Your plan doesn't have to be long or even very thorough, just having thought it through will be helpful. First aid, CPR, fire starting or any other training you think you'll need, from simple. Emergency essentials are exactly what this blog is about, all those things you must or should have to survive a problem situation.

Of all the essentials you need in an emergency, a plan should first on the list. By thinking out what sort of emergency you may face, and what you may need to do to make it through that situation alive and hopefully well, you massively increase your chances of that good outcome. I plan to be informative and helpful to all who recognize that emergencies happen when least expected. Of course, thinking about emergencies does lead to a different view of the world, called by some as "viewing the world through apocalypse eyes." Having thought through what you may end up facing leads to thinking about how you would deal with each situation, in other words training.

Of course, not everything I'll tell you about is truly essential; some of it's just cool.