Prepper Essentials: 25 Tips and Tricks to Survive a Fire in the Woods

By Dominic Clay

Wildfires are a very real threat to you wherever you live. They are massive, out-of-control walls of flame that consume everything in their paths. With so many people looking to enjoy the beauties of the outdoors in the warmer months, fires in the woods can seemingly come out of nowhere. Be prepared! In this eBook you will find specific tips and tricks that will help you to get ready for when a wildfire is in your area. 

Prepare like a pro. Here you will find what to do in specific scenarios such as:

- What to do when stuck in your car

- Build an Emergency Fire Kit

- How to put together a Communication Plan

- Know How to Treat Burns

- Should you stay or should you go

It is essential to know what to do in any emergency but especially when fire is breathing down your neck in the woods. Don't be caught wondering what to do the next time you smell smoke in the backwoods. Protect yourself, your family and your group. 

From knowing the causes of wildfires to preventing them right where you are, you'll be prepared like no one you know. Preparing your home, to having the right fire equipment that will see you through a fire in the woods, when you read this book you'll know all you should know about what action to take to save your life and the lives of those you love. 
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: JVzon Studio
• Release date: Apr 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386187073

Book preview

Introduction

You've seen the pictures; of small planes dropping water and other extinguisher materials onto the side of a mountain where a fire is raging. And other pictures of homes totally engulfed in flames, where everything in and around it is being incinerated. Later, when homeowners come back to see what's left, there is nothing left.

As with any other natural disaster, wildfires are a natural phenomenon that occurs usually in the summer months. Periods of extreme heat can make the landscape very dry; add to that many areas of the country don't get a lot of rainfall and conditions become perfect for wildfires to erupt.

When the weather gets hot and stays that way for weeks on end, fires break out naturally. Often they are caused by lightning strikes, sometimes they are started by careless campers, people who forget to throw their cigarette butts in an ashtray and occasionally by arsonists.

Unfortunately, the carelessness of people are what is responsible for most fires outdoors. Many times they are contained, but there are those fires which start small and grow to gargantuan proportions; so big, that not even professionally trained crews can get them under control.

This ebook will inform you about how you can protect yourself against wildfires. Here you will find very useful tips and tricks to help you out the next time you're out in the woods and smell smoke.

There are specific actions you can take to get yourself to safety. So, read on and see for yourself.

Chapter 1 – What is a Wildfire

"I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire, you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you."  Tom Watson

Fires in the woods or wildfires, are another deadly weather phenomenon. Often very unpredictable, they can cause massive damage just like floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes. They occur everywhere. So, if you live somewhere, and most of us do, it's best to know what to do when confronted by such a conflagration.

Whether or not global warming is taking over our planet is a topic for another day; but, summer's do get deadly hot in many regions of the world. Often when the temperatures rise above the 100 degree Fahrenheit mark, it causes great damage to tens of millions of