Cover
When danger presents itself, sometimes the best action is to take cover. Learn how to take or make cover in survival scenarios
To take cover means to seek shelter or protection from danger. It can also mean to hide or to conceal yourself. Cover can be a heavy desk, a solid wall, a large tree, an interior room without windows, or the lowest level of a building away from exterior walls. A mattress or thick blanket adds a layer between your body and flying debris.
Taking cover matters to every family. Preppers build it into a shelter-in-place plan at home. Hikers and campers need it when weather turns far from a roof. Tornadoes, earthquakes, winter storms and volcanic ash all reward knowing where solid protection is before you need it. Outdoors, cover often means building it from what you carry or find.
Guides to Taking Cover
- Shelter: Learn the basics of survival shelter and why protection from the elements comes first.
- Snow: See how winter terrain becomes survival snow shelters that hold in body heat.
- Tarps: Find out how one piece of gear handles shelter, shade and more in survival uses for tarps.
- Ashfall: Plan protection and recovery for the aftermath of a volcanic eruption.
- Mudslides: Keep your family safe as the ground settles with steps for the mudslide aftermath.
