EMERGENCY VEHICLE KIT | Your Roadside Lifeline
On Monday, January 3, 2022, hundreds of drivers suddenly found themselves stranded on Interstate 95 highway (I-95) in Virginia, south of Washington, DC. A motor vehicle crash involving several tractor-trailers started the chain of events that would shut down I-95 in both directions and bring traffic to a complete stop. With plunging temperatures and a blizzard dropping between seven and eleven inches of snow, stranded motorists found themselves in freezing temperatures, many with no food [...]
BUILDING A GO BAG | Important Considerations
In any disaster or crisis, whether natural or man-made, there are two basic options: shelter in place or evacuation. The goal in evacuation is to get to a place of safety. You not only need to know where you are but the route and alternate routes to get back to [...]
SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS | What To Expect And How To Protect Yourself
It started with people fighting over toilet paper. Then household items started disappearing for the retailer’s shelves. This was followed by raising prices and shrinking package sizes. Earlier this year we began hearing of a shortage of truckers, and of hundreds of container ships waiting for weeks, sometimes longer, to [...]
NEW YEAR PREPS | Five (Free) Things To Do To Begin 2022
As 2022 begins, it’s a great time for us to consider just how much the world has changed, and how those changes affect us. More importantly, it’s also an excellent time to consider how to be better prepared for what may come next. Even if you consider yourself to be [...]
STAYING SAFE DURING CIVIL UNREST | Surviving When Things Go Bad
Any number of things may cause civil disorder. It may be a single cause or multiple causes. The events can be planned or they may be spontaneous. They can happen at a moment’s notice and without warning. The benchmark of civil unrest is when a protest staged by a large [...]
ON THE CUTTING EDGE | Three Must-Have Survival Blades
For many of us a knife is the ultimate survival tool. The notion of leaving home without one is well, unthinkable. If you’re like me, you probably have a favorite “go to” knife that you regularly carry. But you also have a variety of blades that you use as conditions [...]
HYDRATION BASICS
Replacing body fluids is the single most important thing that we can do to manage heat stress and maximize performance. Adequate water intake reduces strain on the cardiovascular system and reduces heat-related stresses and injuries. Dehydration leads to decreased balance, coordination, speed, strength and endurance. It degrades attention, reaction time, [...]
THE GET OUTTA DODGE TRUCK | Loaded for Survival
The phrase “Get Outta Dodge” (G.O.D.) originated in Dodge City, Kansas, during the wild days of the 1870s. The Santa Fe Trail gave way to buffalo hunters, then to cattle drives, all of which led to lots of lawlessness. Marshals like Billy Brooks, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Mysterious Dave Mather, [...]
PREPPER’S FATIGUE
Watching the news can be overwhelming. From natural to man-made catastrophes, the constant stream of “disaster” reporting is relentless. And for those of us who prepare for such events, it often feels like no matter what we do, it’ll never be enough. This is sometimes referred to as prepper’s fatigue, [...]
ESSENTIAL PREPARATIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
The job of a police officer has never been easy, and probably never will be. But, for many in the law enforcement community, things only get worse when there’s a natural or man-made disaster. While most people take refuge at home, and focus on caring for themselves and their families, [...]
LIFE SKILLS | If You Go to Guns You Failed
Back in the days when I was working in executive protection, we had a team leader (TL) who was a seasoned, salty dog. In the field for several decades and on the verge of retirement, at a pre-deployment briefing he once said to us “As protective agents, if you [...]
