Colloidal Silver - What it can do and can not do for you

April 30, 2009 - "Colloidal Silver – What it can and can not do for you" By Joseph Parish. This article is a continuation of our previous article on colloidal silver. In this session I would like to provide you with a small list of some of the various medical conditions which can potentially be remedies by the use of colloidal silver. Click here

Fly fishing

April 29, 2009 - "Fly Fishing" The sport of fly fishing has been around for years and years. In medieval times, anglers fished for food, but the sport has evolved over the years to become a real test of skills. This article is included here because I feel that fishing has a place in the survivalists toolbox of skills. Click here

PDF Versions of articles

April 29, 2009 - At the request of a viewer I am now including a PDF version of all articles that I place on the website. This will allow the readers to achieve these articles into their own survival library. Slowly I will make my way back in the previous articles and do the same thing but for now I will certainly include the current articles that I place here. If you have any questions please let me know.

Colloidal Silver to the rescue

April 28, 2009 - "Colloidal Silver to the Rescue" By Joseph Parish. In view of the recent epidemic of swine flu I am writing a sequence of articles concerning how we can safeguard ourselves by using what is known as colloidal silver. This is the first part which is merely providing you with some background information. Click here

The Citizens Guide to Surviving Police Encounters

April 27, 2009 "The Citizens Guide to Surviving Police Encounters" - Here is another module on " The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters". This unit was created by Flex Your Rights and narrated by retired ACLU director Ira Glasser, BUSTED realistically depicts the pressure and confusion of common police encounters. In an entertaining and revealing manner, BUSTED illustrates the right and wrong ways to handle different police encounters and pays special attention to demonstrating how you, the viewer, can courteously and confidently refuse police searches. Click here

SAS Survival Secrets - Behind Enemy Lines

April 26, 2009 "SAS Survival Secrets - Behind Enemy Lines" - Here we have a film entitled "SAS Survival Secrets - Behind enemy lines - Episode 1". This film features a recreation of a typical SAS mission. Eddie Stone and other veterans further explain their weaponry, combat evasions and survival tactics. Click here

Quick ways to cut those grocery bills

April 25, 2009 - "Quick ways to cut those grocery bills" By Joseph Parish. If you have been following the grocery store process of food lately you know only too well how expensive it is getting to eat. Keep in mind that this is not a one time issue but these processes are expected to increase even more in the upcoming months. I would like to present to you a few rules and pointers that just may cut your food bill drastically. Click here

Survival Group Organization

April 24, 2009 – “Survival Group Organization” The old saying that there is safety in numbers is just as valid today as it ever has been. During those emergency situations where a friendly hand is needed and like minded people are desired a small select survival group is of utmost importance. With that thought in mind Delmarva Survival Training has been trying to gather together a small group of people who think, sleep and live survival. We want useful people who truly desires to not only survive but to help contribute to our community resolves. If you are interested in joining such a group please send me an email with your name, location and a means of verbally contacting you to joseph.parish@survival-training.info

Emergency storage quantities for fuel related items

April 24, 2009 - "Emergency storage quantities for fuel related items" By Joseph Parish. Just about everyone stores candles for emergencies however very few people really know how many to store up on. To judge the time it takes for a candle to melt you must consider its diameter as well as the length. A candle which is ¾ of an inch in diameter and 4 inches long will burn for approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, while one which is 7/8 of an inch but the same length will burn for 5 hours. The two inch diameters will maintain a light for approximately 7 hours per inch. Click here

Some foods may be cheaper to buy

April 23, 2009 - "Some foods may be cheaper to buy" By Joseph Parish. With the increase in grocery store prices lately many people are seriously considering the home garden in an effort to cut the budget a bit. This is all well and good however one must fully realize that with certain foods it may be more cost effective to purchase the cans as opposed to canning them yourself. Click here

Dry Pack Food Storage Using Pete Containers

April 22, 2009 - "Dry Pack food storage using Pete Containers" PET food grade containers are easily obtained and are useful for a variety of food storage ranging from rice and beans to instant dry milk. The most popular PET container is the two quart plastic soda bottle. This article entitled "Dry-Pack Food Storage Using PETE Containers" provides a good idea on what to place into them and what not. Click here

Wilderness Survival Foods

April 21, 2009 - "Wilderness Survival Foods" By Joseph Parish. When you become stranded or lost in the middle of the woods it is an encouraging thought that simply by looking around you can easily discover a vast multitude of foods. As a survivalist it is our responsibility to ourselves and to our families to be able to recognize and find these value food sources should we need them. Click here

Hands on Experiences for Home School children

April 20, 2009 - "Hands on Experiences for Home School Children" by Joseph Parish. As a home school parent it lays within our realm of responsibility to make learning enjoyable, interesting and effective. When setting up effective home school learning activities we should continually seek out various methods that we can creatively reinforce the learning modules with the actual events studied that day. This is a far simpler task then you may suspect. Click here

Emergency Actions Against Paper Cuts

April 19, 2009 - "Emergency Actions against Paper Cuts" By Joseph Parish. Here you sit at your desk organizing your next bug out exercise and all of a sudden you receive one of those nasty paper cuts. We are talking about the type that takes forever to heal. The ones where every time it gets likely to heal up you expose the cut again. We all know the ones which I am speaking of. Click here

Back to the Commandments of Firearm Safety

April 18, 2009 - "Back to the Commandments of Firearm Safety" By Joseph Parish. Remington Firearms once published what they referred to as the Ten Commandments relating to Firearm Safety. As a responsible survivalist we should all bear in mind these important safety precautions and have them permanently engraved within our minds any time we pick up our weapons. I consider these rules so important that I have decided to elaborate on them in this article with the hope that these conventions will governor all our actions associated with the use of firearms. Click here

Get your Medications prior to an emergency evacuation

April 17, 2009 - "Get your Medication prior to an emergency evacuation" By Joseph Parish. As survivalist we must be ready for every situation whether we are in complete control of our health or not. Many of us may be on daily medications but when we have to depart and evacuate an area we have to do it then – not later. This makes management of our medications even more important then ever before. I hope that the following tips will assist you in this task. Click here

Canning outdoors with a Turkey Fryer

April 16, 2009 - "Canning outdoors with a Turkey Fryer" By Joseph Parish. An interesting concept and experiment that most canners have to try is canning your garden fresh produce with the use of an outdoor turkey fryer. Yes, that’s right the kind where you normally fill it with oil and place the turkey in it to cook. Only with this use you place water in it. Click here

Power Outage Survival Kit

April 15, 2009 - "Power Outage Survival Kit" By Joseph Parish. When it’s black out it is definitely black out. I often think why it is that whenever I happen to lose power it occurs on the darkest of nights with no moonlight what-so-ever? Well all that shows is the necessity of having a well equipped power outage Survival kit. Click here

Making Home Food Storage Affordable

April 14, 2009 - "Making Home Food Storage Affordable" By Joseph Parish. You know that you need to store up on food in the event of an emergency however, there are always things that pop up and demand priority over your food storage dollars. The car may need fixing; the washing machine just died on you or the refrigerator is on the blink. If it isn’t one thing it’s another. Click here

Review - Kelty Chinook Sleeping Bag

April 13, 2009 - We have a short review on the Kelty Chinook Sleeping Bag. I'm not an arctic mountain climber or anything like that, but I do like to go on extended canoe and camping trips with my wife. We both use the Kelty Chinook sleeping bag (20 degree model) because it's easy to pack, keeps the water out (even when we hit a little whitewater now and again) and keeps us both warm in our tent from spring to fall. The decision was left up to me, and considering myself a frugal man I was after the most bang for my buck. The Chinook has proven to be the perfect sleeping bag because it isn't too hot for mid-summer canoe trips but also keeps us nice and toasty into the early fall season. Click here

Types of Fishing Boats

April 12, 2009 - "Types Of Fishing Boats" Boats have long been on the scene for practical purposes of fishing and water transportation. However, they have managed to become status symbols over a period of time. Here is also a short piece on the various types that as survivalists we should be aware of. Click here

Bug out Journals - How to Learn from Your Mistakes

April 11, 2009 - "Bug Out Journals How to learn from your mistakes" By Joseph Parish. Every survivalist should practice and rehearse what they will actually do should the emergency ever occurs. Being prepared is the main key to survival and the only means by which we can obtain this necessary proficiency is to practice. Every time we execute a practice exercise, we discover that we have forgotten something or we recognize that we need to add something to our BOB or to the BOV. This is not a predominantly lethal dilemma - At this time! It could very well be if we were in an actual situation. Click here

Survival Kit Made From the Dollar Tree Store

April 10, 2009 - "Survival Kit Made From the Dollar Tree Store" By Joseph Parish. Survival kits can be fabricated from a sizeable assortment of materials often times consisting of items that may frequently be found within ones home or inexpensively purchased from your local “Dollar Tree” store. It is not essential for one to rush to the local department store in order to purchase bits and pieces for use in those times when you feel threaten with either a natural or a manmade emergency. The simple list which I have created here will be sufficient for those last minute emergency situations. All these items can be purchased at your local “Dollar Tree” store. Click here

Your Cadbury Easter Eggs are finished

April 9, 2009 - "Your Cadbury Easter Eggs are finished" By Joseph Parish. Here it is Easter time again and which of you do not remember the famous Cadbury Crème Egg usually given to you on Easter morning. The Cadbury Chocolate Egg was originally produced by a British company known as Cadbury Schweppes. How well we all recall the thick milk chocolate outer shell and the yellow and white filling that represented yolk of a real egg. Click here

How to Make an Emergency Shelter

April 9, 2009 - "How to Make an Emergency Shelter" Lost! What do you do when you find yourself lost in the woods and you realize that you have not any shelter or food? The food problem will be addressed in a separate article, but for now, we will talk about building an emergency shelter. Just how does one go about making an emergency shelter when all he has are the clothes on his back and his backpack? The process of building a shelter is simpler than you think! Click here

Bug Out Rubbermaid Kit or BURK

April 8, 2009 - "Bug Out Rubbermaid Kit or BURK" by Joseph Parish. Since the aftermath of 9-11, it is not uncommon to get on your computer to check the most recent news only to find that the security alert level has been elevated. This increase in vigilance is no need to get frightened and rush off into a corner with your only flashlight in hand. Instead, keep calm and plan before hand. Here are a few hints to follow. Click here

Tell me about Salted Fish

April 7, 2009 - "Tell me about Salted Fish" By Joseph Parish. During the 15th and 16th century, there was no such thing as refrigeration or canning so the professional fishermen of the Mediterranean had to preserve their daily catch by means of salting. Although salting was judged the most widespread method, the anglers also preserved their catch with oil or brine, air-drying and smoking. The most common fish used for salting was anchovies, sardines, tuna, eels, herring plus bottarga, which is Italian for tuna eggs. Click here

You may only store so much food

April 6, 2009 - "You may only store so much food" We have all heard rumors that big brother was going to take over our weapons and our food supplies in the event of a national disaster, well here is a little tid-bit of information for you to digest this morning with your fresh orange juice. Does the United States have a law telling you that you may only store so much food? Find out by reading our next article called "You may only store so much food" Click here

Learn more about our federal governments weather alert system Weather Alert, Check out the NOAA Weather Radio Service

April 5, 2009 - "Weather Alert, Check out the NOAA Weather Radio Service" By Joseph Parish. Branded as the “Voice of NOAA’s National Weather Service”, the weather radio service of NOAA is a national public service supplied to us by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA of the U.S. Department of Commerce. It is a nationwide complex of radio stations propagating nonstop weather related information directly from the closest National Weather Service office. Learn more about our federal governments weather alert system by reading our latest article entitled "Weather Alert, Check out the NOAA Weather Radio Service". Click here

Making Canned Heat

April 4, 2009 - "Making Canned Heat" I am not a chemist, nor do I have any training in this field. I'm just a guy that found this recipe, bought the ingredients put them together, and it worked. Any production you might do, is at your own risk. Click here

Our current time of Crisis makes Bugging out Difficult

April 3, 2009 - "Our current time of crisis makes Bugging out Difficult" By Joseph Parish. Our current financial struggle here in America is on the verge of making an emergency bug out difficult at best. Predictions have been revealed that state our workforce will be at just about a stand still by the end of 2009. In short there simply are not enough jobs for the people. Ninety-five percent of our nation's metropolitan cities will have far fewer job positions available as the year ends than those that they had at the beginning of the year. Click here

Indoor Survival Garden

April 2, 2009 - "Indoor Survival Garden" Keeping your garden safe and out of sight, from hungry looters and refuges after the collapse could mean the difference between life and death for the survivor. Having a traditional garden planted in rows is an open invitation to trouble, as every hungry unprepared person passing by will try to raid your garden, for a easy meal. Click here

The Fate of the Elderly During a Crisis

April 1, 2009 - "The Fate of the Elderly during a Crisis" By Joseph Parish. We often wonder what will be our reactions during some type of major disaster or crisis. Will we behave as we expect ourselves to? Will we do everything by the book as we had planned? Will we be able to provide for our loved ones properly? There are more questions then we have answers for. Under the expected circumstances all we can do is guess as to what our actions will be. Click here