Category: Disaster Planning
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Creating a Fire Escape Plan for Every Room in Your Home
Recently, a tragic house fire in Dagenham, London, highlighted the importance of having a well-prepared fire escape plan. Residents of a tower block woke to find their building engulfed in flames with no fire alarm to warn them and escape routes blocked. Many of the occupants shared that they wished they had planned more thoroughly…
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DIY Nuclear Fallout Shelter Bucket
This topic has been on my mind again recently. And, while the video below is about a year old, the advice is still valid. Unfortunately, his advice only works if (1) the blast is not very near you, (2) the strike is limited to a single warhead, and (3) you’re home when it happens! While…
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Debunking 5 Survival Myths: What You Really Need for Emergencies
When it comes to survival, there’s a ton of information out there — and not all of it is helpful. The internet is flooded with myths, misconceptions, and bad advice that could do more harm than good in a real emergency. As someone who has spent the last 15 years writing about and teaching survival…
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Building Your Own Homestead: 9 Tasks You Can DIY and 8 Tasks You Shouldn’t
Owning a homestead is a dream for many people. Transforming that vision into reality takes a lot of hard work, but the payoff is worth it. However, it’s often a lengthy process that leaves plenty of room for error. Avoiding costly mistakes helps you achieve your dream more quickly, and part of this equation entails…
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Preparing Pets for Disasters: A Comprehensive Guide
When disaster strikes, the safety and well-being of your pets should be a top priority. Just as you would prepare an emergency plan for your family, it’s essential to have a plan in place for your pets. Animals can experience extreme stress during and after a disaster, making it crucial to be well-prepared to meet…
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Survival Blueprint Course – Major Update
About ten months ago, I talked about updating my survival course. I thought it might take me a month or so to make the videos I was talking about, and then two months later I realized that wasn’t going to happen. At some point, I gave up trying to make videos that I was happy…
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The 10 Pillars of Emergency Preparedness
In preparation for National Preparedness month in September, here are the ten pillars of emergency preparedness that every household should consider: 1. Risk Assessment Understanding the potential risks your area faces is the first step in emergency preparedness. Different regions are prone to different types of emergencies, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, or wildfires. Conduct…
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How a UPS System Can Save the Day During an Emergency
Reliable power is crucial in any emergency, whether it’s a natural disaster, sudden grid failure or medical emergency. In such moments, access to consistent electricity can mean the difference between safety and chaos. Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems ensure essential devices and systems remain operational when the primary source fails. By doing so, UPS systems…
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I Try to Avoid Conspiracy Theories, But…
My garden has been horrible this year. I mean, bad! Granted, we didn’t exactly follow the Mittleider Gardening Method like I thought we would, and by that I mean we went right back to what we normally do, lol. But it’s worse than even I would’ve expected. Our greens were eaten by bugs almost instantly.…