Disaster Preparation

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How to Use a Light Bulb and the Sun to Make a Fire

Don't throw away your dead light bulbs, they may come in handy one day. This video will show you how to start a fire using a d...

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How to MAKE FIRE with a MAGNIFYING GLASS

90 seconds that could save your life. How to actually MAKE A FIRE with a lens, rather than just burning a hole in a leaf. (Or f...

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How to Build & Hide a Campfire from Your Enemies — The Dakota Fire Pit

Fire.  It’s everywhere— always has been.  From the Ordovician Period where the first fossil record of fire appears to the prese...

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How to Build a RanDome Geodesic Emergency Shelter

This method is easy, intuitive and requires very little math. You will need: Any flat flexible sheet material (ex. paper plat...

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How to Make a Fire Using the Hand Drill Method

Here's a great video that shows how make make a hand drill fire from scratch using Stone Age tools... How to make a primitive ...

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How to Make a Soda Can Stove for the Zombie Apocalypse

Today, I'll be showing you how to make a great little portable stove from stuff you probably already have lying around your hou...

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How to Start a fire with a "flint on marcasite" method

In this Disaster Preparation video tutorial you will learn how to start a fire with a "flint on marcasite" method. Mal Stephens...

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How to Make a coiled basket to carry water in

Making a coiled basket can have be used for a variety or reasons, including the ability to carry much needed water. This four p...

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How to Make sparks without matches or a lighter

How to make sparks without matches or a lighter If you camp a lot there is a good trick for making sparks without matches or a ...

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How to Make fire with just steel wool and a battery

This video tutorial will show you a detailed way to make fire with steel wool and a battery. This is a great way to start fires...

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How to Make fire with steel wool and a battery

Build a fire without matches or a lighter so you wont freeze to death or attract predators in the wild. The finer the steel woo...

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How to Call for Help in Case You Wake Up in a Foreign Country

In most countries, there is one single emergency telephone number that allows you to contact local emergency services when in n...

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How to Heat Your Home in an Emergency Without Gas Using Flower Pots & Candles

Not having power can make everyday tasks really difficult if you're unprepared. You have to find new ways to do things like coo...

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How the Headrest in Your Vehicle Can Potentially Save Your Life One Day

If you ever find yourself in a car that's submerged under water, your first instinct should be to try and open either the windo...

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The End of the World Survival Guide: Staying Alive During the Zombie Apocalypse

Will the predicted apocalyptic date—December 21st, 2012—really be the end of the world? In this ongoing five-part series, we ex...

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How to Make a Slammin' Fire Piston for Under a Buck

Did you know that there's a way to start a fire by squishing air? In this project, I'll show you how to build a tool that does ...

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How to Use water vines to get water in the wild

This video tutorial will show you how to use water vines to get water in the wild, if you fancy yourself the next Bear Grylls. ...

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How to Purify Urine for Drinking with an Emergency Solar Still

It’s called Urophagia—the art of consuming urine. There could be any number of reasons for having the desire to drink your own ...

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How to Build an Emergency Rucksack with a Poncho & Rope (The Horseshoe Pack)

There’s a good chance that you’ll be alone in life one day, and no... I’m not talking about a couch-bound, dateless loser with ...

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How to Escape a car accident if sinking in deep water

It can happen in an instant: Your car ends up in the water, and it’s sinking fast. Here’s how to get out if you are in an unfor...

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How to Make a quick bow in the wilderness

John Campbell, from azbushman, demonstrates how to make a quick bow and arrow in the wilderness by collecting natural materials...

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How to Make solid fuel for starting fires in the wilderness with cotton balls and wax

Tinder is difficult to come by in the best of conditions, but in a damp wilderness survival situation finding it can be downrig...

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How to Make Your Own Charcoal

Hello, all. In this article, I will be showing you how to make one of the most useful products known to man. I am talking, of c...

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How to Make a tin can survival cook stove

This is a how-to on how to make a survival cook stove instead of spending $25 to buy one online. It is a simple projecting that...

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How to Make a Soda Can Stove

Survive the apocalypse by learning how to make a stove out of nothing but a soda can! Video: .

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How to Make a teepee from an inexpensive tarp

Ever wanted to build a backyard teepee? Here's your chance! In this two-part tutorial, learn how to contruct an inexpensive tee...

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How to Escape from the trunk of a car

Kidnapped? Playing around? Well no matter why you have been trapped in the trunk of a car, you'll need to get out. Escaping new...

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How to Escape from Dual Zip Tie Handcuffs

You are not having a good day. You've been abducted by sinister folks, and your hands are tied by a pair of zip ties bound toge...

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Campfire Secrets: How to Start a Fire Using a Pencil, Jumper Cables, & Car Battery

What happens when you need to build a fire, but forgot your matches and lighter? Let's get realistic here. When you go camping...

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How to Handle food safely when camping

Memorial Day signifies the unofficial kickoff for outdoor activities like camping. Camping can either be a flurry of fun and ad...