1944 21 July 2/1 A plastic-boxed survival kit (fishhooks, dextrose tablets, first-aid materials and other stuff).
1962 D. Slayton in J. Glenn et al. 24 He would have a survival kit attached to the raft, which included a mirror he could use to signal airplanes overhead, some packages of shark repellant and a knife for cleaning fish.
1973 17 May 12/6 Compiled a kind of survival-kit beginning with instructions on how to write out a cheque.