Tips and Tricks
It’s the Boy scouts motto: “Be Prepared”. Survivalists, preppers and common sense tell you that it is good motto. Preparation for emergencies is key to survival. But you can’t possibly prepare for every emergency you may encounter. So the big question is: what should you prepare for? To answer that question we will have to deal with some theory behind the...
Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. If you envision it as a cycle, it would involve four phases: Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery. In this article we will look at these four phases a bit more in-depth for some insight in how you can apply these...
Preparedness is the start of survival in any (WROL) emergency situation. This is where a so-called "bug-out-bag" (BOB) comes in handy or, as some like to refer to it: a "SHTF bag". This (extensive) article will go into some details for such systems and will try to provide some useful pointers if you want...
When disaster strikes, you might be confronted with a situation in which someone in your family, or a close friend or relative needs urgent medical attention for a large open wound. But you might be in a remote area, miles away from medical care. With the right preparation, you might be able to save lives...
A healthy human can survive for several weeks without food, and several days without water. But without proper shelter from the elements, your chances of survival might drop to several hours. That is why it is important to know how to build and emergency survival shelter. The US Army Survival Manual has some interesting tips and tricks...
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