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How To: Prepare your kids for fires
Get serious, stay calm, pay attention to the teacher. Don't talk. This is a serious thing: fire drills. Be prepared. They warn kids if they are not serious they may kill someone. Well, thank you FEMA-- another PSA and government effort to protect the kids!
How To: Fight off a shark attack
Don't play dead and don't splash. Strike back. Hit its eyes and gills. This is National Geographic's excellent tutorial on how to survive a shark attack! It's excellent! Fight off a shark attack.
How To: Build a survival shelter in the forest
Bushcraft and Survival Skills Magazine and Videojug team up in this informative video to demonstrate how to create a lean-to emergency shelter with minimal resources. You will need an uprooted tree, sturdy straight branches and plenty of leaves and debris. Choose the right spot for camp. Try and stay near water and fuel for fire. Try to stay away from animal trails. Check the area above your site. Always try to camp at the edge of the forest. These and other practical considerations are discu...
How To: Build a portable heater
Preparing to be out in the cold? Why not prepare by packing a heater! That is right, this video will show you how to make a portable heater so you never have to be stuck in the cold again. Build a portable heater.
How To: Boil water without a pot
Stranded somewhere without a pot but need to boil some water? This video will teach you how to boil water without a pot using a plastic bottle. Boil water without a pot.
How To: Boil water without proper equipment
This video is a demonstration of an easy way to boil water while camping. Simply take a plastic bottle, fill it to the top with no space for air, close the bottle, start a fire and place the bottle in the fire. Since there is no air in the bottle it won't melt. After a couple minutes you will have boiling water. Careful removing the bottle from the fire.
How To: Build a bivouac shelter
Bushcraft and Survival Skills Magazine and video jug team up to demonstrate how to build a bivouac shelter. Materials you will need are: a bivouac, a ground sheet and a knife. Choose right spot for camp. Is there a fuel source or water nearby? Is there a water source? These and other practical considerations are discussed. Build a bivouac shelter.
How To: Use natural fire lighters in the wild
Bushcraft And Survival Magazine, and Videojug team up to demonstrate how to use natural fire lighters in the wild. Various techniques are explained. Flammable materials readily available in the wild are maya sticks, birch bark, cramp balls. Good luck practicing your bushcraft. Maya sticks, birch bark, cramp balls are ideal natural fire starters. Use natural fire lighters in the wild.
How To: Find water from your surroundings
Bushcraft and Survival Skills Magazine and Videojug team up to bring you this informative video demonstrating how to find water from your surroundings. You will need: plastic sheeting, a plastic bad, a small spade or digging stick, containers that will hold water, a filtration device, a means of water purification. Tips for finding water in you environment are discussed in detail. Condensation and dew can also be good sources of water. All these and other practical situations are discussed. F...
How To: Split wood using an axe or a knife
Videojug and Simon Eller of Bushcraft And Survival Skills Magazine team up in this informative video to demonstrate how to split wood with a knife or axe. Place your knife where you want to split the wood and use another reasonably heave piece of wood to strike the knife. Good luck. Split wood using an axe or a knife.
How To: Stay healthy in the jungle
Learn how to protect yourself in the jungle. This video shows you techniques and measures to take to protect against illness. Such illnesses include trench foot or jungle rot from walking in wet climates. Myke also use plants as herbs and medicinal substitutes. Stay healthy in the jungle.
How To: Use a machete in the jungle
Myke Hawke shows you why a machete is one of the most important things to have in the jungle. He illustrates how to use the point, middle bow and the fine curved whittler. Use a machete in the jungle.
How To: Navigate through the jungle
When in the jungle, everything can look the same. Myke demonstrates how to navigate through the jungle. Using tress, Myke shows you how to find streams, rivers and tree lines to help you keep a steady path. He also illustrates how to create big fires to make black smoke signals. Navigate through the jungle.
How To: Protect against mosquitos
Learn how to protect yourself from one of the most dangerous predators, the mosquito. Mosquitoes spread dengue fever and malaria. Phil West explains the steps and procedures to protect yourself from mosquitoes, using roots and animal dung. Protect against mosquitos.
How To: Build shelter in the desert
Learn how to build a shelter in the desert by using things around you. Phil West will show you what to look for and how to use it. By using elephants chewing gum, branches and even dirt to build a shelter. Build shelter in the desert.
How To: Avoid mosquito bites
The female mosquito feeds on blood so she can develop eggs, but in the process she can transmit disease. This video gives tips on how to avoid mosquito bites like avoid going out at dusk, application of repellent, wearing long sleeves and more. Avoid mosquito bites.
How To: Survive in the wildnerness by preventing heat loss
Learn about how you lose heat in a wilderness survival situation. This is part one of a series on survival shelters and skills by Ron Hood of survival.com. Defeat heat loss by understanding how you lose heat, building shelter and a fire.
How To: Make wilderness survival priorities
Learn wilderness survival priorities. This is part two of a series on survival shelters and skills by Ron Hood. Find your directions, search for a south facing slope to make your camp. You can also learn how to tell time with your fist.
How To: Secure a water heater
Leave it to Seattle to take care of every detail of earthquake prevention safety. Learn how to safely secure and anchor down your water heater Secure a water heater.
How To: Call 911 in case of an emergency
In this emergency preparedness video series, learn what to do when you need to call 911, or even if you call by accident. Our expert, an experienced 911 dispatch operator, Jill Maglione, will tell you what the most important information you need to give is, why you need to give your address, why you may be asked to stay on the line, how to get to the point about what type of emergency you have, how to teach kids to use 911, how to report a car accident, and more tips you need for emergency pr...
How To: Secure your home
In these home security and safety videos, learn how to upgrade your house in some important ways. Our expert, Jon Olson, will show you how to secure your windows and sliding glass doors, some of your home’s most vulnerable entries, with bar locks. Learn how to install a door guard latch to keep small children from getting out, as well as a peep hole to see who’s at the front door. Finally, get some important fire safety tips and learn how to install smoke detectors for your home.
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