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F.J. Bohan is the author of three books: Living on the Edge: A Family’s Journey to Self-Sufficiency, Barbed Wire, Barricades, and Bunkers: The Free Citizen’s Guide to Fortifying the Home Retreat, and his latest work: Emergency Air for Shelter-In-Place Preppers and Home Built Bunkers which is due out shortly from Paladin Press.With over thirty years’…

In Canada, as well as most other parts of the world, a great percentage of disaster situations are caused by weather.  Although most of us like to joke about the accuracy of the forecasters, Environment  Canada has made weather forecasting a reliable science. Weatheradio is a network of radio transmitters stretching from the Gulf of…

Here is a podcast I put out last month about Canada’s tornado season.Given recent events in the U.S., specifically Moore, OK, I thought it fitting that I share this.Enjoy… Listen to internet radio with American Preppers Radio1 on Blog Talk Radio

As we have all likely heard by now, there has been a devastating tornado in Moore, OK.  At the time of this post, the death toll has risen to 51, with a reported 40 more being transported to the cororners office.  Sadly, a large number of these are children, many of which were in an…

 Although the jist of the 72 hrs campaign is to assemble a home emergency kit, I thought it might be a good idea today to go over how to pack up an evacuation go pack, more commonly known as a bug out bag. Think of it this way, You are awakened in the wee hours…

Cam and Michelle Mather run an off grid farm in Ontario, producing 100% of their own electricity wit solar panels and a wind turbine.  They have gracefully given me permission to repost from their blog, and I thought that this particular article would serve as a reminder that emergencies do happen.  Anyone in eastern Canada…

The second basic step to being prepared is also this year’s theme for EP Week, making a plan.  Having an emergency plan in place before hand can avoid confusion and save valuable time during an event.  When disaster strikes, people naturally become confused or disoriented.  By taking a few minutes to make a plan can…

Being prepared is comings in many forms.. read on and you will see one of the things I have been doing for years and that have worked out to be a great thing in our home.. Well this week has been a interesting one, so far 1.    MIL got stung by a wasp on her…

For today’s post, we’ll take a look at the first step to being prepared…knowing the risks.  There are two basic types of disasters that can affect you and your family, they are: Natural disasters Man made disasters  Natural disasters are quite region specific.  For instance, a person living in BC would likely not need to…

Emergency Preparedness Week 2013 5 -11 May 2013 http://www.getprepared.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/ep-wk/index-eng.aspx It is Emergency Preparedness Week again. Each year in Canada we use the first full week of May to acknowledge and prepare for the unexpected. Whether, we are talking a house fire, forest fire, flood or tornado, we need to be ready 24 hours a day,…