Survival » Hard times http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com A Survival Blog For Practical Preppers - Tips, Information, Resources And Guides For Handling Disaster And Emergency Situations Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:48:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 Get Prepared: Cutting Costs By Buying Used Fire Equipment http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/get-prepared-cutting-costs-by-buying-used-fire-equipment http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/get-prepared-cutting-costs-by-buying-used-fire-equipment#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:50:45 +0000 http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/?p=855 If you live in a rural area, then you probably know that some fire departments in local towns are built almost entirely of volunteer firemen. This is a great way for the town to save money, and they can actually double their savings by also purchasing used fire apparatus. While safety is definitely the most important factor at the end of the day, it wouldn’t hurt to also be able to save a few bucks in the process. If you are thinking about volunteering as a fireman in your local town, then there are a few facts that you need to know before you continue.

The first thing that you need to realize when you are a volunteer fireman is that you are not going to get the same pay as the actual firemen in your town. In fact, you aren’t going to get paid at all for your services. This is basically a way for you to give back to the community, and it helps the town tremendously because they (Read more....)

[...]]]> http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/get-prepared-cutting-costs-by-buying-used-fire-equipment/feed 1 Survival Tips: Five Things Every American Should Do, But Won’t http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/survival-tips-five-things-every-american-should-do-but-won%e2%80%99t http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/survival-tips-five-things-every-american-should-do-but-won%e2%80%99t#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:26:33 +0000 http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/?p=560 The following is a guest post by Dennis Evers, the author of an upcoming book entitled "How to Handle a Crisis". In this article, Evers gives us some basic disaster and emergency survival tips that all Americans should be putting into practice but are not. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Americans always leave things until the last minute. But unfortunately, in the economic hard times that are coming "preparing at the last minute" is just not going to cut it. Right now Americans need to be storing up food, medical supplies and emergency equipment.  There are millions of Americans that have become "preppers" and more are joining the movement every day.  Hopefully what Evers has to say will inspire all of us to ramp up our preparations for the hard times that are coming....

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We’ve all seen him on the news. The guy buying plywood, beer, chips and other survival essentials as the approaching hurricane can be seen over his shoulder in the distance.

Unfortunately, the majority of Americans aren’t much better when it comes to being prepared for emergencies. However, recent disasters have proven that the sheer magnitude of an event can overwhelm relief efforts, coupled with (Read more....)

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