These are the five things at the core of our living and our survival. Each one is critical. We have to be prepared in each area and have a base level knowledge. We need to understand what these are the priorities.

1. The Five Key Elements
of Survival
Food
Fire
Water
Shelter
First Aid

2. Water
On average, we can live three days
without water, versus three weeks without
food.

3. Water
Over 3/4ers of our body is
composed of fluid.
Just by passive existing we
lose almost a half gallon per
day. That goes up drastically
if we are active.
Thus we need at least one
gallon of water per day.

4. Water
The quickest and most effective
emergency preparation we can do is
stock water.
Have a minimum one case of 500ml
bottles per person (three days worth).
I recommended it be 2 cases.
Do it now!

5. Food
We can survive three weeks
without food.
But it isn’t fun.

6. Food
Store enough food for one month
for every person in the household.

7. I have a variety of ration bars:
ER Bar
Grizzly Bear Emergency Food Rations
DaTrex 3600
Below are some before going into a ziplock bag
and into my Jeep.
FOOD

8. Fire
In our normal civilized world, fire is almost
considered a luxury for those who might have a
fireplace in their house, but you have to realize
that fire actually affects a lot of your day-to-day
life.

9. Fire
We rely on fire for heat, for cooking, for
signaling.
The ability to make fire is one of the
essentials of human survival.
The ability to put out a fire is of more
immediate importance in our homes and work.

10. Shelter
We can survive for three hours in extreme
weather without shelter or fire before our
body temperature becomes unregulated.

11. First Aid
The Essential Triage of First Aid
1.Breathing
2.Bleeding
3.Broken

12. First Aid
A basic emergency first aid kit is one of the
essentials of home preparation.

13. The Five Essential Elements
of Survival
If disaster struck, whom would you want at your side,
helping you? A doctor? Lawyer? Policeman? Teacher?
While they all have unique skills, I submit that the
overwhelming choice would be a Special Forces Green
Beret.

14. The Five Essential Elements
of Survival
This was just a brief over-view. All five areas are
covered in depth in Prepare Now, Survive Later.
Also covered are ways to prepare for all five along with
checklists.

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18. New York Times bestselling author, is a graduate of West Point and
former Green Beret. He’s had over 80 books published, including the
#1 bestselling series Green Berets, Time Patrol, Area 51, and Atlantis.
He’s sold over 5 million books. He was born in the Bronx and has
traveled the world. He’s lived on an island off the east coast, an island
off the west coast, in the Rocky Mountains, the Smoky Mountains and
other places, including time in East Asia studying martial arts.
He was an instructor and course developer/writer for years at the
JFK Special Warfare Center and School which trains Green Berets and
also runs the SERE school:
Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape.
www.bobmayer.com