While some may tell you that certain laws are meant to be broken you really want to play the straight and narrow with the survival laws below. They are not here to oppress but to potentially save a life!

1) Storing water: But not just any water, you need clean water… drinking dirty or contaminated fluids isn’t an option. With a little forethought, you’ll never find yourself in that situation.

2) Storing food: When you go to the grocery store, get some extra pieces of your favorite canned food. If there are food items on sale, seize the opportunity to stock up. Food coupons are also a great way to stock up your storage. In other words, do whatever you can to bulk up your supply.

3) Having medical supplies and basic medical skills: Everyone must have a first aid kit in their supplies. Period. But there’s also one more important factor to this survival law, and that is the four basic medical skills. Without the following 4 skills, your kit would be useless.

1) Creating an open airway and confirming a heartbeat
2) Treating minor wounds
3) Treating shock
4) Handling broken bones

4) Having hard cash on hand: Having extra funds is just as important as the other survival laws on this list. When everything collapses, you still need to buy food, water, medicine and even gas for your car. Make sure you have enough cash on hand to get you and your family through a week, at least. ATMs and even the internet can go down, so you can’t depend on credit cards.

5) Being able to secure your home or family at all costs: In the aftermath, law and order goes out the window. You may no longer rely on law enforcers to keep the peace or deal with an intruder. Things will definitely get out of control. These conditions only mean one thing: you are left to your own devices.

6) Being ready, willing, and able to bug out: Leaving the safety, security, and supplies of home is not an easy thing to do. You and your family will have to go into a real survival scenario. No matter how difficult the future might seem, bugging out could be the only way for you to stay alive. This is the time when your survival skills will be put to the test.

There is much more to learn about each of the above laws and you can read about them in more depth at Survival Life.

We would all like to believe we have it well in hand, that each of the above laws is us to a T. And if that is true, congratulations. You just might get through a brutal collapse for at least the first few weeks it occurs.

Just remember to be forever vigilant and listen to what the true experts tell you. Use the common-sense God gave you and, if it is meant to be, you and yours will make it through any SHTF crisis!