Survival comes down to meeting a few critical needs in the right order. Learn the priorities that keep a person alive when everything else is stripped away.
Survival is keeping yourself and your family alive when the systems of ordinary life fall away. It comes down to a few critical needs met in the right order: air, protection from exposure, water, then food. Calm thinking and practiced skill carry you through each one.
Survival skills matter to every prepper. You might face a storm at home, a night lost on a trail, or a long stretch without stores. Start with the need that worries you most.
Shelter and Exposure
Exposure is a fast and underestimated threat. Learn the options for a survival shelter, see what goes into survival bags, and find survival uses for plastic wrap from the kitchen drawer. For long-term plans, read about the bunker, the Survival Condo Project, and how wealthy preppers build their retreats.
Food From the Land
- Fishing: Begin with survival fishing, then learn how to throw a cast net and how to find worms for bait.
- Hunting: Read up on survival hunting for protein when stores run short.
- Growing: Plan a survival garden that feeds your family season after season.
Disasters and Getting Out
Prepare for flood survival and learn what to do after a hurricane. Then weigh affordable survival vehicles and the choice of a gas vs electric bug out vehicle.
Survival on Screen
For a night in, browse the best survival movies, the best wilderness survival movies, the best sci-fi survival movies, AI survival movies, and family survival movies for every age.
5 Tips for Surviving in an Increasingly Uncertain World
November 16, 2019
Humans dislike uncertainty in most situations, but some deal with it better than others. Numerous studies link high intolerance of uncertainty to anxiety and anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, PTSD and eating disorders.
The Fire Evacuation Plan Challenge
December 16, 2019
It is important that preparation is coupled with practice to establish habits that become automatic when an emergency occurs. Panic can be your worst enemy in an emergency situation. Practicing your fire evacuation plan can significantly reduce panic and increase your chances of survival.
No Water Challenge - 1 Day
June 23, 2021
Water is such a basic resource that to picture life without running water is a nightmare come true. However, one of the signs of a full-blooded survivalist is to be able to maneuver your way out of any situation you find yourself, no matter how nightmarish it may seem.
Preparing for Disaster Scenarios
November 9, 2021
As I started making my preparedness plan, I quickly realized it was more like plans. Although there are many factors that need to be addressed for almost every scenario, there are also many unique factors for individual situations that need to be considered.
Survival Nourishment: Finding Food in a Survival Situation
December 7, 2015
Survival in a disaster situation will ultimately come down to finding safety and the procurement of food and water. In this article we discuss the basic tactics for obtaining nourishment for survival over the course of several or more days.
The Survival Triangle: Food, Water, and Oxygen for Sustained Life
September 9, 2022
Food, water, and oxygen are all a part of the survival triangle. While shelter, warmth, clothing, cars, etc. make your life comfortable, the basics for sustaining your body and mind in a survival situation are limited to the necessities of food, water, and air.
