ON YOUR OWN Click on photos for larger image. No matter if your survival circumstance occurs in a city or in the wilderness, no matter how much equipment you may have in a survival kit stored at home, in the car, at work, in the plane or in the boat, it could easily come down to what you are personally carrying. You may be eternally grateful to have survived with just that much. Plenty of pockets for all your gear. What you carry may depend upon where you will be traveling and what you will be doing.
Some equipment is universal, a knife for instance.
Other equipment is more specific. You might well not carry a signal mirror in the city, but it would be a very good idea in the wilderness or when flying or boating. The idea is to carry the most basic items that cannot be easily improvised or are not likely immediately available in an emergency. These are tools and supplies that allow you to deal with the most likely emergency scenarios. Nobody can be prepared for everything.