Survival | Water

Emergency survival or wilderness survival, water should be part of any emergency survival kit. In emergency survival, there are what I call basic elements (things you can’t survive comfortably without) shelter, fire, water, food. Most survivalists agree although priorities might differ. Water is number one on many survival lists and should be part of your emergency supplies. Most bottled water can be safely stored for a year, check the expiration date. I don’t recommend keeping your bottled water for a year, because no matter what the expiration date, there is a chance of bacterial contamination. You are much better off keeping a supply rotated by using it. What I do is keep a two week supply of water using the oldest water first throughout the week and replace what I use weekly with a freshwater supply. I always have an emergency survival water supply. Emergency preparedness is the key to survival, whether it’s a disaster survival situation or outdoor survival recreation. Make sure your emergency supplies and your emergency survival plan includes water. A gallon a day is recommended in most circumstances, but there are times when more is needed. There are also times when using less is necessary, rationing to fit your circumstances like stranded in the desert, adrift in the ocean or other bodies of saltwater. When rationing water its better to drink in the coolest part of the day or at night, taking small sips. If you have to drink in the heat of the day also take small sips, a mouth full at a time. Drinking large amounts when you are dehydrated can make you sick. One of the first signs of dehydration is a headache, followed by feeling hot, muscle spasms, another sign is very dark urine. Drinking small sips at intervals that are comfortable will allow your body to absorb the water.   Thanks for reading the Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival Blog. Please leave a comment on this post about Water.

Survival | Fire

Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival | Fire

Fire is an essential element of survival in an emergency survival, wilderness survival, or urban survival situation. In modern times electricity can be considered fire, in the sense that we use electricity for the same things fire has been used for in the past. Boiling water cooking and heat, are many times taken for granted in modern times. Turn on the stove to cook or turn on the heater to warm the house. In an emergency survival situation when the electricity goes off you will need to make fire. A home emergency survival kit should have matches, lighter, and I suggest something like lighter fluid, not charcoal lighter but a small can of cigarette lighter fluid. Make a waterproof fire kit for yourself that contains anything that might be useful to start your survival fire. A fire is essential to survival, but take care, fire is also the most dangerous element of survival in an emergency survival situation. All fire gives off toxic fumes and care must be taken that toxic fumes are not inhaled. Outdoors the problem is minimal, but inside where toxic fumes can't escape they will become deadly. Thanks for reading the Emergency Survival - Wilderness Survival blog. Please leave a comment for this post Survival | Fire. Share your knowledge and experiences it could save a life.