As we have covered on this site quite a bit, survival in virtually any situation is as much dependent on your ability to innovate as it is on your preparation.

Don't misunderstand.

Preparing for a survival scenario is vital, but no one completely prepares for every scenario and within that, every need you will face in that scenario.

For example, our fire-starter tools might get damaged or lost or soaked in a deluge or rain.

If that were to happen, do you know how to improvise, using what you have on hand or what you find to be able to build a potentially life-sustaining fire?

On the next page, we cover some simple, common sense survival hacks that will help you if your survival plans and preparation come up wanting.

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