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First Ideas

Some initial thoughts

Hygiene / Consumables / Household

  • Toilet Rolls → 9 pack
  • Candles → 4 per day → 56 → 6 x 10 pack
  • Tea Lights → 4 per day → 56 → 2 x 50 pack = 100
  • Batteries
    • AA → 2 x 12
    • AAA → 2 x 16
    • CR123 → 2 x 4
  • Matches → 4 boxes “Cooks Matches”
  • Lighters → 4 x BIC/Clipper
  • Medication
    • Paracetamol
    • Ibuprofen
    • Aspirin
    • Prescription?
  • First Aid - plasters/dressings etc
  • Wet wipes / hand sanitzer

Fuel

In addition to normal household supplies

  • Stoves : Ovoids → 7 bags
  • Firelighters → 4 boxes
  • Propane → 1 x 13kg
  • Jet Boil → camping gas

12V batteries and USB power

  • 100Ah Leisure Battery x 1
  • 24Ah SLAB x 3
  • 3Ah & 7Ah & 18Ah SLAB - various
  • 12V → USB Charging device(s)
  • Solar Panel for recharging batteries
  • USB Power Banks

Lighting

  • personal headtorches
  • personal pocket torches
  • candle-lantern(s)
  • 12V LED lighting

Food

  • Pasta → 3 x 1kg (75g per person per meal → 2 x 14 x 75g → 2.1kg)
  • Rice → 3 x 1kg
    • Rice and Pasta combined, and with pulses, makes a meal with complete protein
  • Dried Noodles
  • Porrige Oats (can be made with plain water if milk not available, or dried milk powder?)
  • Tins
    • Soup x 28
    • Pulses x 14
    • Fish x 7
  • Jars
    • Pesto x 4
    • Curry Paste x 4
  • Baking Goods
    • Bread Flour
    • Dried Yeast
  • Drinks
    • Coffee
    • Tea Bags
    • Dried Milk
  • Sundries
    • Olive Oil
    • Stock Cubes
    • Marmite

Shelf Life esitmate

  • Tins
    • Pulses : 4 year
    • Soup : 2 year
    • Fish : 3 year
  • Jars
    • Pesto : 3 year
    • Curry Paste : 3 year
  • Dried Goods
    • Pasta : 2 years
    • Rice : 2 years

Water

Aim for 1 gallon per person per day

  • 2 persons x 14 day x 1 gallon → 28 gallons → 6 x 5 gallon jerry cans.

Animals

  • Dog food → 15kg bag
  • Cat Food → 5kg bag

Communications

  • Mobile Phones with choice of SIM cards → EE or Vodafone
  • 4G battery powered MiFi router
  • 12V DC powered ADSL router/Wifi Access point
  • Old DTMF manual dial telephone
  • Investigate Ham Radio HF Email
  • Marine Band VHF radio for Coastguard

John Pumford-Green 22/12/22 09:42

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