Fire Evacuation Plan – What Should You Save?

October 11, 2016 PreppersSurvive 6

A fire evacuation plan is so important! Have you considered the top five things you’d save in an emergency? Saving loved ones takes priority over everything else, but what if you had 3 minutes to grab five things? My sister didn’t have the luxury of time to think […]

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DIY Survival Fishing Kit for a Bugout Bag

July 8, 2016 PreppersSurvive 4

My nephew Kiel, who is eight years old, loves fishing. We took a family trip to Yellowstone and saw people using their fishing rods all along the way. Since we were going on a long trip, I brought my Get Home Bag which seemed to have everything in it […]

Quickest Way to Start a Fire

Quickest Way to Start a Fire

June 28, 2016 PreppersSurvive 11

Building a fire may look easy but for most people, it takes some practice.  The quickest way to start a fire is a fire starter!  Fire starters are designed to start quickly, burn hot, and last for a couple of minutes.  This allows tree branches that are placed over […]

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Small 72 Hour Kit in a Pencil Pouch

December 22, 2015 PreppersSurvive 3

Sometimes, it’s just not practical to carry around a fully loaded bug out bag for a long period of time. There’s a point when your body gets so tired you’ll eventually abandon most items, not caring what you leave behind. It may be hard to believe that a […]

Bug Out Bag Food Ideas

October 22, 2015 PreppersSurvive 0

Choosing the best food for your bug out bag can be challenging.  There are several things to consider:  shelf life, calories, taste, weight, bulk, fragility, and prep time.  Here are several bug out bag food ideas that I have used in my emergency kits over the years that […]

Winter Emergency Car Kit Checklist

October 8, 2015 PreppersSurvive 0

My husband & I travel a lot and with each trip, we usually use at least one item from our Emergency Car Kit.  One time it was helping stranded strangers get off the busy highway by providing water for an empty radiator.  Another time it was finding a gas […]

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Prepper Supplies Checklist

September 8, 2015 PreppersSurvive 6

I’ve noticed that on several Prepper discussion boards, people are looking for an extensive prepper supplies checklist, a way to organize their preps, wishlist, and survival goals.  If you are one of the many looking for a way to organize your preps, then I hope this article and […]

What’s in an MRE? – MRE Product Review

June 23, 2015 PreppersSurvive 0

I bought an MRE seven years ago but never tried it or even opened it to see what was inside, it simply sat in my bug out bag until now.  While reading One Second After (a fictional doomsday story) I learned that there were goodies inside the pouches and […]

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Emergency Birth Kit for Roadtrips

May 26, 2015 PreppersSurvive 6

Have you ever researched how to deliver a baby in an emergency situation? My brother and his pregnant wife, who is eight months along, are making a 14-hour trip through the desert wasteland known as Nevada to come to visit me. I also have a niece, seven months […]