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Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday!Riverwalker
Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday!Riverwalker
Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday!Riverwalker
Congratulations to Trish! She is the winner of the SteriPen Sidewinder in Riverwalker’s Gear Giveaway.Here is the comment on the original post:Great Prize! As a newer prepper, with the wind up lights and radio, and the MRE boxes. This would help to kee…
Congratulations to Trish! She is the winner of the SteriPen Sidewinder in Riverwalker’s Gear Giveaway.Here is the comment on the original post:Great Prize! As a newer prepper, with the wind up lights and radio, and the MRE boxes. This would help to kee…
The Texas Preppers Network is kicking off spring with a great gear giveaway! One lucky prepper will receive a free SteriPen Sidewinder ($89 value) to add to their preparedness gear. The winner will be determined by the comments left on this post. The w…
The Texas Preppers Network is kicking off spring with a great gear giveaway! One lucky prepper will receive a free SteriPen Sidewinder ($89 value) to add to their preparedness gear. The winner will be determined by the comments left on this post. The w…
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When packing for camping, many would prefer to think about rations, campground supplies, and tent poles than ways that we might be able to defend ourselves. While it’s true that crime rates at campgrounds are significantly lower than in the city, a reduced likelihood is not very solid grounds to forget the importance of your group’s safety. When camping, it’s wise to heed home security measures like you would if you were home if you want to create a safe environment.
While advanced monitoring and alarm systems clearly aren’t feasible in most outdoors situations, taking some basic principles of home security systems and applying them on your next camping outing can increase your chances of deterring crime and give your campers a greater peace of mind. However, I’d like to make one reservation; whereas crimes in residential properties occur more often in well-traveled areas, the ideal camping grounds are more popular areas where there is a moderate presence of other campers. When it comes to the wilderness, isolation is a key ingredient for disaster.
Without further ado, here are just three ways that we can boost our security while camping to make sure that keep everyone in our party safe, no matter where we are:
1. Maintain a secure presence
The first aspect to keep in mind is adequate lighting, especially during night. Some might choose to avoid light to gain security through stealth, but this is a far greater disadvantage when potential predators lurk. It isn’t advisable to leave a campfire unattended while sleeping, so the better option of maintaining some light at all times is to either use a lantern or a few floodlights with a moderately sized generator. Solar panels are a natural fit if your camping plans go on for longer than your generator can manage.
2. Keep watch
One of the best deterrents in reducing the rates of crime in suburban and urban areas is a solid neighborhood watch. In fact, the FBI’s statistics project that these programs have an efficiency of up to 43%. Likewise, keeping a sense of watch over your campgrounds can make a great difference in keeping criminals away. This doesn’t necessarily entail staying up and taking turns maintaining post; rather, simply being aware of sights and sounds of your environment and having a protocol to respond to emergency situations can save the day.
I always take a whistle when I go camping, which I use for an “alarm” in case I detect something suspicious. Others might use lights, signals, or even walkie-talkies to maintain communications about potential dangers.
3. Keep a tight ship
When you buy a new television, you wouldn’t simply leave the box next to your trash can; it would be a blatant advertisement to crooks that you have a shiny new HDTV for the taking. Similarly, it’s always wise (and courteous!) to pick up after yourself when camping. Leaving garbage around can attract potentially dangerous wildlife, pose an environmental hazard to your group or other campers, and leave a trail that criminals could use to determine your resources and tail your group.
When it comes to demonstrating your resources, whether you’re at home or outside, the best policy is discretion.
4. Have a backup plan for worst case situations
No matter how thorough you are in establishing a safe campgrounds and maintaining safe practices, it’s impossible to guarantee that someone (or a wild animal) won’t target you or others with you while camping. Just as you might keep a firearm at home in the case of a home invasion, it’s a good idea to carry some kind of firearm to defend your camp from criminals or dangerous wildlife should your camp fail to deter a dangerous element.
While it’s always preferable to make sure you never have to use it in the first place, keeping a firearm with you is a valuable last resort in keeping the peace while camping.
This guest post was provided by Naomi Broderick.
Be aware. Be informed. Be prepared.
Riverwalker
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When packing for camping, many would prefer to think about rations, campground supplies, and tent poles than ways that we might be able to defend ourselves. While it’s true that crime rates at campgrounds are significantly lower than in the city, a reduced likelihood is not very solid grounds to forget the importance of your group’s safety. When camping, it’s wise to heed home security measures like you would if you were home if you want to create a safe environment.
While advanced monitoring and alarm systems clearly aren’t feasible in most outdoors situations, taking some basic principles of home security systems and applying them on your next camping outing can increase your chances of deterring crime and give your campers a greater peace of mind. However, I’d like to make one reservation; whereas crimes in residential properties occur more often in well-traveled areas, the ideal camping grounds are more popular areas where there is a moderate presence of other campers. When it comes to the wilderness, isolation is a key ingredient for disaster.
Without further ado, here are just three ways that we can boost our security while camping to make sure that keep everyone in our party safe, no matter where we are:
1. Maintain a secure presence
The first aspect to keep in mind is adequate lighting, especially during night. Some might choose to avoid light to gain security through stealth, but this is a far greater disadvantage when potential predators lurk. It isn’t advisable to leave a campfire unattended while sleeping, so the better option of maintaining some light at all times is to either use a lantern or a few floodlights with a moderately sized generator. Solar panels are a natural fit if your camping plans go on for longer than your generator can manage.
2. Keep watch
One of the best deterrents in reducing the rates of crime in suburban and urban areas is a solid neighborhood watch. In fact, the FBI’s statistics project that these programs have an efficiency of up to 43%. Likewise, keeping a sense of watch over your campgrounds can make a great difference in keeping criminals away. This doesn’t necessarily entail staying up and taking turns maintaining post; rather, simply being aware of sights and sounds of your environment and having a protocol to respond to emergency situations can save the day.
I always take a whistle when I go camping, which I use for an “alarm” in case I detect something suspicious. Others might use lights, signals, or even walkie-talkies to maintain communications about potential dangers.
3. Keep a tight ship
When you buy a new television, you wouldn’t simply leave the box next to your trash can; it would be a blatant advertisement to crooks that you have a shiny new HDTV for the taking. Similarly, it’s always wise (and courteous!) to pick up after yourself when camping. Leaving garbage around can attract potentially dangerous wildlife, pose an environmental hazard to your group or other campers, and leave a trail that criminals could use to determine your resources and tail your group.
When it comes to demonstrating your resources, whether you’re at home or outside, the best policy is discretion.
4. Have a backup plan for worst case situations
No matter how thorough you are in establishing a safe campgrounds and maintaining safe practices, it’s impossible to guarantee that someone (or a wild animal) won’t target you or others with you while camping. Just as you might keep a firearm at home in the case of a home invasion, it’s a good idea to carry some kind of firearm to defend your camp from criminals or dangerous wildlife should your camp fail to deter a dangerous element.
While it’s always preferable to make sure you never have to use it in the first place, keeping a firearm with you is a valuable last resort in keeping the peace while camping.
This guest post was provided by Naomi Broderick.
Be aware. Be informed. Be prepared.
Riverwalker
The amount of man-made occurrences and natural disasters continues to climb. It’s during these times that electricity, gas and water supplies aren’t functioning. There are also emergency situations where you may be quarantined to your home, or even eva…
The amount of man-made occurrences and natural disasters continues to climb. It’s during these times that electricity, gas and water supplies aren’t functioning. There are also emergency situations where you may be quarantined to your home, or even eva…
Rocky has put together a free Skills Library for Preppers. It’s made up of books from the 1800s through early 1900s. All of these books are in the public domain or have expired copyrights. Most are available for free but are pretty time consuming to se…
Rocky has put together a free Skills Library for Preppers. It’s made up of books from the 1800s through early 1900s. All of these books are in the public domain or have expired copyrights. Most are available for free but are pretty time consuming to se…
Everyone is invited to come for a day or to stay all weekend. There are also some special activities planned for Friday night but you will have to RSVP Shane for the details.
KI4U is centrally located in Gonzales right between
Houston,Please RSVP to shane@ki4u.com so he can be sure to make accommodations for everyone that plans to come. He’ll also let you know about the special activities that are planned for Friday. I plan on trying to make it to the meet & greet as well. Hope to see you there.
To help you with your travel costs, he’s got 100 for-real NATO gas cans for sale at a cost of $25 each. This is the same as CTD gets $44.95 for here not including their shipping and handling.
If you have prepper friends you’d want to share this invite with, please do so because we will be glad to have them join us. Just RSVP my friend Shane at shane@ki4u.com.
Everyone is invited to come for a day or to stay all weekend. There are also some special activities planned for Friday night but you will have to RSVP Shane for the details.
KI4U is centrally located in Gonzales right between
Please RSVP to shane@ki4u.com so he can be sure to make accommodations for everyone that plans to come. He’ll also let you know about the special activities that are planned for Friday. I plan on trying to make it to the meet & greet as well. Hope to see you there.
To help you with your travel costs, he’s got 100 for-real NATO gas cans for sale at a cost of $25 each. This is the same as CTD gets $44.95 for here not including their shipping and handling.
If you have prepper friends you’d want to share this invite with, please do so because we will be glad to have them join us. Just RSVP my friend Shane at shane@ki4u.com.
We shall never forget….Please show your support by visiting:http://www.911memorial.org/RW
We shall never forget….Please show your support by visiting:http://www.911memorial.org/RW
We have a winner of the free disaster preparedness guide. Kimhas won the free preparedness guide. Congratulations Kim.Here is the winning comment about preparedness by Kim. kim said…Being prepared is important because you never know when a disas…
We have a winner of the free disaster preparedness guide. Kimhas won the free preparedness guide. Congratulations Kim.Here is the winning comment about preparedness by Kim. kim said…Being prepared is important because you never know when a disas…
Here’s a chance to win a free Disaster Preparedness Guide. This free guide is suitable for carrying in your BOB or GHB and is full of great information. Just leave a comment on this post about why you think it’s important to be prepared. A winner will …
Here’s a chance to win a free Disaster Preparedness Guide. This free guide is suitable for carrying in your BOB or GHB and is full of great information. Just leave a comment on this post about why you think it’s important to be prepared. A winner will …
Although many of us wish we could afford an off-grid survival retreat, they can be a pretty expensive project. Here’ s an example of a fairly nice place that is coming up for auction north of Houston which looks like it has most everything you would need to survive off-grid. This should give you a good idea of the kind of costs and effort that is involved in building a survival retreat. It doesn’t come cheap.
is on your right (Maximum Auto Repair on the corner, just past Dollar Store).
(Hwy 242) exit, turn right (East) and go ~10.7-miles. Turn left on FM 1485.
Reinhardt Rdis 2-miles on your right (Maximum Auto Repair on the corner, just past Dollar Store).
is ~500-Feet (0.1-mile) on your left (Maximum Auto Repair on the corner).
There are also two rear entrances to the property on
Nonesuch Rd.The property is completely fenced, with 6´ chain-link fencing on the front, 8´ wrought iron security fencing on the back and has three 8´ security gates.
Although many of us wish we could afford an off-grid survival retreat, they can be a pretty expensive project. Here’ s an example of a fairly nice place that is coming up for auction north of Houston which looks like it has most everything you would need to survive off-grid. This should give you a good idea of the kind of costs and effort that is involved in building a survival retreat. It doesn’t come cheap.
There’s a new meetup group that has formed for preppers in the Waco area. For those of you in the Waco area, you may want to visit the site and check out what’s happening.I’m sure they would welcome any preppers in the area to their group who might wan…
There’s a new meetup group that has formed for preppers in the Waco area. For those of you in the Waco area, you may want to visit the site and check out what’s happening.I’m sure they would welcome any preppers in the area to their group who might wan…
The Texas Preppers Network would like to say thank you to our supporters. With the continuing support of our members, it is my hope that we can continue our efforts to help everyone become better prepared for all those bumps in the road that seem to po…
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