Everyday Emergencies

Every profession, or at least every profession worth being in, has its own lingo. Jargon. Slang. It might be idiosyncratic, but it serves a purpose: relaying information in a clear, quick, and concise way that is often indecipherable to outsiders. Lots of folks are familiar with police, marine, and military slang, but firefighters also use

Pepper spray is a really effective as self-defense option, good against people and aggressive mammals like dogs and bears. But as effective and convenient as it is, there’s always the risk of accidental exposure, specifically tagging yourself or someone else with blowback. It’s always a bummer to get zapped by your own spicy stuff, and

Out of all the disasters that a prepper is likely to face, a house fire tops the list. In the U.S. alone, there are nearly half a million structural fires every year, and of them, more than 374,000 are residential fires. Most of these start in the kitchen for some reason… These fires reap a

One of the most common emergencies we will have to deal with in life is a power outage. Caused by weather, accidents, natural disasters, and good old-fashioned human error, America’s increasingly old and fragile electrical grid has been putting up a record number of brownouts and blackouts in recent decades. That’s not a good sign.

Lightning is one of the most spectacular displays of power in nature, and even though it is typically devastating to the things that are struck by it, most people don’t worry about it too much because getting struck by lightning directly is incredibly rare. That said, it does happen, and most people instinctively take cover

One of the most fundamental preps for any sort of emergency or disaster preparedness is having stockpiled supplies and a sizable supply of food on hand. Chances are you won’t be able to dash down to your local corner store or grocery if you need something for the duration of the event, and even if

Winter weather presents many challenges for preppers, and not the least of all is the prospect of facing bitterly cold weather without any electricity. Loss of lighting and, worse, loss of heat can be potentially deadly or at best can make your life totally miserable. Luckily, for all but the most extreme environments, it is

One of the classic scenarios adherents of self-defense train for is the mugging: Some criminal scumbag, or gang of scumbags, threatening your life if you don’t give up your valuables. Sometimes they won’t even ask, setting upon a hapless victim with violence and intent on picking the corpse or unconscious body clean of loot. Everyone

Winter weather greatly complicates all sorts of tasks, and perhaps none more impacted than traveling by automobile. Snowstorms make paved surfaces incredibly slick and that means they are treacherous and dangerous for all sorts of automobiles. The risk of crashing will be very high, and you should not discount the risk of becoming stranded on