Category: Security

Avoiding Drone Detection

Avoiding Drone Detection The benefits for a privately owned drone during times of disaster or after a total SHTF event are evident. You would have the ability to scout a much larger area in much less time and without putting yourself or another group member in harms way. If the terrain is particularly difficult they …

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Wonderfully Ordinary Prepper’s OPSEC

Wonderfully Ordinary Prepper’s OPSEC We have read about becoming the grey man during a SHTF event, this time we are reading about always appearing average and wonderfully ordinary to the rest of the world and our communities protecting our group/family’s OPSEC. If you charge about town in your camouflage gear while open carrying your weapon and it’s …

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Effectively Navigating After Dark During a SHTF Scenario

Effectively Navigating After Dark During a SHTF Scenario As children we used to play a game of night tag. Without knowing it in some ways we were learning to navigate after dark without drawing attention to ourselves and attempting to be unseen by those searching for us. Now days it really isn’t safe in most places …

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Home Protection Secrets From a Police Officer

Home Protection Secrets From a Police Officer In the end who sees all the home related crimes? The police! Almost always they are the first called by the homeowner as soon as they are able or become aware they have been a crime victim. When it is your job to investigate the crime, you see …

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Violence Preparedness Plan

Violence Preparedness Plan The best way to survive a confrontation of the violent sort is of course to avoid it in the first place. However, that may not always be possible. You don’t have to start it, be involved in it, be expecting it, or even know why it is happening to end up in …

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Low-Cost Alternative To Semi-Automatics

Low-Cost Alternative To Semi-Automatics Semi-automatics  are preferred by preppers for their quick fire, but they are expensive! In some areas of the world they are also very difficult to obtain legally. So many are seeking lower cost alternatives. Information on low cost alternatives is available at the link below The Low-Cost (But Effective) Alternative To …

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Bug Out Lessons From SWAT

Bug Out Lessons From SWAT We can learn lessons from anything we do in our lives from our jobs, our educations, our vacations, our family and friends. The author of the featured article happens to work as a SWAT team member and has been able to take his work experiences and apply them to the …

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Pros & Cons of Emergency Communication Devices

Pros & Cons of Emergency Communication Devices Like most of you, I worry about communicating with friends, loved ones and even first responders in an emergency scenario. But I can’t afford to purchase every single type of communication device out there! Now my scanner does pick up weather radio so I have been able to …

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Leave No Trace – Covert Camping

Leave No Trace – Covert Camping Leaving no trace behind when you camp is a positive for the environment, for the wildlife, and the enjoyment of others using the forest. It is also a good skill to think about as preppers especially if your plan is to bug out to a wooded area. If you …

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4 Easy DIY Fences

4 Easy DIY Fences Homesteaders can educate preppers on why being able to build fences is important. You may want to keep things in or out! Many free-range animals do require fencing to keep them from harm and honestly theft during hard times. Fencing marks territory as well and slows anyone who would breach that territory. …

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