emergency preparedness

From natural disasters to unexpected household issues, planning ahead is smart. Learn how to maintain the emergency supplies you need to keep your family safe and how to stock a household to be ready for unplanned situations.

How to Survive When Money is Tight 11

What are YOUR survival needs when times are tough? Make sure you’re schooled in essential life skills for an easier time of it.

Build a Rocket Stove from Concrete Blocks 19

A concrete block rocket stove is easy to make and is great for power outages, camping, and outdoor cooking. Consider this method when you’re ready to build a rocket stove for off-grid cooking. They’re an easy to use, easy to build, clean burning cooking device.

40+ Life Skills to Learn for Basic Survival and Self-Reliance 10

We’ve lost the essential life skills that used to be commonplace in our world. Isn’t it time we reversed that trend?

Nearly a week without power -- could you do it? We did. Here's what worked (and what didn't) when our power grid went down.

How to Prepare for Power Outage in Emergencies 7

Now is the time to prepare for power outage. Here’s what worked (and what didn’t) when our power grid went down during a storm.

Emergency Supplies: 7 Things Hurricane Survivors are Wishing For 4

In the weeks after Hurricane Iselle in Hawaii, certain requests from those hardest hit have been repeated over and over. I think it’s smart to take a look at those requests and figure out how they fit into our emergency preparedness plans.

Emergency Essentials: Lessons From the Ground 5

Emergency essentials: Planning ahead for potential storms and emergencies will serve you well. Here’s what we learned from Hurricane Iselle.

Emergency Preparedness: 100 Items to Disappear First 26

Whether natural disaster or economic collapse, emergency preparedness is key to survival. This list of 100 items to stockpile is a good place to start when gathering emergency supplies.

If you're a home canner AND you live in earthquake country, how do you safely store the pantry items you've worked so hard to make? Here's how.

Canning Storage: How to Store Mason Jars in the Pantry 16

Learn proper canning storage techniques in order to make sure that your home-canned goods remain safe. Smart pantry storage will preserve the quality of the food, prevent loss, and even keep the glass jars safe in the event of an earthquake.

Are you Prepared for an Emergency? 19

Like many people living on the Ring of Fire, we found ourselves faced with the threat of a tsunami awhile back. We’re on high ground here, so we weren’t in imminent danger from the tsunami, but there were other possibilities. Damage to our harbors […]