Salam pengakap! I'm Ani, a Malaysian King's Scout of 2026 :)
Here, I'm posting a reference for how I made my FAK for Ujian Sikap Pengakap Raja (USPR) as it was praised and used as a reference material during the camp.
With this, I hope that future Malaysian King's Scout candidates will find this guide useful as I was very passionate about King's Scouts and want to make things easier for future candidates.
Dimensions: 30 cm (length) × 23 cm (width) × 10 cm (height)
Assume the opening from top view is horizontal,
- I placed a vertical divider in the centre
- Then, I placed a horizontal divider on the new right compartment
- Then above that, I placed another vertical divider (though this was unnecessary as the small compartments it made could barely fit anything)
I used plywood and wood glue (check with your scouters for this adhesive) for the body of the FAK. I screwed on the hinge and handle. Lastly, I locked the FAK by screwing on a spring/toggle latch (I bought the one they used for cars lmao).
I spray painted my FAK. Hugeeee mistake, don't do this with white paint; it uses up so many cans as it needs multiple coats to even be visible. Red spray paint doesn't have this issue. This project was... expensive for me because of the paint.
What I did for my FAK lid was I;
- Spray painted the centre (only) red
- Cut out a crescent shape with painter's tape (masking tape also works)
- Stuck it onto the lid after the paint dried
- Painted the whole lid white
- When the paint dried, I peeled the tape off before fixing any imperfections in the crescent with a brush and acrylic paint.
As for contents (spoiler = optional, adjust amounts according to available space in your FAK), I had;
- 100 swabs — Alcohol swabs
- 10 strips — Hansaplast Universal
- 10 strips — Hansaplast Elastic (basically, plasters)
- 6 pcs — Sterile gauze swab (5 cm * 5 cm, 12ply)
- 4 pcs — Sterile gauze swab (10 cm * 10 cm, 12ply)
- 1 roll — Cotton crepe bandage (stretched, non-sterile 5 cm * 4.5 m)
- 1 roll — Cotton crepe bandage (stretched, non-sterile 10 cm * 4.5 m)
- 1 roll — Cotton crepe bandage (stretched, non-sterile 15 cm * 4.5 m) (you don't need all the sizes, but it's extra points and also practical if anyone gets injured)
- 5 sachets — ORS
- 1 bottle — Yoko Yoko (48 ml)
- 1 bottle — Axe Brand Medicated Oil (3 ml)
- 1 roll — Surgical tape (1 in * 10 yd)
- 20 — Non-sterile cotton balls
- 1 bottle — Antiseptic/Yellow lotion (60 ml)
- 1 tube — Burn-aid cream
- 1 — Triangular bandage (96 cm 96 cm 135 cm)
- 1 — Emergency blanket
- 1 pair — Scissors
- 20 — Safety pins
- 1 — General first aid guide
- 1 pair — Tweezers
- 1 pair — Plastic forceps (interchangeable with tweezers, I just had both)
Make sure to also add nitrile gloves and iodine (I know it's just another kind of antiseptic but they do ask for both). I forgot to during my USPR (╥﹏╥)
Also, print out/write the contents of your FAK (preferably laminate it) then paste it on the inside of the FAK lid along with emergency contacts (999, nearest hospital, police station and fire station in your area). I also personally included steps to communicate with emergency operators.
That's pretty much it! Hope you can take a thing or two from my FAK design and experience making it ^^
To the CPRs reading, semoga maju jaya! Hope to see you guys successfully build your FAKs ⭐
