Survival & Preparedness Guides
Long-form guides with drills, pass/fail standards and sources you can check. Agency figures link to the agency; our own results are labelled as ours.
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First Aid & Medical A Wilderness First Aid Kit Built Around the Injuries That Actually Happen Sprains, blisters, cuts and heat and cold illness dominate backcountry incident patterns. We build the kit in that order, flag every item that needs training first, and cover the rare severe bleed. 14 min read Updated Sep 22, 2026
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Bushcraft & Wilderness Skills Fire in the Rain: Ignition Methods and Tinders That Work When Wet Ferro rods and lighters behave very differently once tinder is damp. The ignition sources and tinders that hold up in rain, the preparation that decides the outcome, and the combinations that simply never light. 13 min read
Updated Sep 22, 2026 -
Self-Reliance at Home Backup Power for a Home Outage: Sizing a Battery or Generator to Your Real Load Before shopping, measure. Metering the fridge, furnace fan, medical devices and router, converting to watt-hours, and choosing a battery station, an inverter generator — or neither. 15 min read
Updated Sep 22, 2026 -
Water & Food Storage Emergency Food Storage You Actually Eat: A 30-Day Pantry Plan Bucket kits sell fear and expire in a closet. A rotating deep pantry of supermarket food, with calorie and protein targets per adult per day and the storage temperatures that decide whether any of it lasts. 16 min read
Updated Sep 22, 2026 -
Water & Food Storage How Much Water to Store Per Person — and How to Make Doubtful Water Safe One gallon per person per day is a floor, not an answer. Where the figure comes from, how heat and medical needs change it, and boiling, bleach and filtration ranked by what each actually removes. 12 min read Updated Sep 22, 2026
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Emergency Preparedness The 72-Hour Emergency Kit, Rebuilt Around What People Actually Use Most published kit lists are copied from each other and never opened. We rebuild it item by item against agency guidance and a carry-weight standard, then cut everything that cannot justify its ounces. 14 min read
Updated Sep 22, 2026
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