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
How to use the catalogue
The site now contains 24 complete field guides and 120 core competencies. The priority order is only a general study sequence. Follow current emergency instructions and select the guide matching the actual hazard.