cooker – for home canning
  95. Prescription medications (minimum six-month supply)
  96. Rain barrels
  97. Rice and beans (see also buckets of food)
  98. Respirator – Niosh certified (e.g., N100 or N95)
  99. Salt
  100. Saw, plus saw horses, clamp
  101. Screwdriver and screws
  102. Seed vault (non-GMO, heirloom seeds)
  103. Sewing Kit –  sewing notions (needles, thread, sewing awl),
    patterns, treadle-powered sewing machine
  104. Soaps – Zote laundry soap
  105. Solar chargers  – cell phone solar batteries
  106. Shoe repair –inserts, laces (or thin paracord), rubber heels
    savers and soles. Shoe Goo
  107. Shovel and spade
  108. Silver and colloidal silver
  109. Spices
  110. SuperGlue
  111. Survival Guide – (we recommend Mykel Hawke’s Survival
    Guide)
  112. Steramine tablets
  113. Tarps (green or camouflaged, not blue)
  114. Tea
  115. Tent, car camper recreational vehicle, temporary shelter or
    bugout location
  116. Toilet paper
  117. Thermometer, no touch (infrared) or disposable, digital and
    analog
  118. Vaseline
  119. Vinegar
  120. Vehicle essentials – jumper cables, fluids, tire repair kit, tire
    chains, tow straps
  121. WD-40  –  a good all-around lubricant
  122. Wood, seasoned.
  123. WaterBob ~ bathtub water liner
  124. Water purification ~ tablets
  125. Water filtration system ~ gravity fed water filters, like a  
    Berkey or a Lifestraw
  126. Water Storage. If you have kids, you’ll want a 260-gallon
    water tank that will ensure a family of four has water for
    three months.
  127. Yeast
  128. Zeer pot or alternate refrigeration

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