1. Shelters Bring in tin with lid

2.  To give you basic skills and knowledge to help you survive a crisis in the wild.  To give you opportunity to research different survival techniques.

3.  More than any other skill, your attitude determines how successful you are in a survival situation.  Without a desire to survive, acquired skills serve little purpose and valuable knowledge goes to waste.  Once you realize you are in trouble, sit down, try to stay calm and collect your thoughts.

4.  Stop Plan Execute Assess & Re-evaluate

5.  - 3 minutes without air - 3 hours without a regulated body temperature (shelter) - 3 days without water - 3 weeks without food  The “Rule of Threes” provides a guideline of how to prioritize basic survival skills: first shelter, then water, and lastly food.

6.  Many people who are forced into survival situations often get into serious trouble because of direct exposure to the elements.  It is extremely  important to prevent  or minimize heat loss.

7.  Use ground that is dry and well drained.  Choose a place where it can easily be seen.  How will you heat it? Body heat, Fire…  Insulation from ground, wind, rain

8.  Find a straight and sturdy branch to act as your ridgepole. This branch should be a few feet taller than you. This is the spine of your hut, so make sure it's braced firmly.

9.  Use straight sticks leaned against your ridgepole every few inches as ribs. Line them all the way down, leaving only a small opening on the high end to act as a doorway.  Pile all manner of fine brush and twigs over the ribs of your structure.  Gather as much debris as you can from the ground and pile it over the twigs on your structure.

10.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs3xDPjb Cj8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs3xDPjb Cj8