THE OUTBREAK
HAS STARTED.

1. Use sealed stored water first.
2. If officials identify a safe public supply, follow their collection instructions.
3. Choose the clearest available source away from fuel, chemicals, floodwater, dead animals and sewage.
4. Filter cloudy water through clean cloth only as a pre-treatment; this does not disinfect it.
5. Boil or disinfect using the exact current public-health instructions for the product and altitude.

Clear does not mean safe. Never drink seawater, urine, floodwater or chemically contaminated water; boiling does not remove chemicals or salt.

1. Use a safe existing building or official shelter before attempting a wilderness structure.
2. Get out of wind, rain, direct sun and flood paths; avoid dead branches, cliff edges and dry riverbeds.
3. Insulate beneath the body as well as above it.
4. Keep ventilation; never use a stove, grill or generator inside.
5. Make yourself visible to rescuers unless authorities advise otherwise.

1. Check bans, land rules, weather and wildfire risk first. If fire is prohibited, do not light one.
2. Use an established fire ring on bare ground, well clear of vegetation and overhead branches.
3. Prepare water and a shovel before ignition.
4. Build from tinder to pencil-size kindling to larger dry fuel; keep it small.
5. Drown, stir, feel for heat and repeat until completely cold.

Never light a fire in a building, tent, cave, peat ground or during high fire risk. A camping stove is often safer.

• Keep a battery or hand-crank AM/FM/weather radio, spare batteries and written local frequencies.
• Enable official phone alerts and download offline maps before disruption.
• Use text rather than calls when networks are congested.
• Agree an out-of-area contact and scheduled check-in times.
• Listen at set intervals to conserve batteries and record time/source beside important updates.

A homemade crystal radio is a good supervised science project, but it is not a dependable emergency receiver. Buy and test a proper receiver first. Never transmit on restricted frequencies without authorisation.

1. Lock normal doors and windows and preserve every fire exit.
2. Fit ordinary battery door/window contact alarms according to their instructions.
3. For camp awareness, hang visible bells on your own door or equipment—never across a path.
4. Use motion lights or a driveway chime where lawful and where wildlife will not cause constant alarms.
5. Create watch/check-in times only if necessary; fatigue causes poor decisions.

No hidden tripwires, snares, spikes, firearms, electrified barriers or traps. They injure household members, responders, wildlife and lawful visitors—and can block escape.

• Carry a local paper map in a waterproof sleeve and mark home, destinations and hazards.
• Learn map orientation, symbols, scale and grid references before learning advanced bearings.
• Leave a route and return time with a trusted person.
• If lost, stop, think, observe and plan; avoid turning one wrong turn into miles of wandering.
• Use whistle blasts, bright material, light and recognised distress signals rather than shouting continuously.

• Build a rotating pantry of foods the household already eats.
• Record use-by dates and practise meals that require little water or fuel.
• Keep refrigerator/freezer doors closed during an outage and follow official time/temperature guidance.
• Prevent cross-contamination; questionable food is discarded, never taste-tested.
• Cook fuel-burning appliances outdoors at a safe distance from openings.

• Learn legally in normal conditions: licence, seasons, permitted water, tackle, size and catch limits.
• Take a local beginner course covering knots, casting, humane handling and species identification.
• Wear appropriate flotation near or on water and check weather/tides.
• Know local contamination advisories and cook catch safely.
• Store hooks separately and supervise children.

Fishing is uncertain and calorie-expensive. It is not a substitute for stored food, and emergency conditions do not automatically cancel local law.

• Start with an accredited hunter-education or country-sports course, not an internet survival shortcut.
• Learn identification, seasons, land permission, safe zones, storage, hygiene and reporting rules.
• Understand that hunting consumes time and calories and may produce nothing.
• Never set improvised snares or traps around people, pets, paths or protected wildlife.
• Stored staples and gardening are safer long-term foundations.

This site does not teach weapons or killing techniques. Laws, licences and protected species vary sharply by place; verify the current local rules.

1. Start now with quick, forgiving crops suited to the local season and light.
2. Test soil; use clean containers or raised beds where contamination is possible.
3. Grow calorie crops and nutrient crops, not only salad leaves.
4. Plan water, compost, pest control, succession sowing and seed storage.
5. Keep notes on variety, planting date, yield and failures.

A new garden does not feed a household immediately. Treat it as resilience added to stored staples, not an instant replacement.

• Learn with a qualified local expert over multiple seasons.
• Use several independent identification features; never colour or one photo alone.
• Know deadly lookalikes, protected species, landowner permission and pollution history.
• Do not eat a plant or fungus merely because an app, AI or this website suggests a match.
• Introduce any correctly identified food cautiously and preserve enough for the ecosystem.

There is no universal-edibility test. Cooking does not make every poisonous plant or mushroom safe. Children must never forage unsupervised.

• Take an accredited first-aid/CPR course and refresh it regularly.
• Learn severe bleeding response, recovery position, burns and when not to move someone.
• Keep medicines, prescriptions, allergies and medical needs in the household plan.
• Separate waste, handwashing and food preparation areas.
• Use gloves/barriers where appropriate and seek professional help early.

A webpage cannot certify a practical skill. Call emergency services for life-threatening danger and act within your training.