This is the general outline for the Preparedness Binder for you to take what is vital for your situation and customize it to fit your needs. As the information becomes available, we will be adding Word and/or pdf files to print. If you see anything that is missing or something that you would like to see added, please let us know!
PREPAREDNESS BINDER
PREPAREDNESS 101 – General information
WATER –
· How to collect water and what water to collect
· How to purify/filter/boil water
· How to treat water
· How to store water
· How much water to store – how much for daily intake and use
· General Links and Resources
· List of possible supplies
FOOD –
· Determine your families diet and nutrition needs
· Determine your food storage goals
· How to properly store and rotate your food storage
· Growing your own food
o Vegetables * Fruits * Fruit and Nut Trees *Herbs *Livestock
· Indentifying and using wild edible plants
· Hunting, Fishing and Trapping for wild game
· How to Preserve your harvest
o Canning * Dehydrating * Lactic Fermentation * Root Cellaring *Butchering
o Salt Preservation
· Seed Saving
· Organic gardening practices
· Hydroponics
· Growing Indoors
· Extracts – how to make and use
· Vinegars – how to make and use
· Bread making
· Wine making
· Robbing bees
· Sprouting
· Juicing
· Composting and making compost tea
· Cooking and Baking without electricity
· List of supplies needed for all these
· Books of relevant information
SHELTER AND CLOTHING –
· How to prepare your house
o Water * Heat *Insulation
· What items to have in your house
· Ways to heat your house
· Building Primitive Shelters
· Determining your families clothing needs and proper storage of future use items
· Determine if you are bugging out or sheltering in
· Bugging out
SECURITY –
· Personal Security
o Self defense
· Home and/or Property Security
o Natural defenses
· Community Security
o OPSEC and working with neighbors for security
· Books and resources
MEDICINAL AND FIRST AID
· Alternative/Natural treatments for common ailments
· Diagnosis medical problems and determine treatment and provide treatment
· Diagnosis dental problems and determine treatment and provide treatment
· Using herbs and wild plants for making tinctures and medicines
· First Aid supplies
· Books and Resources
SANITATION
· How to make an outhouse
· How to dispose of human waste
· How to properly dispose of human remains
CLEANING – LAUNDRY – HYGIENE
· Making household cleaners
· Making homemade laundry detergent
· Doing laundry by hand and the supplies needed
· Making soap
· Making personal hygiene products, detergent, toothpaste,
· Feminine hygiene solutions
COMMUNICATION –
· Ways to communicate
· Communication protocols
· Setting up local communications
BACK TO BASICS AND SURVIVAL SKILLS
· Cooking from scratch
· Sewing
· Knitting
· Crocheting
· Making Clothing and blankets
· Cutting wood
· Candle making
· Leather work
· Wood working
· Blacksmithing
· Bee keeping
· How to build a fire and tend it
· Basket weaving
· Pottery
· Tanning hides
· Making bows and arrows
· Knife making
· Cheese making
· Wood working
· Gunsmithing and reloading
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND BACK-UP POWER
· Solar Power
· Wind Power
· Hydro Power
BARTERING
· Are Precious Metals right for you and which ones to own
· What items to store for bartering
· How to set up a trade store
COMFORT AND ENTERTAINMENT
· Items to have and ways for comforting and entertaining children
· Items to have and ways for comforting and entertaining adults
