Survival Skills

6 ways to make fire: Having fire in an emergency is crucial for survival, especially if the utilities are down or you are stranded in the middle of no-where.

Remember that without air, fuel, and heat there will be no fire, first you need tinder.

Tinder: Tinder is highly flammable and fast-burning and the initial fuel you need to start your fire.

All these sources of tinder must be dry, they include:

• pine      needles 
• leaf litter
• wood      shavings
• moss or lichen
• grass
• shredded      outer bark 
• strips  of inner tree bark
• cattail   heads
• fatwood  (resin filled heartwood from a pine tree)
• clothes  lint
• strips  of news paper
• cotton  balls soaked in petroleum jelly
• char cloth

When store bought antibiotics runs out ,you may still need to fight infections use these natural alternatives to stay healthy learn new  survival skills during an emergency.

Something as simple as a soda or beer can , could be used to save your life in a emergency.Theses survival skills are extremly valuable.

Whether its cold or hot you will want to have a shelter to protect you from the elements.Having survival skills to build a shelter can keep you safe.

There are few things worse than being in a emergency AND having to deal with swarms of insects, find out what natural resources you can use, and develop survival skills to keep those pesky critters at bay.

Identify deadly and dangerous spiders and what to do if you are bitten. Learn new survival skills to avoid the spiders, or treat bites.