Course Outline

Basic Survival - 2 days, 1 night

Introduction to Survial

• Preparing Survival Kits and Vehicles
• Vehicle Parts as a Survival Resource
• Survival Priorities and Psychology
• Enemies of Survival and High Risk Factors
• Short term Requirements (72 hours or less).

Fire Building Methods and Materials

• Ignition with Matches, Ferrocerium Rod, and Magnigying Glass, and Tinder Selection for each Method.
• Choice of Fuel Wood for various Applications
• Lighting Fires in high Humidity or Rain
• Cooking Fires
• Tool Use and Maintenance

Shelter Building Methods and Materials

• Tarp Super Shelter
• Natural Materials Shelter
• Knots, Lashing, and Natural Cordage Material
• Tool Use, Maintainance, and Safety.

Finding Food and Water

• Short Term Water Requirement and Sources
• Filtering, and Purifying Chemically or by Boiling

Singalling for Help

• Building Signal Fires to Alert Aircraft and Fire Tower Personnel
• Signal Mirror Techniques
• Ground to Air Communication

Complete Survival - 5 days, 4 nights

Introduction to Survival

• Preparation of vehicle and Survival kits
• Vehicle Parts as a Survival Resource
• Survival Priorities and Psychology
• Enemies of Survival and High Risk Facors
• Medium to Long Term Nutritional Requirements

Fire Building Methods and Materials

• Techniques with Friction (Bow Drill), Magnesium and Ferro rods, magnifying glass, flint and steel, matches, and suitable man made and natural tinder
• Best Materials to maintain a Fire and Techniques to extent Burn Time
• Lighting Fires in High Humidity or Rain
• Self Feeding and Cooking Fires
• Hot rock bed (conditions permitting)
• Tool Use, Maintainance, and Safety in Building and Maintaining Fires

Shelter Building Methods and Materials

• Various types of Tarp Shelters including Tarp Super Shelter.
  • Shelter with Natural Materials
  • Snow Shelter, conditions permitting
  • Knots and Lashing used in Shelter Building
  • Natural Cordage Materials
  • Joints and Notches without Cordage
  • Tool Use in Shelter Building

Finding Food and Water

• Finding water in the abscence of surface water
  • Solar still and transpiration bag
  • Purifying and Filtering with kit supplies and by Natural Means
  • Hunting and Trapping Techniques and Weapons
  • Snaring Techniques, Box traps/Deadfalls, Weapons
  • Edible Plants

Signalling and Finding your Way out

• Building Signal Fires to Signal Aircraft and Fire Tower Personnel
  • Signal Mirror Techniques
  • Ground to Air Communication
  • The Decision to Find Your Way Out

Signalling and Finding your Way out

• Building Signal Fires to Signal Aircraft and Fire Tower Personnel
  • Signal Mirror Techniques
  • Ground to Air Communication
  • The Decision to Find Your Way Out