Ultimate Survival Guide - Learn the keys to survive anything

Explore essential basic survival items to have on hand and where to store them, covering home, car, boating, and outdoor gear plus survival kits.

Learn to assemble a home emergency kit with water, nonperishable food, lighting, radios, batteries, first aid, medications, documents, emergency contacts, cash, blankets, maps, and family-specific items.

Keep your vehicle ready with FEMA‑recommended emergency items: water for three days, a three‑day food supply, a weather radio, flashlight with extra batteries, emergency blanket, and a basic tool kit.

Explore essential boating survival and emergency items, including PLBs, handheld radios, GPS, flares, water, first aid, and signaling tools to keep you safe on the water.

Build a flying survival kit with essential emergency items, including a heavy duty backpack, flashlight, signaling gear, fire starters, emergency blanket, tarp, water, first aid, GPS, compass, and radio.

Learn how to select outdoor survival and emergency items based on location and climate, and assemble a practical survival kit with core tools and essentials.

Assemble your survival kit with the 10 essentials to prepare for diverse scenarios, from sun protection at high elevations to water purification and emergency gear.

Learn to choose a safe fire location near shelter, protect against wind and sparks, build with tinder, kindling, and fuel logs using log cabin, teepee, or lean-to methods, and extinguish.

Master pyramid fire building using a tinder nest and larger frame fuel, with dryer lint and vaseline-treated cotton balls as starters, while spacing sticks for airflow.

Learn basic navigation skills to find north, east, south, and west using compass, maps, stars, and sun; apply practical methods like the shadow stick method and analog watch calculations.

Learn to orient a compass, set headings in degrees like 60 or 130, and navigate by turning toward landmarks to maintain a straight line.

Learn how to orient a map with a compass, identify north and legend, and navigate toward a road or town using east or west directions on basic and topographic maps.

Learn practical prevention and response for bear, cougar, moose, and other animal attacks, using checklists, making noise, securing food, deterrents, and steps to back away and fight back.

Prepare for natural disasters by understanding common scenarios, including earthquakes, floods, storms, fires, droughts, tsunamis, snow, and avalanches, and how to respond.

Learn basic first aid for common injuries, including cuts, burns, bites, and stings, plus immobilization with splints and slings. Prepare for outdoor emergencies and seek emergency help when needed.

Discover how to find or build survival shelters that protect you from wind, rain, snow, and cold, with rule of threes, using lean-tos, snow caves, brush shelters, and natural structures.

Develop situational awareness by identifying and processing surroundings to meet your goals, anticipate threats, and respond quickly in survival scenarios, from crowded spaces to wilderness settings.

Prepare for government collapse by stocking home survival and emergency supplies, withdraw cash, secure firearms, establish a meeting place, plan evacuation, barter goods, and monitor updates to stay prepared.