084: Making Lists in Prepping and Determining Our Survival Needs - The Prepper Podcast

Summary: Housekeeping: * There has recently been a board added to <a href="http://topsurvivalforum.com/">Top Survival Forum</a> where you can discuss <a href="http://theprepperpodcast.com/">Prepper Podcast Episodes</a>. Check out the <a href="http://topsurvivalforum.com/">Prepping Forum</a>. * If you don’t know where to start in prepping, check out my resource page at <a href="http://theprepperpodcast.com/gettingstarted">theprepperpodcast.com/gettingstarted</a> * Don’t forget to give me a review at <a href="http://theprepperpodcast.com/itunes">theprepperpodcast.com/itunes</a> and you could win a consulting call with me. (You must email me with subject: Podcast Review so I can contact you… This includes any past or new reviews if you want to be able to win.) * A few weeks ago, the winner was twinkletwinkletoes, and by the time I am recording this, I have not heard back from them, but I have heard from MLWriggle Topic: Making Lists to Direct Yourself in Prepping and Determining Our Needs Before you spend money in prepping, we are doing our due diligence to get everything in order. Why do I need to make a bunch of lists when I could be prepping? It is more important that you think about your needs before you work on prepping. I explained how important lists are. Lists are our roadmap for prepping. This is a large topic and I think it could take several episodes. What Lists Should We Make To Guide Our Preparedness Journey? List of Needs Food Log Water Resource List Disaster List Every Day Carry List Emergency Action Plan Bug Out List Medical First Aid and Minor Surgery What Are Our Needs In Survival What are the basic needs In Wilderness Survival Water Food Fire Shelter Tools/Safety Using the wilderness needs, what are the basic needs in prepping? Water Food Energy Shelter Health/Sanitation Security How to ensure you have your water needs met? Wilderness Water needs Spend more time and energy with filtration than the water. Modern Water Needs Spend time with water storage and sources Then add a filtration so you can harvest safe water Your food needs can be easily met if you think about it In wilderness food needs We focus on hunting, trapping and foraging In Modern Food Needs We focus on growing, storing, and raising food Use your brain, and you will have plenty of warmth and lighting Wilderness Lighting and Energy We spend our time focusing on what we can pack for fire and lighting Lighters, Matches, Rods and other items for fires. We also look at things we can keep and find as dry tender Fuzz sticks, Cedar Bark, charcloth, moss, etc. Headlamps and flashlights to see where we are going Modern Survival Energy Requirements We spend our time considering how to keep energy resilient Heat, Lighting, Cooling, Cooking We consider alternates and backups such as: Cooking Appliances (gas, grills, campstoves, wood stovesP Lighting Equipment (Flashlights, Headlamps, Candles, Fuel Lamps, LED Lights) Heating and Cooling (Air flow, heat and cool the person, reduce energy consumption, alternative heating methods) Alternative Power (Generators, Battery Banks, Gas supplies, stored energies like propane, nat gas and gasoline) Have a wonderful castle, in the woods, desert, or subburbs! Wilderness Shelters We take time learning how to build different shelters (a-frames, debris shelters, snow shelter, desert shelters, and even elevated shelters) For a great shelter, carry some basic supplies (cordage, like paracord; tools for cutting, notching, and carving limbs) If you have a walking stick,

084: Making Lists in Prepping and Determining Our Survival Needs - The Prepper Podcast

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