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Prepped Computer

As part of my overall prepping, I have been debating keeping a prepped and ready tablet or laptop for use in any number of situations, mainly bug-in but possibly for bug-out as well. My checklist of ideal specifications was: Portable… Continue Reading →

China: World Economy Point of Failure?

Does the huge growth in the Chinese economy in recent years and the West’s still growing reliance on trade with China pose a risk to the global economy? Does globalisation have a huge weak link? With the world economies so… Continue Reading →

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin

Small Tremor or Big Bang

In your prepping activities, are you prepping for smaller but negative changes in your world or one big bang that changes everything forever? What I mean by that is that there are smaller issues we might come up against where… Continue Reading →

Source: SHTF Library

Urban Survival

As part of my prepping, I am building a SHTF library of PDFs.  One of the best collections I have found is over at Urban Survival ...

Prepping Progress

At the moment, posts on When The Fires Burn are quick ones highlighting videos or handy items I have found while researching my prepping intentions. The will be more substantial posts coming soon as I get more focused on individual… Continue Reading →

Prepping is a positive action, not a negative one. It is not saying "we are all doomed!" It is saying "life's great, but what if it wasn't?" When The Fires Burn

My EDC/Car/GHB: Stage 1 – The Bag

I was looking at my options for an EDC bag as well as a get-home bag and it soon struck me that I am very rarely more than a mile from my car so apart from a very few essentials… Continue Reading →

Current Projects

Probably like a lot of people new to prepping, I started out quite focused on putting together a Bug-Out-Bag as I believe it concentrates your mind on what is needed for short term survival and gets you thinking about the… Continue Reading →

Where to Prep – Part 2 – Options

I am approaching this from a UK view where the vast majority of us cannot simply move to a ranch with a few acres of cheap land where we can build a prep store out of site and mind of… Continue Reading →

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