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Outfitting a basic firstaid kit The following items should be considered when outfitting a basic first-aid kit: 1 elastic-roll bandage Aspirin or ibuprofen Adhesive tape Alcohol swabs Antacid Antihistamine Antiseptic ointment Adhesive bandages, assorted sizes Bug repellent Bulb irrigating syringe Butterfly bandages Chemical...

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Freeze-Drying food at homeFreeze-Drying food at home You probably don't have a good vacuum chamber at home, but you almost certainly have a refrigerator. If you don't mind waiting a week you can experiment with freeze drying at home using your freezer. For this experiment you will need a tray, preferably one that is perforated. If you have something like a cake-cooling...

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Food Storage In The HomeFood Storage In The Home WHO SHOULD HAVE A FOOD STORAGE PROGRAM? We never know what emergency may befall us during which we may not be able to obtain food or drink. The emergency may be loss of job or inability to work due to accident or illness. This may result in a situation where financial resources to purchase food would not be available...

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Companion PlantingCompanion Planting The following is a list of vegetable and herbs which grow well together and protect one another from insect attack. Many herbs are natural insect repellents that can keep your garden bug free and reduce or eliminate the need for potentially harmful pesticides. By using Companion Planting, many gardeners are discovering...

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CachingCaching What is "caching"? Simply, it is hiding a quantity of supplies that you might need in the future. Speaking as a person who has placed numerous caches under many different circumstances, this method is the best. Some things to be aware of : My caches are made of either 6" or 8" diameter SDR35 PVC pipe (it is a bit...

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Food Storage In The Home

Category : Equipment, Food

food-storage-shelves1WHO SHOULD HAVE A FOOD STORAGE PROGRAM?

We never know what emergency may befall us during which we may not be able to obtain food or drink. The emergency may be loss of job or inability to work due to accident or illness. This may result in a situation where financial resources to purchase food would not be available or may be decreased appreciably. Natural catastrophe such as flood, earthquake or storms may result in temporary inability to distribute food to supermarkets. Under these conditions even having money to purchase food does not mean it can be obtained. Even in the United States each of the above conditions occurs occasionally. Because of the possibility of such emergencies the Civil Defense recommends storing food and drink adequate for your family’s needs for a two-week period. Certain church organizations have recommended their members “Have on hand a year’s supply of food, fuel, clothing and where possible money.”

WHY HAVE A FOOD STORAGE PROGRAM?

A food storage program is essential to provide for ourselves and our family members in an emergency. The biggest motivator most adults have is to avoid hearing a hungry child cry. Even the most “macho” man is distraught if he cannot provide food or beverage to prevent a child from suffering.
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Companion Planting

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Category : Communications, Equipment, Food, General Info

companion-plantingThe following is a list of vegetable and herbs which grow well together and protect one another from insect attack. Many herbs are natural insect repellents that can keep your garden bug free and reduce or eliminate the need for potentially harmful pesticides.

By using Companion Planting, many gardeners are discovering that they can discourage garden pests without harming helpful insects such as bees and ladybugs. Some herbs, through their odors or root secretions, will deter pests naturally. An added bonus is; these same herbs, planted as companions in your garden, will season the fruits and vegetables of your labor.

Some herbs even improve the flavor or growth rate of their companion vegetables. Companion planting is the ultimate way to bring the balance of nature into your garden. Just do your best to match the suitable herb with the suitable plant and the rest will follow.

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Make Your Own Babywipes

Category : Equipment

3095909128_ecb5b1fdcaYou can make your own baby wipes. You can use something like paper towels if you just want to control what’s on the wipe and for budget reasons.

Or use cloth baby wipes (which can be washed along with your diapers).
When you use homemade baby wipes recipes you can either make your wipes solution in a bottle or put it right in the wipes container.
If you put it directly into the container your wipes are ready to go as soon as you need them. You may need to change your wipes every day using this method if you find they smell musty.
If you want to put the solution into a small bottle find an inexpensive spray bottle. You can find small ones in the health and beauty section of most drug stores or beauty supply stores. When you need to wipe your baby wet your cloth wipe with warm water and then give a spritz or two of your wipes solution.
You can keep a small container with a tight-fitting lid filled partway with water at your changing station if it is not near a sink. Then have your wipes stacked up and your wipes solution next to the water container at the changing table.

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Canning Butter

Category : Equipment, Food

Butter is a useful item for cooking that doesn’t do so well without electricity, but it will lend itself to being canned.

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1. Use any butter that is on sale. Lesser quality butter requires more shaking (see #5
below), but the results are the same as with the expensive brands.

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Troy Battle mags in stock!

Category : Equipment

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These will also fit
M4,M16, HK416,
FN Scar

Black
New In Package
Feed Lips and anti-tilt followers are reinforced for strength. A bolstered floor plate is set flush so it will not catch on other mags when pulled from a pouch.
These are an excellent/reliable magazine.

$35 + shipping

 

Minnesota National Guard Counter Sniper School – Sniper Training

Category : General Info

sniper2You have one shot, one scoped sight, one compressed controlled breath, one squeeze of a honed trigger.  In twenty one-hundredths of a second, you will be either a “hero” who saved an innocent life or an incompetent who caused the death of a helpless hostage.  Fellow officers, department officials and city administrators await the sound of your rifle.  Possibly, the entire Nation sits riveted to television sets for news of the outcome.  Life or death, success or failure, is only one
sensitive squeeze away.
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BUYING EXPLOSIVES AND PROPELLANTS

Category : Equipment, General Info

Almost any city or town of reasonable size has a gun store and one or more pharmacies. These are two of the places that potential terrorists visit in order to purchase explosive material.  All that one has to do is know something about the non- explosive uses of the materials.  Black powder, for example, is used in blackpowder firearms.  It comes in varying “grades”, with each different grade being a slightly different size.  The grade of black powder depends on what the calibre of the gun that it is used in; a fine grade of powder could burn too fast in the wrong caliber weapon.  The rule is: the smaller the grade, the faster the burn rate of the powder.

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Wilderness survival techniques and tips

Category : Equipment, General Info

Survival equipmentGeneralized awareness of the skills needed to survive in a wilderness situation. Whether you are simply going camping at a commercial campground, taking a short hike, or backpacking into a pristine wilderness area… be prepared. Never
leave to chance those few articles that may become lifesavers. Above all, always let someone know your itinerary and the time you plan to return. The following is a list of items that should be included in a basic survival kit:

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Survival First Aid Q&A

Category : Equipment, First Aid

firstaidHere are some basic questions and answers for Survival first aid. These cover a wide range of topics

 

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Disaster Medical Operations

Category : Equipment, First Aid

Most disasters are relatively unexpected, endanger lives and health, and overwhelm existing emergency resources.  These elements lead to some basic assumptions about disaster medical operations:

The number of victims will exceed local capacity for treatment.

Survivors will assist others.  They will do whatever they know how to do, although it cannot be assumed that most people know lifesaving first aid or post-disaster survival techniques.

The American College of Surgeons has described three phases of death due to trauma:

Phase 1.  Death within minutes due to overwhelming and irreversible damage to vital organs.

 Phase 2.  Death within several hours due to excessive bleeding.

Phase 3.  Death in several days or weeks due to infection or multiple-system failure (i.e., not from the injury per se).

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