Survival Items Your Car’s Glove Box Should Have

There are a lot of things and skills that you need to be able to survive in an emergency or a disaster situation. Your attitude is the most important survival skill that you have. It can make a lot of difference between living and dying. Objective setting and critical thinking is also a major help for survival. The things that you have in your first aid kit, BOB, EDC, and the food that you store is also a major help in surviving any disaster.

There are also some items that you need to have in your car’s glove box which can help you in a survival situation.

Alcohol Swabs

Use alcohol swabs to clean your wounds, you can also use them as a fire-starter.

Documents

You can also carry some documents in your car. For example is you vehicle’s registration and proof of insurance, you might be need it in case an officer pulled you over.

Face Mask

Face mask can be helpful especially when you are in a situation wherein it is difficult to breathe.

Folding Knife and Fire Starter

You can use the folding knife as a weapon to defend yourself or to cut meat, ropes, etc.

Headlamp

A small headlamp can be useful especially when you need your both hands when working on something.

Map

A map is a very important item to have; you can use this when you get lost. You can use smart phones, tablets and GPS to access a map, but these items can be useless when the batteries die. You should carry a paper map at all times and put it to your car’s glove box.

Pepper Spray

Use pepper spray to defend yourself against human assailants, you can also use this against animals.

Small first aid kit

You must always carry a first aid kit. You can put 3 rolls of 2×2 and 4×4 gauze pads, small bandage scissors, and small roll of bandage tape, band aids, and some medicines in a Ziploc bag and put it in your car’s glove box.

Water Purification Straw

This item is very useful and it is not hard to carry. You can use this item to filter water;there is water purification straw that can filter at least 25 gallons of water.

Wrist compass

You will also need to have a compass so that you can follow, lead, or embark on an emergency heading.

Ziploc Bag

You can use Ziploc bag to carry items or for collecting water.

Make sure to check these items if you already have them in your car’s glove box, and start adding the items that you still don’t have. The items that you have in your car’s glove box can help you in any situation. You should also carry a small bottled water, paper, and pen.

What items do you have in your glove box? Can you use them in an emergency?