Bug Out Vehicle (BOV)

A bug out vehicle (BOV) is the car, truck, van or SUV your family keeps ready to leave home when staying is no longer safe. We use the term for any vehicle kept fueled, maintained and able to carry your people, your pets and your bug out bags to a safer place. For most families, the bug out vehicle is simply the one already parked in the driveway.

Preppers meet the term when they plan an evacuation. A wildfire, a flood or a chemical spill can leave you only hours or minutes to go. A bug out vehicle that is ready ahead of time turns that warning into a calm departure. It is the link between your bug out bag and your bug out location, the safe place you plan to reach.

Choosing, sizing and preparing a bug out vehicle each have their own answers. Prepper Life guides on those questions are coming soon.