Individual Preparedness Efforts Necessary

May 4, 2009 - "Individual Preparedness Efforts Necessary" With recent flooding taking place in Fargo, along with snowstorms in the Midwest and Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes in the South the need for planning in advance of a disaster should be very apparent. This planning is not only important for individuals and families within their homes but also for schools and places of business. Click here

Personal Hospital in your Retreat

May 3, 2009 - "Personal Hospital in your retreat" By Joseph Parish. We tend to accumulate all the indispensable first aid supplies that we may require during a tragic situation however we frequently overlook a few significant hints. In this case perhaps a member of our party has to be quarantined consequently we need to seriously consider a miniature hospital room. Click here

Do you hide who you are?

May 2, 2009 - "Do you hide who you are" If you listen to this podcast you are probably a survivalist on one level or another. Some are simple homesteader types that live in the country and try to be self sufficient. Some are more the stereotype and into beans, bullets and Band-Aids. Still others live in urban areas, work typical jobs and just make sure they have some extra food, supplies, etc around incase something goes wrong. Click here

What number Please

May 1, 2009 - "What Number Please?" by Joseph Parish. It is extremely important that during any sort of emergency that you keep in touch with family members and friends. This simple act keeps the family from worrying and contacting the authorities in an effort to find out what your status is. Click here

Oh yes, I forgot to tell you about ....

April 30, 2009 - "Oh Yes I forgot to tell you about…." By Joseph Parish. Well, as all good survivalists you have your initial bug out exercise planned and you feel pretty confident that you have everything under control. You have referred over and over to your well composed bug out checklists and you are 100 percent confident that nothing has been overlooked. You have completely rechecked your bug out bags, your food provisions and your first aid supplies. Click here

Mission Furniture - How to Build it Part I, II and III

June 28, 2009 - We all require furniture whether we are in a Bug out Retreat or in the comfort of our normal home. Therefore we now have three new PDF books in our library on Building Mission furniture. They are entitled "Mission Furniture - How to Build it Part I, II and III". Click here

PDF Versions of Articles

April 28, 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.

Making Char Cloth Training Video

April 27, 2009 - "Making Char Cloth training Video" Char Cloth is probably the best and cheapest form of do-it-yourself fire starter I have ever seen. I am amazed at how long I lived before I found out about this really old form of tinder. It is really a method of making Charcoal from a 100% cotton tee shirt. Thanks to Rouge Turtle for the video. Click here

Peace Corp Development Guide

April 26, 2009 - "Peace Corps Remote Area Development Guide" - We now have a copy of the Peace Corps Remote Area Development Guide Available in our Library area. This guide is just what anyone would need to jump start a agricultural settlement and everything else the small town would need. Click here

If I was a terrorist

April 25, 2009 - "If I was a terrorist" Here is an interesting video entitled "If I Were A Terrorist" by A James Pence! 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

Don't try to open a church with a church key

April 24, 2009 - "Don’t try to open a church with a church key" By Joseph Parish. I can remember when I was growing up my father would always mention a “Church Key” and all his friends and family knew perfectly well what he was talking about. Today few of the current generation have any concept of what a “Church key” is. Now, we are talking about 1930 - 1960 as a time frame for this slang used to designate a common bottle opener. Click here

Cookware when Bugging out

April 23, 2009 - "Cookware when Bugging Out" By Joseph Parish. When the time arrives to bug out to a safe location we all have some idea as to what we should take with us. In some cases these essential items are contained in out Bug out Vehicle well ahead of their actual need. Click here

SPAM Recipes

April 22, 2009 - "Spam Recipes" We have a PDF file linked here to my web site. We all realize the value of canned meat in emergency situations and I for one have come to appreciate the canned SPAM. I have included a Spam Recipe file online for those who may be interested in various ways to use this product. Click here

Food Storage Cooking School Use it or lose it FN_503

April 21, 2009 - "Food Storage Cooking School Use it or Lose it FN_503" Here is a PDF pamphlet entitles "Food Storage Cooking School Use it or lose it FN_503" It has a food storage rack in it which you can construct. Click here

How to Handle excess Lettuce - With Lettuce and Herb Soup

April 20, 2009 - "How to handle excess Lettuce – With Lettuce and Herb Soup" by Joseph Parish. Did your garden do exceptionally well this year with lettuce? Are you at a standstill as to what to do with all this excess? Never fear as here is an article that will knock your socks off with how to make lettuce and herb soup. Click here

When Disaster Strikes

April 19, 2009 - "When Disaster Strikes" - We don't always get a warning before a disaster so isn't it time you got ready for a civil emergency? Is your family going to survive? Here is an article written by Lucy Lockett. Click here

Survival Kits

April 18, 2009 - "Survival Kits" - One of the most watched television shows today is CBS's Survivor. This show is anything but reality, as it focuses more on the game of adventure than the real aspect of survival situations. Of course, in the real world, survival is not a fun escapade. There are no exciting challenges and there is no such thing as immunity. Click here

Wilderness Survival Foods

April 17, 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

A most astounding Rhubarb Jelly

April 16, 2009 - "A most astounding Rhubarb Jelly" By Joseph Parish. Rhubarb is one of those interesting plants which you do not generally chance upon a lot of information on. You will certainly encounter difficulty locating it in your local supermarket. I would like to take you on a gardening journey from growing your own rhubarb to harvesting it and finally to creating some tasty Rhubarb – Lime jelly. Click here

Storing your Flour and making Olive Oil Bread

April 15, 2009 - "Storing your flour and making Olive Oil Bread" By Joseph Parish. I store up on a lot of food in the event that we have an emergency or a situation develops where food may not be readily available. As such, I on occasion, purchase food in bulk. A sample of this would be flour. However, flour as everyone knows can readily become buggy. Click here

A Good Portable Wire Antenna

April 14, 2009 - "A Good Portable Wire Antenna" by Joseph Parish. When dealing with emergency communications there is one simple item that you really must have and that is a good communications antenna. Many survivalists have asked if there is such a thing as a simple antenna made specifically for shortwave listening. The main concern here is one, which could be transported in a backpack and rigged up in only a couple of minutes. The basic principle here is the option of stringing it up quickly between several trees. Click here

Emergency Disaster Planning: Building a Bug-out Kit

April 13, 2009 - "Emergency Disaster Planning: Building a Bug-Out Kit" Report after report comes in about how many people couldn't or didn't escape the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. More reports come in about the disorganized relief effort, the communications problems they're having and the difficulty in getting survivors to safety even when they are reachable by rescue personnel. Here we have another article on Emergency Disaster Planning - Building a Bug Out Kit. Click here

How to get the Best out of your Camp Stove

April 12, 2009 - "How To Get The Best Out Of Your Camp Stove" This article tells you how to get the best results when using your camp stove. There are various ways you can insure that you get great performance from the stove. Click here

Bug out Games for kids when on an exercise

April 11, 2009 - "Bug out Games for Kids when on an exercise" By Joseph Parish. When assessing your Bug out procedures and you are in the process of having an actual exercise, it is always necessary to try to put ourselves into the place of our children. Let us face it we as adults can converse with each other during the trip however often times the children are stuck in the back seat of our BOV with nothing whatsoever to do. To me this is very unacceptable. Not only does it turn the children off to the concept of survival but it also does not teach them anything but contempt for emergency actions. Click here

An open letter to the media and Obama

April 10, 2009 - "An open letter to the media and Obama" By Joseph Parish. I am really overwhelmed with the reporting conducted by the media concerning Barack Obama. Here we have a head of state for a major country whose only concern is being in the headlines. You have an American president that desires for nothing apart from the glamour that being on a late night TV show can confer upon him. 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

Smoke Flavoring of Meats

April 9, 2009 - "Smoke Flavoring of Meats" by Joseph Parish. There is only one true method of natural barbecuing and that is gradually cooking the food over an open flame fire. Even though this style of food preparation is slow and tiresome, it allocates for the complete saturation of the smoke into the meat. When prepared with this approach the smoke aroma is a pleasure to behold. Shockingly it is simpler to carry out then you may well expect. Click here

Survival Medicine

April 8, 2009 - "Survival Medicine" This part of your survival plan should never be overlooked. Having the right type of medicine in your first aid kit is beneficial if you get lost in the wilderness or if you are faced with the issue of surviving. Most store bought first aid kits include pain relievers such as: Advil®, Tylenol®, or other types of ibuprofen or aspirin. When you need a pain reliever, these medicines quickly relieve your suffering, depending on the degree of pain. But what if you don’t have anymore medicine and you find yourself in dire need of relief? What should you use to alleviate the pain and suffering. Click here

Homemade Firestarters

April 7, 2009 - "Homemade Firestarters" Making homemade firestarters is quite simple and easy. Some may ask: What’s the point of making my own firestarters at home when I can by matches at the store. The answer is simple also. Making homemade firestarters is cost-effective and doing so will increase your knowledge of basic wilderness survival. Homemade firestarters can be made from just about anything in your home. Click here

Black Plaque

April 6, 2009 - "Black Plague" The reason it is called "Black" is because when the victim vomits black vomit, he immediately dies. Black vomit is digested blood. Bubonic Plague (in the stomach) is a hemorrhagic disease. Pneumonic Plague is the same thing but in the lungs. Both caused by the bite of infected fleas. Here is an interesting article on the Black Plague. Click here

MRSA Infection Diseases

April 5, 2009 - "MRSA Infection Diseases" An infection is an infection with a strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics known as beta-lactams. These antibiotics include methicillin, amoxicillin, and penicillin. What to know more about the Super Bug MRSA Infection Disease Click here

Are we seeing the end of Lead ammunition?

April 4, 2009 - "Are we seeing the end of Lead ammunition?" By Joseph Parish. It was Friday evening and my friend Wayne and I were having one of our usual survival topic conversations and the topic eventually got around to lead shot for shells. It seems that Wayne had notice something somewhere which stated that many of the states are considering banning Lead content in bullets and shotgun shells. Click here

Rhubarb Lamb Rub Jelly

April 3, 2009 - "Rhubarb Lamb Rub Jelly" By Joseph Parish. Every Easter my grandfather would make his lamb and without failure he would coat it with mint jelly. Needless to say I grew to dislike mint jelly greatly. As an adult I figured it was high time to come up with something a bit different then that which my grandfather used so I now use a Rhubarb jelly to do what the mint jelly did previously. Click here

Homemade Cat Food

April 2, 2009 - "Homemade cat food" By Joseph Parish. Many people have to make provisions to tend to their pets when TSHTF so here is one idea for the feline sector. It was not unusual for my wife to awaken early in the morning and make our shar pei dogs Bubba and Bubbles a warm breakfast of oatmeal. This was just about a daily experience for these dogs. Bubba and Bubbles are now gone and we no longer have dogs to cater to. Click here

Fresh home Cured Olives

April 1, 2009 - "Fresh Home Curing Olives" By Joseph Parish. Being from a Greek family and my wife’s step father being Italian we both enjoy some good olives when we can find them. Usually we like those that are still in the brine and not so much the ones that you purchase in the jars. However in a pinch either will do just nicely. Click here

Can you still find frogs to eat?

March 31, 2009 - "Can you still find frogs to eat?" By Joseph Parish. I recently read that the high demand for frog legs for human consumption has been making these creatures a bit on the scarce side. It appears that there is a vast decline in frog population in the wild due to over exploitation of them for foods both in America and Europe. It will not be long before the number of catches that you can have will be limited. In fact I fully expect that you will be required to have a Frog license just the same as a fishing license is currently required. Click here

Oh Fiddleheads

March 30, 2009 - "Oh Fiddleheads" by Joseph Parish. Few people may know what a fiddlehead is however if you do not you should make it a point to find out because you are missing a very delightful treat. Fiddleheads are young fern leaves which grow in a coil. They are approximately one inch in diameter. They originate from the ostrich fern. Keep in mind that all ferns develop fiddleheads however the best and safest are those from the ostrich fern. Click here

A Can of Heater

March 29, 2009 - "A Can of Heater" By Joseph Parish. We haven’t departed company with ole man winter as of yet. Spring and summer are still several months away and we still need to think in terms of emergency heat during a crisis situation. Click here

Should we be very scared?

March 28, 2009 - "Should we be very scared?" By Joseph Parish. Yellowstone National Park is the home to one of the world’s largest and most active volcanic systems. During he last several million years this area has produced some giant volcanic eruptions. As of this date we have not experienced any eruptions which contain volcanic ash or lava however future eruptions may likely contain both of these dangerous contents. We may be lucky and all we will see are some ongoing hot spring activities, an occasional steam explosion and perhaps even a few moderate to large size earthquakes. Click here

Civil Unrest during crisis situations

March 27, 2009 - "Civil Unrest during crisis situations" By Joseph Parish. All survival conscious people should provide due thought towards the probability of civil unrest during those times of impending disasters and emergency situations. It goes without saying that when the law is running thin the lower level trash will attempt to take over the masses. Click here

Delmarva Survival Training needs Volunteers

March 26, 2009 - "Delmarva Survival Training needs Volunteers" By Joseph Parish. As a resident of the Delmarva Peninsula I completely appreciate that many disasters and emergencies could await me. These situations could very well be in a form of influenza virus which might someway strike our area or it could possibly be a terrorist attack. Perchance there is a catastrophe associated with one of the chemical plants in the northern part of our state. The point is that we can be very vulnerable to emergency situations and as such we should learn to prepare ourselves for such events. Click here

Salmonella Contamination and the survivalist

March 26, 2009 - "Salmonella Contamination and the survivalist" By Joseph Parish. Usually we open the newspaper or surf the internet and several times per year we end up seeing where one product or another has been contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. With this danger continually lurking how can a survivalist beat the odds and keep his family safe and secure? Click here

Registration of Special Needs People

March 25, 2009 - "Registration of Special Needs People" By Joseph Parish. We have countless people within our Delmarva Peninsula that have special requirements and needs. As responsible citizens it is our duties to ensure that during periods of emergencies these people are suitably cared for. Click here

Fiction for Survivalists

March 25, 2009- "Fiction for survivalists" By Joseph Parish. As some of my closest friends know I save all my survival information onto CD’s so that I can use them with a laptop as I am making my way to my survival retreat. Often times when I create a survival CD with my survival information placed on it I will frequently include books which are of a fictional nature and not at all associated with the topic of survival or even survivalists. Over a period of time several people have approached me and inquired as to why I create the CD with fiction on it and I thought that it was time that I explained my reasoning to my readers. Click here

Storing Condiments

March 24, 2009 - "Storing Condiments" I would like to share a little hint with my site visitors. If you happen to think that I am a little on the weird side then think about what I am going to say for just a little bit longer. Regardless of what I happen to be doing I am always on the lookout for anything that relates to survival. In this case I am referring to the free condiment packages which are usually provided with fast food. I currently have managed to save a small pail of these valuable items as well as purchasing many of my own. Click here

On the Value of MP3 Players in Bug Out vehicles

March 23, 2009 - I recently wrote an article entitled "On the value of MP3 Players in Bug Out vehicles". This was an article that was placed on the web site and stressed the use of the old time radio shows during bug out situations. As such I have uploaded a CD worth of these old radio shows. These are in MP3 format and in order to play in a normal CD would need to be converted. Click here

Use of Tomahawks for survivalists

March 23, 2009 - "Use of Tomahawks for survivalists" We all are familiar with the type of axe commonly known as a tomahawk. This tool or better referred to as a weapon traditionally resembles a large hatchet but with a straight shaft for its handle. Its name originally was derived from the 17th century translation of a Virginian Algonquian’s word. Tomahawks were usually used as a general purpose tools by the Native Americans as well as the early European Colonials. Click here

A case of preparedness and rough economic times

March 22, 2009 - "A case of preparedness and rough economic times" By Joseph Parish. I recently glanced at an commentary that essentially stated there were over 250 million people that are affected by disaster every year. These figures are unquestionably believable and I have no doubt in my mind that they are accurate. The same article proceeded to say that in order to preserve the safety and readiness of your family you should be amassing what is referred to as Ready food Kits. Click here

Toxic Ziploc Omelet Procedure

March 22, 2009 - "Toxic Ziploc Omelet procedure" By Joseph Parish. I recently came across several people suggesting a procedure that I have listed in this article as dangerous. This article was written by me in February of 2008. I thought in view of what is currently circulating around the net now it would be a good time to repost it. Click here