Toilet Paper – If you want to see something that people will kill for in a post-disaster world, I think this is it… especially women. Stocking batteries, especially AA and AAA sizes, will make your life in a post-disaster world much better. if you’re going to preserve food in a post-disaster world, you’d a better plan on having plenty of salt on hand.Ĭanning Jar Lids – I’m assuming you have canning jars but how many lids do you have? They’re not considered reusable, so you’d better have plenty.īatteries – Ok, batteries aren’t really a survival necessity but we’ve got lots of things we use every day, which are battery operated. Salt – Salt is not only essential for survival, it’s nature’s number one food preservative. It takes four to six cords of firewood to heat a home through the winter. If you use a filter for purifying water, be sure to have plenty of them.įirewood – Many preppers are planning on heating their homes and cook with a wood fire in a post-disaster world but few have enough firewood to do that. Water Filters – Water purification is essential to survival, as water that has microscopic pathogens can spread disease and even kill us. Make sure you have a good stock, as this is essential with damp wood. Be sure to get the strike anywhere kind.įire Accelerants – Commonly referred to as “fire starters,” chemical fire accelerants or tinders work to get the fire from your matches or lighter into the larger kindling, so that your fire can keep burning. While many people have switched over to butane lighters, matches are still useful. Waterproof Matches – The waterproof match is the standard fire starter for use in a survival situation. It’s much easier for people who aren’t skilled at starting fires to start them with a disposable lighter than to try and do it any other way. Even though it is not considered one of the top three survival needs, it is useful for all three of them. But the items I’ve listed below are probably the most important things to include in your stockpile, either for your own personal use or to use as barter goods.ĭisposable Butane Lighters – Fire is one of the things we use the most in a survival situation. There are literally hundreds of things that we could use in a post-disaster world more than can fit in this list. Too much of that discomfort could lead to death perhaps not directly, but by permitting weakness and disease to bring us to an end. Stockpiling food, without bothering to stockpile these other necessary items might not guarantee our death, but it will sure make our lives more uncomfortable. There are many other things we need and use on a day-to-day basis. But stockpiling food isn’t all there is to be ready for a disaster.

Most of us start out by trying to build a stockpile of food to see us through an emergency and will probably still be stockpiling food when the SHTF. Stockpiling necessary supplies is at the very core of prepping.

Food stockpile list