Wilderness Survival
Welcome to the Well-Equipped Family's Wilderness Survival page! It’s not only the great adventurers that find themselves with just their will and wits to survive. Chances are you live in an area that is vulnerable to some sort of natural disaster such as volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, or tsunamis. Can you survive? Do you have the skills and equipment necessary?
The mentally, physically, and spiritually strong person with the right equipment, who has trained their family through activities like family camping can move forward in confidence. The unequipped will be weakened by fear of the unknown, reducing their ability to think and to act. Having a strong survival mind, being in control and optimistic, physically fit, and equipped for an emergency is definitely the way I want to go into a dangerous situation. Your survival plan must be in place.
Survival Plan = Preparation and Priorities
Preparation – knowing your abilities, understanding your limitations, and gathering equipment
- Accurately assess you and your family member’s physical capabilities and limitations
- Equipment preparation (Survival Kit)
- First Aid kit
- Survival Food (tools to make weapons and/or traps, fire starting, cooking, etc)
- Survival Water (containers, purifying/filtering system, etc)
- Survival Shelter (axe, saw, twine, etc)
- Signaling (mirror, fire starting, etc)
- Navigation (compass, maps, GPS, etc)including finding north
Priorities – first things first when time matters (knowing how to order these elements depending on your situation)
- First Aid
- Communication
- Water
- Shelter
- Food
- Traveling
- Environmental Hazards
You do not have to be some bearded Grizzly Adams running around in the woods like a bear whisperer, but everyone in the family knowing just a few primary skills goes a LONG way in equipping your family for any number of situations.
We are currently building new pages for regional and seasonal survival tips:
