US Treasury Dept seeking survival kits for employees

[Jared]

Always find lists like this interesting...


2.1 SPECIFICATIONS
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking survival kits for its employees
with the follow contents:
• Waist fanny-pack or backpack (all of the items below must fit in the fannypack/backpack)
• 2400-calorie food bar (minimum 5-year shelf life)
• 3-pack 8.5 oz. water (minimum 5-year shelf life)
• 50 water purification tablets (minimum 5-year shelf life)
• Reusable solar blanket 52” x 84”
• Dust mask
• One-size fits all poncho with hood
• 12 hr. light stick
• 1 pair of latex gloves
• Whistle with lanyard
• 33 piece personal first aid kit:
o 1 – antibiotic ointment pack
o 2 – extra strength non-aspirin tablets
o 2 – ibuprofen tablets
o 2 – decongestant tablets
o 4 – alcohol cleansing pads
o 2 – antiseptic cleansing wipes (sting free)
o 6 – ¾” x 3” adhesive plastic bandages
o 10 – 3/8” x 1 ½” Junior plastic bandages
o 1 – large butterfly wound closure
o 1 – 1 ½” x 1 ½” patch plastic bandage
o 1 – first aid guide
o 1 – Carry anywhere case
• 5 Wet Naps
• Dynamo rechargeable lantern with AM/FM radio
• Air-Aid emergency mask

I guess it's mainly for earthquake or hurricane type events.


http://freebeacon.com/issues/treasury-department-seeking-survival-kits-for-bank-employees/

 

[Stevie777]

Politics...removed.

 

[greensurfingbear]

Not really politics just a statement that a us government department is making kits.

Not a bad idea for natural disasters. Guess it's a lesson leant after hurricane Catarina.

 

[Stevie777]

Not really politics just a statement that a us government department is making kits.

Not a bad idea for natural disasters. Guess it's a lesson leant after hurricane Catarina.

No, What i wrote mentioned Jed Bush and WW3...I removed it.

 

[Jared]

Find it odd they have specified 50 water tabs, and no container, something like a soft sided bottle would be good enough to disinfect.

 

[Robson Valley]

My D1 is a post doc at Stanford. Palo Alto is on the San Andreas fault.
She's got quite a kit, most of it from Vancouver BC which is long overdue for a big quake.
If all the glass fell out of all the windows of the buildings in the core part of Vancouver,
the streets would be 36 - 40" deep in broken glass.

 

[TeeDee]

Is 'Comptroller' a real word?

Apparently so!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comptroller

 

[TeeDee]

Find it odd they have specified 50 water tabs, and no container, something like a soft sided bottle would be good enough to disinfect.

You could get away with using the latex gloves.

 

[santaman2000]

Is 'Comptroller' a real word?

Apparently so!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comptroller

And a fairly common one among government offices here. Not a word I'm overly fond of though.

However I've never heard it pronounced "controller" contrary to the article in wiki. I suppose what I've heard might well be regional though.

 

[daveO]

Find it odd they have specified 50 water tabs, and no container, something like a soft sided bottle would be good enough to disinfect.

I assume "3-pack 8.5 oz. water" means the kit should have 3 250ml size bottles in there.

 

[Bishop]

The use of the word 'pack' rather than bottle or carton would tend to suggest the preference for disposable sachet type containers akin to those found in liferaft kits in order to reduce the mass/bulk. Plus in an urban enviroment one is never going to be far away from a discarded plastic bottle.

Perhaps even more interesting is the requirement for a '2400 calorie food bar 5+ year shelf life' again this refers to a very specific product that has a re-sealable outer packaging so could in theory be used to carry water once the rations have been eaten or redistrubed to pockets.

However does anybody know what the difference is between a Dust-Mask and an Air-Aid emergency mask?

 

[lou1661]

However does anybody know what the difference is between a Dust-Mask and an Air-Aid emergency mask?

I don't seem to be able to paste links from this device, but there is loads of information on Google about the Air-Aid emergency mask

 

[Andy BB]

I assume "3-pack 8.5 oz. water" means the kit should have 3 250ml size bottles in there.

No - they're recommending the dehydrated water powder - takes up less space.

 

[Jared]

I assume "3-pack 8.5 oz. water" means the kit should have 3 250ml size bottles in there.

True, does seem pfaff though if the tablets are the usual one per 32oz/l types.

 

[santaman2000]

.....However does anybody know what the difference is between a Dust-Mask and an Air-Aid emergency mask?

I don't seem to be able to paste links from this device, but there is loads of information on Google about the Air-Aid emergency mask

Yep. The relevant info would be whatever MSA defines as the difference.