After Part I and Part II in my series on Winter Survival: Fire Starting, the questions is now what? Well, let me tell you! Accelerators Accelerators are natural and manmade substances that enhance or accelerate the burning of natural fuels. They can range from dry grass and...
There are numerous experts who we have all heard warn us about the dangers of climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases and doom and gloom associated with it. We don't often hear from the other side, but I did read an article recently that caught...
We have Ignition! To continue from my post last week, (Read Part I here.) in the 44 years I’ve been associated with survival training and instructing, I have tested and used dozens of ignitors. Within the low tech category, none have surpassed one particular brand of...
Surviving in the winter. Surviving in the cold. Surviving in the snow. At various times in your life, both personal and professional, this could happen to you. Stuck, alone, cold, in the wilderness, and without immediate assistance. You can live for a few days without water and...
Product Review NEW INSULATION DESIGN FOR COLD WEATHER WORKERS—REVIEW OF “The North Face’s” new “Great Goose” insulated jackets. [caption id="attachment_2517" align="alignnone" width="300"] Photo Courtesy of The North Face[/caption] We have wrapped up our snow training season recently with some extra training in the great white north of Canada....
Product Review – AERIS This past season we had the opportunity to evaluate and test different products in the extreme winter survival environments we face regularly in our snowcat operator training courses. Several of the instructors at Safety One Training International Inc were looking forward to...
The Old Survival Kit We have been providing the same basic kit to our clients for years now. Many of you are familiar with the orange backpack stuffed with numerous items valuable in a survival situation. We spent the last couple of years investigating the usage...
For many years we stored copies of magazine and newspaper articles that had been written by us or written about our training by others in the history section of our web site. When the new website came along this summer the IT folks decided that...