Learning how to not drown is pretty darn important, as death by water is enough to ruin anyone’s day. Water safety is an essential survival skill, so if planning any trips that involve the great blue sea, rivers, lakes, or any other waterway, check out the following tips so you and those you care about …
Category: Emergency Preparedness
Camping & Out Of Soap? Try Wood Ashes!
If you find yourself in the wilderness without soap, don’t panic. It’s still entirely possible to clean your gear with…wait for it…wood ash. Wood ash actually makes a fantastic alternative when suds aren’t available or you decided to skip bringing bars of the stuff entirely to make room for other things. Wood ashes have been …
Have You Made These Essential Updates to Your Long-Term Storage?
Whether or not you consider yourself to be a prepper, it’s always a good idea to have a food storage supply for emergencies. You’ll want some extra food and water on hand that will last for a few days or weeks when natural disasters, power outages, severe winter storms, and man-made calamities occur. In these …
Make a Life-saving Water Filter when You’re in a Pinch
In any emergency situation, it is imperative to know how to filter water for drinking, cooking, and personal hygiene. Earthquakes, floods, fires, and even government officials, as we’ve seen in recent weeks, may cause your water supply to become contaminated and unsuitable for use. In these situations, your Brita filter won’t cut it. It is …
5 Easy Preps for Those Inevitable (and dangerous) Power Outages
While power failures can happen at any time of the year, the most dangerous time for one is when it’s cold and snowy outside. What is an inconvenience in the summer could easily kill in the winter. Freezing temperatures and roads that can be difficult for repair vehicles to travel on add up to longer …
Herbal Electuaries Guide Part 2 – Survival Medicine Tips And Recipes
Herbal electuaries, elixirs, and cordials may help you ward off serious health issues during a long-term disaster. As SurvivalBased electuaries guide part 1 noted, when the SHTF, calling 911 or rushing to the local emergency room will not be an option. Learning how to combat common health problems and prevent colds and the flu will …
This One Simple Tool Could Save Your Life
The hatchet was immortalized in the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Remember reading it in your middle school English class? It’s the tale of a city boy whose plane crashes in the vast Canadian wilderness. He survives, though the pilot isn’t so lucky; he learns how to stay alive in the wild for 54 days …
When Looting Becomes Survival
One of the biggest fears many of us have in an emergency situation is the all-too-real danger of looting. All it takes is a protest to get out of hand, and before you know it, people are breaking into businesses and homes to take what they want. This only gets worse when you add in …
Herbal Electuaries Guide Part 1: How To Keep You Healthy After The SHTF
Herbal electuaries should be a part of your survival pantry or prepper pantry. Preparing for the day when you call 911 and no one answers requires that we go both old school and natural with our wellness home remedies. SurvivalBased has shared a plethora of survival medicine tips and recipes to help readers learn how …
5 Nifty Personal Care Products You Already Have at Home
As with cleaning supplies, there are plenty of household products that function as emergency personal care products. Whether you simply forgot to pick up must-haves at your local retail store or are otherwise in dire need of a cleanser, moisturizer, shampoo, etc., knowing what works in an emergency is one sweet survival skill. Check out …