Preparedness

Is your home prepared for life’s emergencies? A disaster of any kind rarely stops with the initial event and has the capacity to last days or longer. Because of this, it is important to have a well-rounded approach to your preparedness efforts. Our research-based resources on emergency scenarios, emergency checklists, and disaster scenarios offer family-based preparedness advice to create a multi-layered approach so your family can be prepared for anything! Learn more about survival food, potable water, safety and security issues, how to live in an off-grid environment with alternative power and how to get your pet prepared for emergencies.

If You Don’t Know the Answers to These Questions, You Need to Work on Your Prepper Mindset

To develop a prepper mindset, you must always be searching for ways to better yourself. It’s ongoing. But where do you begin? These questions are the beginning steps you need to ask yourself in order to have the right mindset a prepper needs.

If You Don’t Know What You Have, You Don’t Know What You Need!

You don’t know what you need unless you know what you have. Read more about one woman’s endeavors to organizing her emergency pantry in order to know how much food she still needs to acquire for her family.

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If You See These 14 Signs It’s Time to Bug Out

What combination of signs or circumstances will one depend on to make the decision to bug out?

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If You’re Bugging Out, Avoid Fatigue and Have These in Your Supplies

If you ever find yourself in a bug-out situation where you cannot rest, these shtf pick-me-ups can help preppers carry on when the energy is low.

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Improve Your Food Forest By Adding Density

Why is it that we find wandering through a lush woodland a wonderful thing… yet fight against lush growth on our own properties?

In a Disaster, Your Sense of Smell Is One of Your First Lines of Defense

The key to man improving his use of already existing tracking capabilities via aroma is to develop those capabilities through constant practice.

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In Ground Composting

When we were growing our own food space was very important. We had a good sized garden, but not massive, and compost heaps take up a lot of room.

Over 100 wildfires are ravaging parts of the United States. It's only a matter of time before one of these could come to your neck of the woods. Are you prepared?

Inferno: How To Get Ready for a Rapidly Spreading Wildfire

What if you are in one of the states that is experiencing wildfire activity, or if a fire should break out in your locale? Let’s go over a few things that you can do to give you and your family a better chance.

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Infographic: Are We Really Ready for a Biological Attack?

Biological warfare is increasingly becoming a concern for citizens around the world. According to this infographic, although billions are spent on biodefense projects, the U.S. is not up to par in respect to detection and diagnosis.

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Infographic: How Prepared is Your Workplace?

On average, we spend over 50 hours a week away from our homes. Chances are, if a sudden disaster occurs, it could be when we are away from our home base and preps.

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Infographic: National Preparedness Month

This infographic illustrates how massive these disasters can effect our personal lives, our jobs and our commerce.

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Infographic: The Effects of Dehydration

This detailed infographic shows the effects of dehydration on the body and illustrates how important it is to have a short term water supply during a disaster.

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