Most of us would agree that at any time we can find ourselves in a crisis or other emergency situation. Even if this truth is simply lurking at the back of the mind just below consciousness, the statement is no less accurate.

 Everyone can suddenly be thrust in a crisis situation or have a catastrophe land squarely upon them very suddenly. How well one survives or if one survives may be a matter of luck. Much better to spend a little time and effort in survival preparedness.

Survival preparedness for the purpose of this guide is not a call to be constantly fearful of impending doom and disaster skulking around each corner, or to hoard terrific caches of dried beans, MREs, bullets, and gold then hunker down with your stash in some remote place.

More realistically, survival preparedness is the act of obtaining knowledge of and practicing basic survival skills, amassing survival equipment, water and food together into emergency survival kits. These kids can then be set at readily accessible points in the house, car, and office or on your person.

Think ahead to anticipate what kind of situation might arise and what survival skills, gear, and supplies could be helpful to successfully see you through to the end of it. Some excellent items on the list of basic survival skills to learn and practice! would be:

• The way to construct a fire without games
• The way to construct a simple emergency shelter
• The way to receive food and water
• The way to use a compass and map
• The way to signal for assistance
• The way to use the survival equipment you have chosen

The size of this emergency kits and the things they contain will be set by the situation for which they are intended to be utilized lost in the wilderness, stranded in your automobile on a lonely back road, recovering from the aftermath of a tornado or other disaster.

Always include fire starting Items, items to construct an emergency shelter, survival gear, a medical kit, signalling apparatus, emergency lighting, containers of water, and rations. There are lots of helpful web sites which describe complete lists of things to include in emergency survival kits of all sizes. In any emergency situation Strive to stay calm. Use your mind. It is one of your very best survival tools.

Initiative belongs to the individual. Take time and effort for sensible preparations toward your own survival and that of others. Do not risk suffering the consequences of taking no action in any way. Survival after all is being alive at the end of an ordeal.