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How To Make Your Clothes Last in Emergencies

11 Nov
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In a world where fast fashion is the norm, fewer people learn how to make repairs to their clothing. Have you ever thought about how important clothing is to our survival? It's the most basic form of shelter humans have. It keeps us warm in the cold, keeps us safe from sunburns, and offers protection from bugs, wind, and scrapes.
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Categories: Shelter, Survival
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How to Make Emergency Bread

09 Nov
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What happens when disaster strikes and you have to stay home, but the power is out? It can take days or even weeks for everyone in a region to have their power restored after a mass outage. Some emergencies may require us to stay indoors, leaving us without access to a working stove or our usual shops. And any shops
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Categories: Food, Survival
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How to Prepare a Fresh Fish

13 Jul
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Last week, we wrote about the different ways to catch a fish in an emergency situation. But once you have used your pole, trap, trotline, or spear to catch a fish, how do you get it ready to eat? As it turns out, it’s a little more complicated than picking up a filet at the grocery store – but not
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Categories: Survival
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How to Catch Fish for Survival

06 Jul
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If you are stuck in the wilderness, fish can be an important source of protein and nutrients in your diet. These tips and techniques to catch fish for survival are intended for emergency situations only. We do not recommend using them in your regular outdoors experience as some methods are illegal in certain areas. When harvesting fish in a survival situation,
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Categories: Survival
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How To Find Shelter in the Wilderness

08 Jun
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Extreme conditions can quickly move "find shelter" to the top of your priority list, even above food and water. In many parts of Canada, freezing to death is a very real concern for those lost outside—even in the summer. I fondly remember a camping trip to Banff, AB where we woke up to the sound of snow collapsing our tarp…
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Categories: Camping, Survival
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How to Find Your Way in the Wilderness

03 Jun
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It's easy to lose your way in the Canadian wild. Do you know how to find your way in the wilderness? Whether you've taken a wrong turn on an adventurous hike or wandered too far from your campsite looking for firewood, here are some survival tips to get you back to where you need to be. How to Prepare Ahead If there's
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Categories: Camping, Survival
Tips for the apocalypse: Hoow to Build a Fire

How to Build A Fire

01 Jun
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Learn how to build a fire with Total Prepare's quick how-to guide so you can stay warm and dry when you need it most. Despite how easy it is to start an accidental fire in your house or the forest, it is infuriatingly difficult to light one on purpose if you don’t know how. There is a lot more to it
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Categories: Fire, Survival