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PREPARATION
SURVIVAL
GEAR/TIPS & MOBILITY
TECHNIQUES MEDICAL
TO PREP GEAR
YOU FOR URBAN
SURVIVAL
Bug Out101: ° First Aid Kit
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Will You
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Preparing Multitool
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All the Great Gear Found On the Cover
8 © Editor’s Letter
Welcome to OFFGRID
12. » New Products
The Latest and Greatest
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14 © 3Must-Know Knots
Versatile Knots For the Right Job
18 | Amazing Paracord
So Many Uses, But What Is This Stuff?
22 Coms Are Key
Ham Radio Fundamentals
26 = Bug Out 101
When SHTF, Will You Be Ready? Having a First
Aid Kit and Water Bottle Wont Be Enough. Have
a Plan. Practice. Repeat.
32.» Back-Up-Pack
Selecting the Right Three-Day Survival Backpack
44 ~~ AWalk On The Wild Side
Forget the Amazon Jungle. Can You Survive the
Concrete Jungle?
50 #£Brown Baggin’ It
MRE's Three Lives — One Package?
58 © Pint-Sized Dynamos
Choosing a Multitool That Works For You
66 Defensive Armament
Basics of Choosing a Firearm For Personal
Defense
74 > H2-Uh-Oh
Creating a Water Management Plan
80 © One-Stop Emergency Load-Out
Three Scenarios: One Store, $100, and 30 Min-
utes to Equip Your Family For Five Days of Post
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» Blackout Basics
Power Outages Can Last More Than Just a Few
Days. Prep Your Hore With Simples Steps to
Ride it Out.
» First Aid
A Basic Guide to First Aid Kits
| Overheated
Identifying, Avoiding, and Treating Dehydration,
Heat Exhaustion, and Heatstroke
) Plug’Em Up
Identifying and Treating Puncture Wounds
» Emergency Biodiesel
Free Yourself From the Supply Chain
» Gas Relief
Transfer Fuel Without a Stomach Full of Petrol
) Don’t Get Stranded
Keep Your Wheels Rolling Through Disaster
» Human Body Tolerances
The Rule of 3s and Other Survival Facts
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emergency situation arises from a natural
disaster, terrorism, or other sources, the
$3333 Planning and basic fundamentals of
PETITE preparation help you, your loved ones,
and your family survive and ultimately thrive.
Living in a major metropolitan area, however,
means the uncertainties you face are amplified,
especially compared to a rural area. Whether they
stem from the tens of thousands of people you
live among or the hundreds of miles of gridlocked
roads you willneed to deal with, threats to your
survival exist around every corner of the city and
its suburbs.
OFFGRID’s focus is to bring information, meth-
ods, skills, and the latest gear to you for surviving
in and, if need be, escaping the urban setting.
Being that this is our first issue, we are Starting out
with very basic information, so that we can get all
of our readers to the same starting paint. Dont
worry; we'll delve deeper into each of the topics in
future issues.
We speak to experts in their fields about key sur
Vival subjects, as well as the equipment needed to
do so. The topics we cover may be broad, but so is
the overall theme of urban survival. Our aim is not
to be the be-all-end-all source for all things survival,
but simply a gateway source to help pique the
interest of our reader, so that they can do further
research on any of the topics we cover.
In this inaugural issue, noted survivalist and
search-and-rescue expert Shane Hobel shows us
just what we should prepare for and how to plan
to get out of Dodge. if things go south in “Bug Out
101. In one of twe medical related articles, combat
medic Charles Ferrera walks us through the basics
of treating puncture wounds in “Plug Em Up.”
What kind of firearm is right for you in your
survival kit? Stickman, active-duty law enforcement
and military veteran, gives us a rundown on the
major types of firearms used for defense and what
their strengths and Weaknesses are in “Defensive
Armament’ Some skillsets we delve into are as
fundamental as knot tying and as vital as filtration
of drinking water.
Planning and preparation are key, but so is the
gear you need to do it all with. We take a compre-
hensive look ata varied selection from survival
backpacks to multitools and even emergency
food, all depicted in.an Informative and eye-pleas-
ing way. In future issues, we'll continue to show the
latest products, as these are the tools that will help
you in your preparations.
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