SURVIVAL PREPAREDNESS (Chapter 1-1) Objective: Know how to survive in situations where your safety and life depends on your decisions Samples of Behavior

SURVIVAL PREPAREDNESS(Chapter 1-1)

• Objective:• Know how to survive in situations where your safety

and life depends on your decisions

• Samples of Behavior• Define survival preparedness

• List several items a survival pattern must include

• Define the letters in the keyword SURVIVAL

• Survival -- What is it?• Survival Preparedness• Being able to cope in situations where your safety is

not automatically assured by the resources to which you’re accustomed


• Survival Pattern => Increase odds you’ll survive• Food

• Water

• Shelter

• Fire

• First Aid

• Signals


The survival situation will determine which of the items to the left are most important. Can you explain what this means?

• Size up the situation• Your surroundings• Your physical condition• Your equipment


S

• Use all your senses• Haste makes waste• 1st Thought: Am I safe here?• Note sounds and smell


U

• Remember where you are• Spot your location, look around• If on the move, always try to know

where you are in relation to where you were

• Keep in mind water sources


R

• Vanquish fear and panic—the greatest enemies in survival• Vanquish: To gain mastery over,

subdue completely, eliminate• How?• Training and Preparation = Confidence


V

• Improvise• Use common items to perform

uncommon actions


I

• Value Living• Find something to live for• Be stubborn


V

• Act only after thinking


A

• Live by your wits, but for now, learn basic skills• Learn about your environment

• Practice makes perfect

• Prepare yourself and your equipment before you enter an environment

• But be ready for the unexpected


L

• Exercise – Mountain Trail


• And the best answer is ……

a

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SURVIVAL PREPAREDNESS (Chapter 1-1) Objective: Know how to survive in situations where your safety and life depends on your decisions Samples of Behavior