Survival Solutions Index
24 practical guides and 120 field competencies: 14 foundational categories, five existing practical solutions and five additional essentials. Prioritize the current hazard and official instructions.
Main pages
Skills Catalogue
Directory of 24 complete field guides, including the five new essential survival subjects.
Emergency Numbers
Searchable offline country picker for police, ambulance, fire, rescue, poison, utility, and other practical emergency contacts.
Rescue Report
Compact all-skills emergency reference.
Master Report
Collection overview, priority matrix, and links to every full guide.
Survival Videos
Five credited YouTube tutorials with a responsive video grid and subject-grouped directory.
Solution guides
Emergency First Aid
Immediate injuries, absent/abnormal breathing, severe bleeding, burns, fractures, and shock take precedence when present.
- Scene assessment and emergency call
- Adult CPR and AED
- Severe bleeding control
- Burn care
- Fractures, shock, and monitoring
Emergency Evacuation & Hazard Escape
Leave active danger early and safely when authorities order evacuation or conditions are immediately unsafe.
- Evacuation decision and alerts
- Go-bag and communication plan
- Route planning and movement
- Flood escape
- Wildfire and outdoor escape
Emergency Shelter Building
Reduce exposure to cold, rain, heat, wind, and unsafe terrain with the fastest reliable shelter available.
- Safe site selection
- Ground insulation and moisture control
- Tarp and bivvy shelter geometry
- Knots, guylines, and anchors
- Natural shelters and weather management
Emergency Water Purification
Secure safe water and reduce dehydration and waterborne disease risk.
- Choose the safest source
- Settle and pre-filter cloudy water
- Boil correctly
- Filter or disinfect when boiling is unavailable
- Store treated water without re-contamination
Heat & Cold Exposure
Recognize and respond to hypothermia, frostbite, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke before they become fatal.
- Hypothermia recognition and warming
- Frostbite protection and rewarming
- Heat exhaustion response
- Heat stroke emergency cooling
- Exposure prevention and pacing
Severe Weather & Lightning Safety
Recognize dangerous storms early, reach proper shelter, and reduce lightning, tornado, and destructive-wind exposure.
- Read forecasts, watches, and warnings
- Lightning shelter and 30-minute rule
- Tornado sheltering
- Destructive wind and hail protection
- Outdoor last-resort risk reduction
Emergency Signaling & Rescue
Make your position easy to find and shorten the time you remain exposed to other hazards.
- Emergency call and location report
- Stay-or-move decision
- Audible and visual signaling
- Phone and battery management
- Rescue contact and handoff
Navigation Without GPS
Avoid becoming further lost and regain known routes using map, compass, landmarks, and disciplined decision-making.
- Stop, orient, and establish a known point
- Read and orient a paper map
- Take and follow a compass bearing
- Use terrain association and checkpoints
- Lost-route recovery and backtracking
Emergency Fire Starting
Provide warmth, safe cooking/boiling support, light, and signaling where fire is legal and controllable.
- Go/no-go fire decision
- Tinder, kindling, and fuel preparation
- Ignition methods
- Fire lays and wet-weather technique
- Extinguishing and fire-site safety
Blackout & Carbon Monoxide Safety
Handle power loss without creating carbon-monoxide, fire, electrical, medication, or temperature hazards.
- Outage triage and communications
- Generator and carbon-monoxide safety
- Electrical and fire safety
- Temperature and medical-device planning
- Food, water, lighting, and recovery
Vehicle Breakdown & Roadside Survival
Reduce secondary-crash risk, signal for help, and stay safer when a vehicle becomes disabled or stranded.
- Stabilize the vehicle and occupants
- Call for help with exact location
- Decide whether to stay or leave
- Winter and low-visibility stranding
- Safe repair limits and remote-trip preparation
Emergency Sanitation & Hygiene
Prevent diarrheal illness, wound contamination, and hygiene-related disease during longer disruptions.
- Hand hygiene and a simple wash station
- Human waste containment
- Food and surface hygiene
- Diarrhea and dehydration response
- Wound hygiene and a compact sanitation kit
Emergency Rations & Food Management
Preserve energy and maintain food safety once immediate threats, exposure, and water are under control.
- Build a three-day food module
- Rotate and protect the food reserve
- Ration effort and meal timing
- Power-outage food safety
- Flood/fire contamination and no-cook planning
Wildlife Encounters & Animal Safety
Avoid preventable wildlife conflicts, protect camp and food, and respond appropriately after bites or scratches.
- Distance and encounter prevention
- Food, scent, and camp control
- Bear, cougar, and moose response
- Bear spray and deterrent readiness
- Bites, scratches, and rabies exposure
New practical survival solutions
Five additional field guides focus on high-value, everyday emergencies and survival techniques.
Power-Outage Survival: First 72 Hours
Create a reliable blackout setup before the lights go out, then protect food, communications and essential medical needs.
- Prepare a blackout box
- Protect phones and maintain contact
- Manage food and drinking water
- Avoid carbon monoxide and electrical hazards
- Decide when to relocate
Sunburn, UV Protection & Outdoor Skin First Aid
Prevent damaging UV exposure and respond safely when sunburn happens away from home.
- Prevent UV injury
- Recognize early sunburn
- Cool and soothe
- Protect blisters and healing skin
- Know when to seek medical care
Practical Fishing for Food: Knots, Catch & Safety
Low-complexity fishing skills, safe fish handling and realistic food decisions for outdoor survival.
- Check permission, water and fish safety
- Build a compact fishing kit
- Tie a reliable attachment knot
- Handle fish and hooks safely
- Keep, cook and eat fish safely
Flood Survival, Early Evacuation & Home Safety
Stay out of moving water, move toward safe high ground, and avoid the hidden hazards of flooded property.
- Know watches, warnings and routes
- Evacuate before access disappears
- Keep away from current, sewage and electricity
- Shut off utilities only when safe
- Return and clean up safely
Emergency Communications Without Reliable Power
Use low-bandwidth alerts, printed plans, backup power and precise location information when networks fail.
- Create a contact and regrouping plan
- Make battery power last
- Communicate briefly and precisely
- Use backups for local information
- Signal and wait for help safely