The primary focus of this book is critically important basic survival skills used to handle any emergency situation in the wilderness areas of Canada. After reading this book you will understand:- the importance of being prepared- the basic requirements and priorities of survival- hazards and causes of survival situations- the major elements of successful survival in the wilderness- the physical and emotional stresses of survival.As well, you will learn how to prepare a personal survival kit for the specific event you are planning, and understand search and rescue procedures. You will also learn the following basic outdoor skills:- emergency first aid- fire lighting, shelter location and construction- water acquisition and purification- signaling methods- bush travel and navigation- knife awareness and competence- identifying and using local plants.Photos and illustrations throughout. The author, an ex-army high school teacher, has taught survival skills for years in many situations.

The Special Forces expert presents the ultimate guide for surviving anything with skills, info and scenarios from natural disasters to armed insurrection. In an increasingly unstable world, anticipation and preparation are crucial to your survival chances. Whether you find yourself facing a sudden quarantine, an armed assailant, or a deadly tornado, The Ultimate Survival Guide has you covered. This comprehensive guide is packed with practical tips, crucial skills, devastating scenarios, and real-life survival stories that could help save you and your family in case of an emergency. A frequent contributor to Outdoor Life magazine, Richard Johnson is a former special forces soldier, EMT, volunteer firefighter, and US Coast Guard instructor. Now he shares his considerable knowledge and experience on the subject of survival whether it’s out in the wild, during a disaster, or in the midst of an urban crisis. With this guide, you’ll learn how to avoid airborne diseases, clean chemical spills and treat poisoning victims. And you’ll have detailed instructions on things like making your own bow and arrow, harvesting Aspirin from tree bark, generating your own power, and starting a car with a screwdriver.

Honorary Chief of the Black Creek Cherokee of Florida, river-rafter, and backwoods guide, Willy Whitefeather has lived in the wilderness for many years. When he found almost all of the how-to-survive-in-the-woods books were written for grown-ups, he sat down and wrote this book for his grandchildren and for kids everywhere so they could learn how to "make it back safe".

Shows how to build a lean-to, make a fire, obtain safe drinking water, harvest and prepare food plants, make tools and weapons, catch fish, and hunt animals.

Aim of this book is to entertainn its readers, to alert readers to the potential dangers and emergencies that might occur in the wilderness and how to avoid them. This knowledge might help a person survive or avoid a difficult situation.