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General Preparedness
How to Start a Food Stockpile on the Cheap
As a homesteader, one of your strong points is, by far, the food you produce and stockpile. Should something major happen, you’ll be one of the “lucky” ones who will have food on your family’s table. But what if you’ll be unable to grow that food? Maybe a volcanic eruption will hinder your gardening endeavors. […]
Six Survival Weapons you need in your Arsenal
Choosing a weapon, and accessories is always going to be dependent on what they are being used for. For instance, you might be looking for an easy to use pistol for home protection, or the best red dot sight, to help make hunting trips more successful. It’s no different with survivalism; you need to make […]
Teaching Kids to Be Prepared With Their First Emergency Kit
As adults, it is easy to worry about what may or may not happen. As kids however, the thoughts never even cross their minds. All they want to do is eat, sleep and play. In this article I will show you how I started teaching kids the importance of being prepared. So, when is the […]
The Hydra Light Product Review
I got word a water powered Flashlight was heading my way for a product review & immediately pictured a contraption with a propeller to dip in a running stream, or some penlight hooked up to a water bottle. Instead, I got the Hydra Light, a foot long, rubber-coated, yellow & black plastic cylinder, looking every inch […]
Make Sure You’re Securing Your Garage Door
A garage door is an inviting target for thieves to enter your home. On the outside, a closed garage door looks secure, but it can be anything but. Thieves like to try garage doors because too many people leave them unlocked to make it easy to get in and out. Garrett Waldrop, founder of […]
Avoid Being Bitten by Mosquitoes: Steps to Take for Home Safety
Mosquitoes, long unwelcome guests at picnics and summer events, can cause discomfort. In the case of the Zika virus, a mosquito that passes on the disease might be responsible for pregnant women giving the virus to their unborn babies. Serious birth defects can result. Taking precautions can make this threat negligible. Here are some approaches […]
Vaccines and Disaster Preparedness
In the event of a disaster, communicable diseases greatly increase the risk of death. The major causes of communicable diseases in disasters are contaminated food and water, respiratory infections, vector and insect-borne diseases, and infections due to wounds and injuries.
Emergency Essentials: 4 Ways To Prepare Your Family For A Mass Power Outage
There are several reasons as to why the power would go out. It could be because of a severe storm that comes through the area or because there is work being done on the power lines. Equipment can fail at any time, causing the power to go out for the neighborhood. If the power goes […]
The G.O.O.D. Board Game Review
I can’t remember the last time I played a board game. It may have been 40 years ago, playing Clue, or Monopoly, long before I discovered computers & computer games. I don’t know why it’s been so long. Board Games are great family fun. It’s something everyone can get involved with sitting around the dining […]
Was the Zika Virus Scare Preventable?
The Zika virus is similar to the viruses that causes yellow fever and chikungunya disease and is transmitted by mosquitoes. The type of mosquito that carries this particular strain of disease is seldom found in the United States. However, another type, the Asian tiger mosquito, has adapted to colder climates and is present across a […]
5 Best Survival Foods on a Budget
If you’re looking to stockpile on foods that you will need in case of emergency, but you want to save some money, then don’t worry you are in the right place. Survival foods, as a whole, are not very costly. Buying them in bulk isn’t going to break the bank. In this article, we seek […]
What Makes for a Great Hiking Boot?
Choosing the best hiking boots is essential for your hiking experience. You want to stay comfortable, safe and dry while you are exploring new trails and spending time in the wilderness. In order to find the most appropriate hiking boots, you must first consider when and where you are planning to hike, the terrain, the […]
Always Prepared: 5 Items You Absolutely Must Have in Your 72-Hour Kit
Disaster preparedness has become much more mainstream in recent years, with hundreds of thousands of people getting interested in what items they should have to provide for themselves and their families in the event of an emergency. If you are getting started in disaster preparedness, the first thing you should be putting together is a […]
Guardline GS-5000 Motion Detection Security System / APN Product Review
Imagine a line of pickets that can pick up the approach of anything heading your way. That’s exactly what you have with the Guardline GL-5000 Motion Detecting Alarm System. This is a security system that is well worth it. This product review was a walk in the park… actually a walk around the yard, testing […]
Emergency Skills Needed in a Crisis
Emergency workers are truly a different breed. Bravery, leadership, critical thinking, a calm demeanor in crisis, compassion, and empathy are all in a day’s work. Here are a few more emergency skills that can be used at any time. Firefighters Firefighters handle a wide range of emergencies. When they’re not containing fires and assisting victims, they […]
Complete Water Analysis Test Kit / APN Product Review
It’s not often when worry is put to rest, especially when it comes from playing in water. A prime reason I chose my home was because it had a Water Well, a key item in maintaining independence from outside resource. Without need of a municipal water supply, I can live on my property without worry of […]
The Reality of 2 Weeks of Food Storage
The thought of food storage can be very overwhelming, especially if you are new to being self sufficient. You have just realized the need for food-storage and the dangers of what is happening in the world. So now what are you going to do about it? You may find some very good answers in the […]
Building an Emergency Medical Bag
Building your own emergency medical kit is a huge priority and can be some what over whelming. Having first aid supplies for different types of emergencies is important as well. You will want these on hand at home, in you’re vehicle or in a bug out situation. From a different perspective, most of us have […]
Cheap Medical and Prepping Supplies
ThePatriotNurse shares with us how she shops for her medical prepping supplies, Wonder Woman and a few other things you may not have considered. She walks us through Costo and shows us some of their best deals to get your medical supplies stored up fast. I have to say, she definitely makes shopping fun. Medical […]
Big or Small? Your Prepper Abode
Big or Small? Your Prepper Abode The prepper community is diverse, with each individual and family bringing a particular skill set to their preparations. Some are better hunters and foragers, while others are master seed savers with a seed library carefully stored alongside other survival tools. Similarly, some preppers have strategized around protecting a large […]
Alpha Bravo Creations: Tactical Hand Signals & Phonetic Alphabet Flash Cards
I’m to review Flashcards teaching Army Hand signals & the Phonetic Alphabet? When I received this assignment, I was skeptical. Certainly, communications modes are a specialty I’m familiar with, but I’m no Platoon Leader, and my days of playing Army Man is a bit behind me. Besides, this is a review of kids flashcards, my […]
Survival Fishing
Survival Fishing: How To Catch Fish When You’re Desperate Written by: Adam Torkildson, Fishing is a terrific sport and pastime. It’s a great excuse to get out of the house for a weekend and relax on a summer afternoon. Many a fisherman has found the sport to be incredibly rewarding and even life changing. It’s […]
Water Purification Tips Everyone Needs to Know
Water Purification Tips Everyone Needs to Know Water purification is important whether you’re planning a family camping trip or your municipal water supply to your house has been tainted. Understanding how to properly and safely purify drinking water is an essential life skill. Tainted drinking water can carry bacteria and microorganisms that can make you […]
Wilderness Survival Part 3/4
Video By T Jack Survival Please support their channel by subscribing here Transcription provided by American Preppers Network Number of speakers: 2 (Matt, Tyler) Duration: 15 min 56 sec Wilderness Survival Skills Pt 3/4: Hand Drill, Tarp Shelter, & Resource Gathering Hand Drills: Matt: “Hi, I’m Matt with Boulder Outdoor Survival School and what we […]
3 Critical Survival Skills in the Winter
3 Critical Survival Skills in the Winter According to the American Red Cross, dozens of Americans die each year from cold exposure in the winter. Other deaths can be contributed to frostbite, hypothermia and the damage done to the liver, kidneys and pancreas that these conditions cause. Fires and carbon monoxide from improper attempts at […]
Preparing For Winter in 2015
The word is, that this years winter in the United states is going to be brutal compared to what we have been getting the last several years. It is suppose to hit us a lot earlier as well. Where I currently live we tend to lose power during every storm and with no fireplace or […]
Sustainability: A Prepper’s Lifestyle
By Bobby Akart, Author and Founder of Freedom Preppers Prepping is a mindset, a lifestyle. Like most aspects of your life, it comes down to making choices. First and foremost, you have to get your head in the right place. It requires that you block out criticism and the perceptions of others. It requires that […]
10 Useful Items to Survive Catastrophes
Catastrophic situations require you to be prepared. They force you to find and use items you may not be familiar with. Everyone is in danger of facing a catastrophic event at some point or another. For that reason, you may want to become familiar with certain items that can make your survival much easier and […]
Importance of Prepper Fiction
By Steven Konkoly and Bobby Akart What is the purpose of writing fiction? It does not tell a true story and the characters are not necessarily based upon real people. A well written story may be fabricated, but it helps us comprehend the world nonetheless. As Stephen King quipped: Fiction is the truth behind the […]
Is Your Bunker Ready For The Apocalypse?
Starting construction on your family’s emergency bunker could be one of the best decisions that you ever make. While costly, the construction of your bunker will provide both peace of mind and a sense of security. No matter what level of bunker you construct when the day comes it will likely save both you and […]
Raising Ducks for Preppers
Written by Bobby Akart at FreedomPreppers.com Have you heard? Ducks are the new chickens! For Preppers keeping chickens has always been the norm. As a prepper, we have a goal of being duel-sustainable. Our desire is like many in the preparedness community, to be more self-sufficient and I dream of getting back to the basics. As a result, chicken […]
In Home Freeze Dryer Giveaway!
I listen to many shows on Prepper Broadcasting, one of my favorite resources for information as they broadcast prepper/survival related shows 24 hours a day. Many of the shows are live and allow interaction either through their chat room or by calling into any live show to put in your own two cents. The chat room […]
What To Use When There’s No Toothpaste
Dental Hygiene should be a part of our daily lives and even more important in a survival situation for many reasons. Having access to a Dentist may be a serious challenge in a survival or prepper scenario. How will you maintain oral hygiene when your toothpaste has been exhausted? What will be your alternative methods […]
Do You Have A Prepper’s Mentality
As I sat down to write this article about the Preppers Mentality, I thought I would Google the subject to see what else has been written. As is true for most of you, Google begins to auto-populate results as you type in the letters in the search box. Where am I going with this, you […]
Campfire Cooking for Preppers
There’s nothing like a good campfire meal when you’re “roughing it”. It’s a great way to enjoy the great outdoors, but there may come a time when campfire cooking for preppers takes on a whole new meaning. After TEOTWAWKI, building a campfire will get deadly serious as it is a necessary survival skill that you […]
It’s The Day After The SHTF, Now What?
It was just another day, breakfast, work, kids soccer practice …. Consider your own lives. How many of you are on auto-pilot? We all settle into routines, that is human nature. We are wired to make certain assumptions about our day to day life. To do otherwise would be overwhelming to our brains. Then … […]
To Junk or Not to Junk, That is the Question
The more complex a system, the more likely it is that something within that system will go wrong. Call it entropy, if you like. Call it chaos. Call it Murphy’s Law. Whatever you decide to call it, there’s a good chance that you’ll also be calling a tow-truck once this happens to your car. The […]
Baofeng Doubles Down on New Handheld Radio
Originally posted by Bob Hawkins in the APN Ham Radio News News of Baofeng’s newest & latest handheld UHF/VHF Radio, has all of Amateur Radio keying up & queuing up for what looks to be the culmination of the most popular handheld radio around. Chinese Electronics Manufacturer Baofeng(Pofung), new BF-F8HP dual band handheld radio, offers more transmit […]
Prepping for Prepping: The Preparedness Rabbit Hole
Originally published on Utah Preppers Prepping – it’s an endless activity that has few rewards, and those rewards often are not close in payout to the amount of time and effort that went into them. The interim rewards in prepping include not having to run to the store constantly to keep your food stocked. When […]
Eyes Off: 7 Pieces of Gear For Counter-Surveillance
Questions from non-preppers: Why bother practicing shooting a 2-inch group at 300 yards? Why would I ever want to learn how to make a Dakota Fire Hole so that the light and smoke doesn’t give away our position? Why would I need to be able to dress a wound while not causing further infection? I’d […]
7 Bug Out Tips from Backpackers
Many skills that are taught as “emergency preparedness” or “survival” skills that were outdoor or backpacking skills long before those movements ever even had a name. I have often advised beginners who are building their Bug Out Bags and making their Bug Out Plans to take up backpacking as a hobby for practice, […]
Top 10 things you need to know about water in an emergency.
By Glenn Meder Don’t miss your chance to win a free Ipad Mini (details below this post) 10) IN AN EMERGENCY, YOUR WATER CAN BECOME DANGEROUSLY CONTAMINATED. After the initial danger from an earthquake or hurricane or other disaster has passed, the most significant risk to your family’s health could very likely be contaminated water. This […]
Are You An Ace in the Hole When the SHTF?
Companies have certainly caught on to the fact that the prepper market is expanding on full throttle. During times such as these, it’s easy to get confused about exactly how to prep. Between the ads, the concerned neighbor down the street and our own preconceptions, it can seem like we’re always making a mad dash […]
Non-electric, fuel based lamps
There are a variety of different styles of lamps and lanterns that allow one to not use electricity. This post will be concentrating on those that require some sort of fuel, oil lamps and lanterns. It will also diagram the basic pieces of a lamp for clarity. Lamps evolved from a very basic concept. Get […]
Best Batteries for Emergency Preparedness
Stock rechargeable batteries! This has long been dispensed as preparedness advice. The reasoning behind this advice is of course to have the ability to recharge the batteries for additional use once exhausted. If the stores are closed or you can’t get to them for more batteries at least you can rely on stash of rechargeable […]
Survival Caches: The Preppers 3rd Most Important Tool Pt.2
This is the second of a series of articles about caching. A Bug Out Plan. Some consider it the third most important tool a Survivalist or Prepper has. The first being knowledge of how to survive under any circumstance, the second is being in good enough physical condition to survive under any circumstance. It is […]
How to Vacuum Seal Clothes
You’ve heard of vacuum sealing dehydrated dry goods – but have you heard of vacuum sealing clothes? When I was younger my parents saw their first FoodSaver Vacuum machine at the local fair. Kid you not – in small rural communities new technology was still introduced at larger local fairs. They were so impressed by […]
Get Home Bags For Everyday People. Why You Need One.
What a “Get Home Bag” is and why everyone should have one. Written by Stephanie Dayle. A Get Home Bag could be a life saver if we are ever faced with a true disaster. Everyone who travels away from home on a regular bases should have one assembled and ready as part of their personal […]
How Do I Strike the Vagus Nerve? #1 (hands): Ask Coach David
WARNING: You should never use what I teach unless you’re in a life or death situation! In this, “Ask Coach David” video I will show you a vagus nerve strike using my hands & forearm as the tool. What is the Vagus Nerve? “The vagus nerve is a cranial nerve that also effects heart rate […]
Becoming A Medical Asset, Part 1
Every family should have a medical asset Our mission has always been simple: To have a medically self-reliant person in every family that is ready to handle issues during or after a disaster. That person has to learn some basic medical knowledge, such as first aid, principles of infectious disease, and how to handle a […]
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