SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

SURVEY:

All the results from the survey have been tallied and we will begin scheduling training for the next few months. Thank you for your participation.

The top ten have been noted and highlighted in the following list.

FOOD:

  • Food Preparation: Cooking in the field
  • Making your own MREs.
  • #5 Preservation: canning methods, dehydrating, drying, smoking, salting
  • Butchering: large and small animals
  • Hunting & Fishing: Primitive and non-traditional methods
  • #3 Foraging: Finding and preparing wild edibles
  • Rationing: How and when

GARDENING:

  • Intensive Gardening: Raised bed and Sq. Ft., container gardening
  • Composting
  • Vermiculture: Worm composting
  • #6 Saving seeds and Heirloom seeds

MEDICAL:

  • Basic First Aid
  • #10 Trauma First Aid, what to do when the para-medics are NOT on the way.
  • Medication: Prescription, Over counter, #7 Home remedies, herbs and essential oil

BUGGING OUT: Bugging out, bugging in or hunkering down?

  • #9 Bug Out or Get Home Bag and Vehicle Emergency Kits
  • Family Evacuation Plan
  • Practice Drills
  • 36, 72, 96 Hour Kit
  • EDC, Every Day Carry and why

SECURITY:

  • Personal Homeland security: Doors, windows, locks, alarms, etc.
  • Situational Awareness/Risk assessment
  • Dogs for security: Importance of training
  • Early warning systems
  • Learn to read body language

SELF DEFENSE: Up close and personal

  • Hand to hand
  • Weapons: Edged and improvised
  • Martial Arts

BUSH CRAFT

  • #1 WATER: Finding, purifying, filtering, storing.
  • SHELTER: Expedient or built from scratch
  • #2 FIRE: Learn at least 3 non-conventional methods, finding and making tinder and building a cooking fire.

# 8 LAND NAVIGATION: Map and compass

HEALTH AND PHYSICAL FITNESS:

  • Diet, Physical Exercise, Supplements

MARKSMANSHIP and FIREARM SAFETY:

  • Rifle, Shotgun, and Pistol
  • Target practice
  • Maintenance and Cleaning

COMMUNICATIONS:

  • Ham Radio, How to get a License and the basic use.
  • Radio and Phone Etiquette and Procedure
  • Prearranged Signals; Hand signals, flags or lights

ENGINEERING:

  • Basic primitive building techniques
  • Use of hand tools, non-powered
  • Lines, Ropes and Knots.
  • Using Mechanical Advantage

BARTER SYSTEM:

  • Barter 101
  • Barter goods and Services
  • High value goods, (Supply and Demand)

 

IDEAS FOR GROUP ACTIVITIES:

  • #4 Forage Field Trip, Identify and harvest wild edibles and medicinal.
  • Practice Bug-out weekend
  • Practice a 72 hour drill
  • Short hike with a full pack,
  • Busting caps and cutting paper
  • Archery training and practice
  • Outdoor fire starting and cooking event, using only emergency rations.
  • Sponsor a Prepper event.

This is not a complete list and your suggestions are important.

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