Emergency Survival | Priorities

In the general sense, emergency survival and wilderness survival priorities and preparedness are the same for most situations, although there are many situations and circumstances that don't conform to the general rule. Shelter, fire, water, and food are the physical elements that you will need in any emergency survival or wilderness survival situation. Above all is your mindset! Your first survival priority is thinking clearly with a positive attitude "I will survive" panic is a road to disaster. Emergency assessment! Is your second survival priority to assess the situation. Are you in immediate danger? Get out of harm's way. Injured or sick? Find a safe place to rest or wait for emergency rescue, and if you have injuries tend to them as well as you can. When you are in a space that isn't visible use something to indicate that you are there, a makeshift flag, or maybe an article of clothing. Your third survival priority is to improve your situation. Is your shelter sufficient? Can you make a fire? Do you have safe water and food? Ask yourself these questions and as you do, make improvements and keep a survivor's attitude. Emergency priorities depend on the nature of the situation: medical, fire, natural disaster. Remove yourself and or others out of harm's way as soon as possible. Emergency communication is a priority, the telephone and phone numbers are the most obvious but might not be available. Other ways to communicate with emergency services workers include making a sign signal fire, or noise, bang on something. If you have survived a disaster and are still in need of assistance. Make it easy for emergency response teams to find you, from the ground or from the air. In a wilderness emergency survival situation either lost or stranded if you don't know how far or especially what direction to travel, make yourself at home (a base camp). Once you've decided where to shelter for the night, make that your temporary home. Gather what you can to improve your situation, while you explore the surrounding area. Travel in straight lines, to begin with, when you can see something useful from your temporary home go get it. Keep your temporary home in eyesight, once you have gotten familiar with your surroundings, after traveling several straight lines keeping your base (temporary home) in eyesight, you can travel in circles around your base keeping it within eyesight until you are familiar with a larger area. Every time you travel, gather anything useful to improve your situation. Using this method you might find a better base, a road, a trail, water, food, always gathering firewood. If you decide to travel, use the sun to travel east in the morning, west in the afternoon. Make traveling in a straight line a priority line up trees or other landmarks something in the distance works well, to travel a straight path. If you find a landmark in the distance, it's also good to find another landmark that will be behind you, use it if you decide to return to your base. Mark trees, pile rocks, leave breadcrumbs or other markers along your path, that rescuers or you can follow.

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Survival | Sprouts

The Sprout Book: Tap into the Power of the Planet's Most Nutritious Food

Survival - Sprouts and sprouting seeds. One of the best long term emergency survival or wilderness survival foods is sprouts. For the weight and storage space required by sprouting seeds is less than any other food. After sprouting the food value, weight and volume are multiplied 3 to 10 times and more. Long term emergency survival kits should incorporate emergency bulk sprouts, at the least growing bean sprouts. Although you should be aware of one bean sprout that should not be included. Raw Lima beans contain arsenic and must be boiled to render the arsenic harmless. There is no special talent involved in growing sprouts and sprouting seeds can be stored longer than most foods. Alfalfa sprouts are another valuable sprouting seed along with broccoli seeds, sunflowers, and peas. There are a lot more but those 5 are the ones I won't be without in a survival kit. Included in my survival equipment I have Sprouting bags that work really well outdoors. When you are using sprouting bags or any sprouting equipment for that matter, be aware that sprouts are susceptible to bacterial contamination. Boiling sprout bags before use should eliminate that problem. If you suspect contamination, boil your sprouts also. You can enjoy sprouts in a survival situation or just going camping. Other websites and Sprouting Books give more technical information than I am going to give here, you should have information on sprouts with your survival equipment or survival kit. The principal involved in sprouting seeds is simple, water them and they will grow. I'm going to be guesstimating here about amounts times and yields. Generally smaller seeds of alfalfa and broccoli take less to make more a teaspoon or two will yield a quart or more. Larger seeds like beans, peas, and sunflower, start with a quarter cup to get a cup or two. Soaking seeds generally 12 to 24 hours then keeping them moist by rinsing them a couple of times a day, more if it's windy or hot, will keep them going until you eat them. Organic Alfalfa sprouts are what people typically think of when you mention organic sprouts. They are the ones you commonly see at a salad bar. Rich in petrochemicals, organic alfalfa sprouts protect against cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, and fibrocystic breast disease. They stimulate natural killer cell activity, which strengthens the immune system. What's more, organic alfalfa sprouts are beneficial in reducing symptoms of PMS and menopause, including hot flashes. Furthermore, they contain high concentrations of antioxidants, the body's defense against the destruction of DNA which is the cause of aging. Alfalfa sprouts are abundant sources of vitamins A, B, C, E, and K, the minerals calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc. Also carotene, chlorophyll, amino acids, and trace elements. They contain 35% protein. Organic Alfalfa seed can produce over ten times the weight of the seeds in sprouts, one pound of alfalfa seed produces 10-14 pounds of sprouts. It is well worth carrying them in your backpack. Alfalfa, Broccoli and Radish sprouting seed certified organic are great for salad. Organic seeds for sprouts have a high germination rate when they are stored properly. Sprouting seeds are also good for planting, gardens, cooking, or food storage. Sprouts are high in vitamins A, B-1, B-6, and C, Folic and Pantothenic Acids, Niacin, Potassium, Iron, Phosphorous, and Chlorophyll.

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Survival | Survival Skills

Survival Skills for emergency or wilderness survival are learned through experience. Educating yourself on survival skills is the best way to be prepared for an emergency or wilderness survival situation. Get some experience by just doing a little at a time. You can even start in your back yard or living room, just sit somewhere as long as you can to see what you need first. If you are starting in the house your first need will probably be food or water. Next, move out of your comfort zone the yard, or even further. Can you last 24 hrs? With what you have? What is your next need? Most survival experts agree shelter, fire, water, and food are the elements of survival. The order of importance varies depending on the situation. Acquiring survival skills isn't about what you want it's about what you need to live. We all have some survival skills or we wouldn't be here. We have instincts that tell us what we need, although in a modern civilization techniques differ from survival skills we would need without civilization.

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Earthxy : Earthxy | Portable Sheds

Earthxy: Earthxy | Portable Sheds: Earthxy portable sheds are also expandable and affordable storage buildings, built of 2x4 framing and plywood. They can be lofted, and al...

After a natural disaster, you may want to consider an Earthxy Portable Shed.

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Survival | Tents

 Being Prepared for survival it's hard to beat the Lan Shan 2 Tents for emergency shelter.

Survival | Homeless

Survival | Homeless

The homeless learn survival on the streets, being homeless you soon learn your survival needs. Homeless shelters are often crowded sometimes not so clean and even dangerous but must be considered an option. Having all the options you can think of and choosing one as you go it is a good strategy to keep looking for more options. Most homeless shelters have hours that you can be there, some allow volunteers extra time and privileges. If you are resourceful enough there are other options if you have a backpack a bucket and a water jug you can collect other necessities, clothes blankets tent even cardboard for shelter food, and water plastic bags are also useful. I can't recommend finding bushes in the city to sleep or a homeless camp but those are other options to keep in mind. Panhandling with a sign a cup or just asking is an option for a little money it's not easy work. When panhandling with a sign find a place easy for people to stop to help. Another idea if you have cardboard a pen to make a sign a bucket and squeegee wash windshields for a dollar donation "washing windshields $1 Donation" your own business. A new option for homeless survival volunteer Human Eco Life Parks (a human sanctuary) What do you think? comment share and follow, please

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Survival | Knife Throwing

Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival | Knife Throwing

Smith & Wesson three 8" stainless throwing knife set is one of my favorites. Knife throwing is a great skill and not that hard to acquire. Your first target should be a full sheet of plywood or styrofoam 4ft. x 8ft. Not because you're a bad shot but because if you miss the target it's really easy to lose a throwing knife in grass or dirt. A 4x8 sheet is easy to stand against a tree or wall and if it is on grass or dirt, put something on the ground in front of your target that will help you find your knife if you miss and your knife doesn't stick. Draw smaller targets on your target board or use cutouts and staple them to the board. I draw a small target at ground level and a larger target at chest level. Knife throwing; Before you start to get the feel of your throwing knife by handling it. First finding the balance point of your knife, with the index finger of your throwing hand. Point your finger straight ahead and lay your Throwing knife across it, find the point where the knife balances across your finger (the balance point). There are two ways to hold your throwing knife for knife throwing, by the handle or by the blade. You won't need a target board to get started but you should use a throwing knife made for throwing as most other knives will break after a short time. Find a place with soft dirt or short grass to test your throw, sand isn't as good but will do. To throw a knife by the handle, first open your hand, with your palm facing you, thumb up, put the handle of your knife across your fingers with the blade pointing up and grip it lightly. Adjust it so that your thumb is centered pointing with the blade on the flat side of the throwing knife and the first joint of your index finger is opposite your thumb at the balance point of your throwing knife. At this point, the butt or end of the handle should be pointing to or at the heal of your palm. Adjust your throwing knife for a comfortable feel and you are ready to throw. Now look down at your feet, you don't want to hit them. Pick an exact spot on the ground about two or three ft. in front of you, where you will stick your knife. Point your throwing knife at your exact spot, raise your hand to your shoulder, and back down-pointing again to your exact spot. Now you have your swing, practice it without releasing the knife a few times, imagine your release, imagine it sticking. When you are ready to stick your knife don't worry about standing upright, bend over if you need to, and stick your knife in the ground. Practice until you never miss and move on to throwing by the blade. Open your hand, palm facing you, balance your throwing knife across the first joint of your index finger with the blade toward you. Clamp loosely with your thumb and index finger, the tips of your middle finger and ring finger should be resting under the blade and your thumb should be pointed with the handle. Adjust for a comfortable feel. The difference in throwing by the blade is that your throwing knife has to flip for the point to stick. So pick an exact spot a little further in front of you where you will stick your knife. Point your knife at your exact spot, raise your hand to your shoulder, and back down-pointing again to your exact spot. Now you have your swing, practice it without releasing the knife a few times, imagine your release, imagine your knife flipping once and sticking. When you release your knife watch it closely. Did it flip once? Did the point stick? Did it hit the ground on its side, or on the handle? The easiest way to adjust your throw is with distance, moving forward or back from the exact spot that you want your throwing knife to stick. Practice is fun and you will acquire a skill throwing knives, that will impress many others. Try the Smith & Wesson 8"  Throwing Knife Set. Keep in touch I would love to hear from you here at the Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival Blog. Leave a comment here about Knife Throwing. Thanks

Survival | Florida

Survival on the road, a Florida bicycle trip from Okeechobee Florida to Jacksonville Florida.

Florida survival is cool but hot, you can't say that about every place. I like south Florida in the wintertime, which is only about two weeks in February. Traveling is my thing, North South East or West. Which way is the wind blowing? I love the snow for about two weeks, and I'm done. The birds have the right idea, fly south for the winter, north for the summer. Can't fly so my choices of travel are limited. Homeless by choice although I'm really a hard worker. Biking, hiking blogging giving helping learning living.

Shelter; Tent, Tarp, Sleeping bag, Blanket, Sheet, Clothes, Fire, Water, Food.

Above are pictures of everything that I carried with me on this trip. Below is the route I took. 

As google says Okeechobee Florida to Jacksonville Florida 22hrs. 40 min LOL maybe if you get a lift by a hurricane or you've won a bicycle racing event. My trip was about six weeks, I guess that was because I stopped to eat and sleep every chance I got. The best mileage I got was sixty miles a day, maybe it was all the side trips and fishing. That reminds me I didn't take a picture of my fishing gear. Almost every place I went to was pretty friendly with the exception of Daytona and Jacksonville Police. Where do they get those guys? My favorite stayover among others was Ft. Pierce good fishing quiet bars with old music and pool tables really friendly people. As I love to say thanks for reading the Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival blog Survival Florida post looking forward to your comments.

Survival | Wilderness Survival Knife

Your survival and your survival knife for emergency survival or wilderness survival situations. A survival knife isn’t an essential piece of survival gear but a good survival knife is the most useful piece of equipment you can carry. Putting together a survival kit or survival kits as I do, always include knives. I am always carrying at least a pocket knife and I consider it my number one piece in my emergency survival urban survival wilderness survival kits. With my pocket knife, I can open difficult packaging and even cans. A Swiss army knife-like the Victorinox knives, my favorite also has many uses as a wilderness survival knife. A pocket knife like the champion plus has a large blade, small blade, corkscrew, can opener, bottle opener, small screwdriver, large screwdriver, reamer, punch, keyring, tweezers, toothpick, scissors, multipurpose hook, wood saw, fish scaler, hook disgorger, ruler, nail file, nail cleaner, metal file, metal saw, fine screwdriver, chisel/scraper, phillips screwdriver, magnifying glass, straight pen, pressurized ballpoint pen, mini screwdriver, sewing needle. Here are more great pocket knives of various sizes that you might like.

More wilderness survival knives

Survival Knife kits

The majority of survival knife kits include a hollow grip handle and include helpful survival supplies. When I imagine myself in emergency survival circumstances and what I would like out of a wilderness survival knife, I think shelter, fire, water, food. My knife is going to assist me construct a shelter, cutting tree limbs, and branches in the woods for my lean-to or tripod shelter. Or possibly I’ll use my survival knife to dig out my snow shelter or a dugout. I would like to have something in the handle for starting a fire, matches, flint and steel, or a magnifying glass. My wilderness survival knife will help me be able to get water from vegetation or water I have to excavate for. I also would like to carry water purifying tabs or iodine. A few additional survival supplies I can put in the handle of my survival knife are a plus, needle, fishing line, fish hooks, gauze pads, and anything else useful. A wilderness survival knife that includes a sheath, sharpening stone, and a handle chock-full of survival supplies is a genuine advantage in a survival situation. Emergency survival and wilderness survival knives, as well as knife skills, choice of knives to carry is one of the most important aspects of survival. A knife will help you more than any other piece of equipment that you can carry in a survival situation. Today I'll recommend three knives that everyone who wants to be prepared for survival should own.

A Swiss army knife; Victorinox Swiss Army Multi-Tool Fieldmaster Pocket Knife.

A throwing knife; Smith & Wesson 8 in. Throwing Knife

A machete; Cold Steel All-Purpose Tactical Machete with Sheath 

Don't select knives just on my recommendations, but on your own experience and skills, any knife is better than none.

Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival - Victorinox Swiss Army Knife.

The Victorinox Swiss Army Knife has been popular and successful for many years for good reason, it is one of the most useful tools ever invented. When you carry one in your pocket you have all the tools you'll need as a minimalist survivor. Build your shelter, one of many useful tools is the saw blade, it will easily cut branches or trees with up to 3-inch diameter. A minimal shelter can be constructed using your survival knife to cut three branches and set them up like a tripod. You'll need one straight branch about 2ft. longer than you are tall, approx. 8ft. then two branches approx 4ft. If you have small forks in your branches at the top of the tripod you won't need to lash them, although lashing is preferred. Push the bottoms of the tripod branches into the ground enough that they won't slip and if you can find something (rope, twine, vine, roots) to lash or tie the top do it. Lean more branches and twigs on the sides, then pile on leaves until you completely cover the tripod about 1ft. thick. OK, there is your shelter, now you're going to need fire and your knife has a magnifying glass, or flint use it to save matches, lighter fluid, and other fire-starting equipment whenever you can. Prepare your fire pit far enough in front of the shelter that you can easily pass and you won't catch the shelter on fire, 10ft. is enough unless you have high winds. Be safe start your fire further away if you have to. Once you have a good bed of coals you can heat rocks and move them to your shelter, if you need more warmth. Now think about water use your knife to carve a bowl or cup, any carved out hollow that will hold water. You will find many more uses for your wilderness survival knife. Get it and start carrying one now. I would like to hear from you please leave your comments Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival Knife post Thanks

Survival | Trading

In an Emergency Survival or Wilderness Survival situation, Trading could make the difference wither you survive or not. In the past survival depended on trading and a good trading strategy was essential for survival. Trading strategies vary with every individual and culture from giving generously to conquering and pillaging. Trading systems have built civilizations and empires. Currency trading is a practice that makes and breaks fortunes, currency is traded for goods and services today. In a survival situation in the wilderness or emergency disaster trade and barter may come into play. Modern methods of trading with currency may fail when shelter, fire, water, and food become more valuable than printed paper. Prepare now for trading or giving in the event of a disaster. There is an extra value in giving, the gesture of giving is valuable, think about that for a while.  There is value in knowledge and skills that can be traded for goods. There is value in goods that can be stored in extra quantity for trading. Seeds (my favorite) are one of nature's most valuable contributions to life, and can be used in short term survival situations or the survival of life itself. All the uses of seeds deserve their own article or a book. This post is about trading and trade strategies so I'll get to strategies. I believe giving is the best strategy although plunder and looting have seemed to have had success, that success has always been short-lived. The reason for that is simply an individual, group, or nation that allows that strategy can't be trusted, and greed destroys itself. Giving on the other hand by an individual, group, or nation, builds trust and true friendship. Be aware that there are deceivers who build trust in order to murder and plunder at worst or to steal like a thief in the night at best. Learn to trade wisely, be aware of deceivers. A trader can prosper and survive by giving freely with wisdom. Prepare and prosper now by practicing good trading skills. Thanks for reading this blog post, please leave a comment. Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival | Trading

Survival | Backpacking

Survival - Preparedness and Backpacking Tent Camping are closely related, as far as equipment and supplies needed are concerned. Emergency preparedness means being prepared for any imaginable emergency survival situation. Just as when you are backpacking tent camping you need to pack everything needed for your survival. The elements of survival are.

Shelter; Shelter includes anything that will protect you from the elements, clothes, sheet, blanket, sleeping bag, tent, vehicle, house, cave, tree, bush, etc. you get the picture.

Fire; Fire includes anything that, you guessed it, will make or help in making a fire. Lighter, matches, fuel, tinder, candle, etc. Include electricity, batteries, stove, in your list related to fire.

Water; Find a water source, storage, collection, container, purification.

Food; Bought, and stored food, hunt, gather.

I'll add more to these categories in later posts on the Emergency Survival - Wilderness survival blog. Preparing for an emergency and preparing for, backpacking tent camping are very similar. The same elements and gear for survival are necessary when backpacking, shelter, fire, water, food. Prepare now, emergency's don't let you know when they are going to happen.  Use a backpack or 5-gallon buckets and pack everything you'll need. In your backpack, pack things you will need on a daily basis, a backpack with many pockets is great. Be sure to use plastic bags, plastic jars, or other waterproof containers for items, food or medicines, that you don't want to get wet. Plastic or metal 5-gallon buckets are good for things you won't need as often. Buckets can also be used as seats or for collecting water and are easy to carry. I have a packed backpack and two buckets ready for an emergency at any time. My plastic bucket carries water and food and I have a metal bucket I call my emergency kitchen. It carries a single burner propane camp stove, propane, three tin cups, a lighter, some tinder, and a knife. The spaces in between are stuffed with tea bags, a baggie full of sugar, a baggie full of coffee, instant oatmeal packets, instant cocoa, and dried soup mix.  Of course, you won't be carrying your buckets around with you but you can have them stored in a place you can hopefully get to in an emergency survival situation.

 There are things that you can have with you at all times, in your pocket or purse. In the shelter category a space blanket, almost any store that has camping equipment sells them. In the fire category a cigarette lighter, a small flashlight AA, or AAA with extra batteries. For water a container, even as simple as a baggie, it will hold water. Keeping a bottle of water in a close vicinity is a good idea. And finally for food a couple of snacks like protein bars, chips or candy. 

 Wilderness survival Camping and learning survival skills should never be lost to society. Survival is to often taken for granted in modern times. A lot of people buy survival kits and read emergency preparedness guides but there is nothing better than wilderness survival - backpacking tent camping to hone your skills. Emergency preparedness also should include some first-hand experience. If you have never tested yourself in a survival situation wilderness survival Camping is a great way to learn survival skills. Survival backpacking and camping gives you a chance to control your situation and find your limits. Start simple in nice weather with just the clothes on your back. In an emergency survival situation, you might not even have that option. Even if you just start out in your own yard test your outdoor survival skills. How long will you survive? There will be a later post at Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival Blog that will include a preparedness checklist. Your questions, insights, or experiences can save lives.  Please make comments on emergency preparedness Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival blog Survival | Backpacking   please post a comment, and share thanks.

Survival | Food

Survival food is the fourth element of survival in an emergency survival or wilderness survival situation.
I define the elements of survival as, shelter, fire, water, and food. A survival knife is also a good piece of equipment to have. Emergency survival kits should include all the elements of survival. Emergency survival foods and survival supplies can be associated with camping food and gear. Being prepared for emergency survival, wilderness survival, or urban survival can be as simple as having a camping checklist that includes a 3 day supply of nonperishable foods. If you are preparing emergency food items yourself consider calories (2000-2500 per day) and nutrition Daily Values Encourage Healthy Diet U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Nonperishable emergency food storage, camping food, or survival foods, should be stored in a cool dry space. Emergency survival food should not be considered ready forever, emergency food items need to be rotated, used, and replaced. In an emergency survival or wilderness survival situation you won't want to find out that your food is unedible. in an emergency survival or Wilderness survival situation cooking food may not be an option so be prepared with some ready to eat food snacks. Some examples are m&ms, snack crackers, cookies, dried fruits, peanut butter, jelly, tortillas. Foraging for wild food is another survival option.  Thanks for reading the Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival blog Survival Food post. Comments are always welcome and appreciated.