Starting a fire in a survival situation is not essential to your well being, but it plays a vital role in making your survival easier. Fire gives warmth, allows you to cook, purifies water and can be used as a weapon if necessary. It also improves morale, which can be as much as a survival…
(Video) How to Build an Emergency Survival Shelter in Less than 5 Minutes!
In a survival situation, getting yourself a shelter from the elements is one of your first priorities (depending on where you find yourself.) While this survival shelter will not do in extreme weather, it is more than adequate if you ever find yourself in need of an overnight place where the weather and temperature are…
3 Ways Paracord Can Save the Day (and a Person’s Life) in a Survival Situation!
Just about everyone interested in survival topics, camping or spending time in the outdoors has heard about and likely owns paracord. Originally designed and produced as cordage for paratroopers in World War II, this durable, strong and malleable cordage has been put to thousands of other uses since then. Most of us have used it…
(Video) Why Prepping Throughout 2017 is Crucial
Does the outcome of the US election mean you no longer have to be prepared for a survival situation? That really depends on whether you want to make it through a survival situation or not. Like it or not, manmade survival situations are actually pretty rare There are, however, dozens of other types of survival…
(Video) Building a Swedish Jet Stove and How it’s Beneficial to Survival!
A Swedish Fire Torch, if you have the tools to make it, is one of the most efficient types of fire you can make. It channels the heat up through the “stack” which escapes out the top of the torch and can serve as an awesome cooking platform. It requires smaller types of fuel, so…
The Mighty Oak: Why it’s Perfect to Utilize for Survival Food and More
Oak is one of the most prodigious forest trees on the planet; it thrives from northern North America down through the tropics and across the oceans into Europe, the Mediterranean region, and Asia. If you find yourself in a survival situation in a forest, chances are better than even that you will find some form…
(Video) How to Store an Easy Two-Week Food Supply for Survival
One of the great debates regarding survival preparation is how much should you stock up on as it relates to food? Some folks want months worth of food storage, just in case their worst nightmares come true. Others say you can get by with far less as the average survival scenario is not going to…
19 Things to Stockpile for Survival Now (Before it’s Too Late)
Virtually everyone knows to stock some survival items for if a short or medium-term survival incident occurs and stuff we have come to rely on, like power, clear roads, etc. are temporarily shut down. But what are those items? If you look at most survival preparation lists, some of the items on them make sense,…
4 Types of Survivalists We Must Avoid
One of the bedrock principles of survival preparation is to choose your circle wisely. By “circle” we mean those you prepare, plan on enduring a survival situation with and will rely on when and if you find yourself facing a full-scale survival crisis. Much like choosing friends, how you choose this circle will affect your…
Avoid These Survival Items to Save Money and Have Effective Survival Gear
The good news is you have started to prepare for some sort of a survival situation. Being prepared for at least a few days without food, water or life’s normal amenities is even recommended by the federal government, so you know if they are saying you should, the likelihood you need to do so is…
Water – Vital and Abundant – Here are Some Excellent Methods to Collect It
Water is the key component to life here on earth. We are mostly water and can last about three days without water before dire consequences – including death – sets in. That time frame is sped up depending on the environment you find yourself in – in a hot climate where you shedding water via…
An EMP Strikes. What to Do Next? Here are Seven Steps:
In many ways, an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) is kind of the survival “Million Dollar Question (s) of epic, doomsday events. Lots of folks have surmised whether it could happen, how, how big of a threat it is and what would happen if it did? While there is agreement that it could happen via a manmade…
First Aid Supplies for Survival and Everything That Should Go in It
Making it through a survival situation is always a challenge – but it is made much more difficult when you are injured, sick or run down. Injuries or illness that occur during a survival situation are also almost guaranteed to come with complications. Unfortunately, unless you prepare in advance – and are well prepared –…
(Video) PVC – It’s Everywhere But is it the Most Versatile Survival Material Out There?
If you live anywhere but an undeveloped country – and even there sometimes – chances are you are within feet of some sort of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) piping. PVC is the third most widely produced synthetic plastic polymer, after polyethylene and polypropylene. In the USA, piping made of PVC accounts for 66% of all sewage…
(Video) How to Successfully Pull Off the Gum-Wrapper Fire-Starter. It’s Fun But it’s Also Beneficial!
Just about everyone concerned with survival skills has seen in some iteration the Gum-Wrapper Fire-Starter technique in one iteration or another. Like most survival hacks, however, it is not quite as simple as it seems. You cannot take any gum-wrapper, apply it to a battery and Voila!, a life-saving fire appears! Many already know that.…
Eating for Survival – 5 Edible Plants that Grow Just About Anywhere!
In almost any type of a survival scenario, if it lasts long enough, finding food is a constant battle that works on a dangerous circular loop. You need food and expend a lot of energy to find and eat it, which makes you hungrier, which makes you look for food and burn energy to find…
(Video) When Putting Together a Survival Kit Don’t Overlook These Common Items
Anyone who has ever tried to put together a survival kit or cache knows there is at least one commonality – it is difficult to make sure you have all you need. Even if money is no object, the chances of you not overlooking some vital survival supply or equipment is almost “none.” This is…
2-Way Radio for Survival – Check Out the Available Options!
Next to satisfying the Principle of Three in a survival situation, communication is likely to be the next most important facet you must address to ensure you make it through in one piece. During a survival situation, one of the first things to go down will likely be traditional communications links – think of how…
Home Security Tips We all Could Use to Protect a Home From Intruders
Making sure your home is as secure as possible makes sense whether you are facing a survival situation or just going about real life. In a survival situation, if the scenario is dire enough, home invasions and burglaries can become common as people become more desperate. The same is true without a survival situation pressing…
How to Put Together a Leather Belt With a Secret Compartment That’s Perfect for Bushcraft Activities
As we have progressed through the last century and a quarter, all of us have benefited from profound change. Stuff we viewed as “new and exciting,” like CD-ROMs are barely known to our kids. Our parents, on the other hand, barely had color television, but their folks relied on radio for a lot of their…