We all like to think we are prepared citizens.  This preparation brings us some real comfort, some peace of mind.  We like to

You may or may not be old enough to remember the old “duck and cover” days. There was a time when the average

They call it an “active denial system”. Some systems use electromagnetic waves to “humanely deter” everyone from enemy forces to political protesters. Ask

The worst outbreak of Ebola virus in history is happening right now in West Africa and has claimed more than 700 lives according

As an Emergency Manager in both federal and state Emergency Operation Centers and a member of FEMA’s Incident Command Staff, Richard Marshall has

I think most of us leave scenarios like being trapped in our car when it is submerged in water for movies and adventure

I have to warn you… What you’re about to see is pretty hard to watch. But it’s a very rare opportunity to see

The ability to build fire is an obvious survival skill.  You need fir for warmth and also to boil water to make it

Survival it’s always just about rubbing two sticks together or building a shelter out of pine needles and duct tape. Imagine this scenario…

Imagine a rotting hole in your hand that grows so fast you can watch it ooze.   At the center of that black, festering, swollen

Ok, so surviving a disaster is a LOT like what you’d imagine evading a horde of zombies would be like in an apocalypse,

Nothing says “No you hella won’t bust into MY home, mother f*#&-er!” than a bazooka aimed at a home invader’s forehead. But let’s