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Suturing a scalp
Equipment Family Preparedness

Suturing a scalp

<a href="/images/uploads/2011/10/IMG_1125.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3974" title="IMG_1125" src="/images/uploads/2011/10/IMG_1125-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a>Suturing is an important skill to have.  Knowing how to properly sew somebody shut isn't something you need every day, but when you need it - you need it!  Sure, right now we can just run to the doctor, but what if you're way in the outback or things have collapsed and good medical care isn't easily available.  Suturing allows you to quickly close up a wound to help stop bleeding, help prevent infection and to lower the risk of damaging a wound while trying to get to better care - if needed.  There are plenty of ways and places to get training in suturing without going through medical school.  It's easy to do once you learn, you just need to look around and find a class you can take.

Phil
3 min read
#First Aid #Howto #preparedness +1 more
Backyard Chickens
Family Preparedness Food

Backyard Chickens

<img alt="" src="http://www.motherearthnews.com/uploadedImages/Blogs/The_Happy_Homesteader/GardenEggs1.jpg?n=7491" title="Backyard Chickens" class="alignright" width="500" height="350" />Over the past year, I have noticed an increased interest in raising chickens arising all over the nation. Locally, <a href="http://www.ksl.com" title="KSL">KSL</a> has published several articles recently about this phenomenon (see below) as has the <a href="http://online.wsj.com" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a> (also below) and most prepper blogs. My family started keeping backyard chickens about four years ago and have had some good success. In this article we’ll summarize some of the benefits to raising chickens, what you’ll need to get started and some links to resources to help you out once you’ve got your flock.

Ekim
8 min read
#Food #Gardening #Links +4 more
Introducing Goal 0 solar power products
Equipment Family Preparedness

Introducing Goal 0 solar power products

<a href="/images/uploads/2011/03/Goal0.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3623" title="Goal0" src="/images/uploads/2011/03/Goal0.jpg" alt="" width="215" height="50" /></a><br /> Here at UtahPreppers we try to keep an eye on prepping topics, trends and products from all over the country and often the world. Even though we try to keep a global focus we still like finding and supporting local businesses that fit into the prepping niche. We recently met up with a Bluffdale company to take a look at some of their innovative solar products.

Ekim
8 min read
#Battery #gear #lights +7 more
Post Japan Earthquake Notes
Earthquake Family Preparedness

Post Japan Earthquake Notes

I'm posting in an email that was forwarded to me, second hand from the source.  The email is from a lady who's family is currently stationed in Japan, and relates their experiences with the earthquake.  What I like best in this is her own analysis on her preparedness level, and what she wishes she could do better.

Jayce
9 min read
#72 Hour Kits #Evacuation Kits #Food Storage +4 more
Homemade ice-claws
How To Tools

Homemade ice-claws

When I moved to college in Idaho as a teenager, I had a really quick introduction into a new world of snow and ice. While the snow I grew up with was wet and heavy, and usually melted away pretty quick in the moderate temperature. Idaho however introduced me to the bitter hard-freeze that left our campus with an amazing array of forms of ice that were completely new to me. I, as with many of my fellow students, became intimately familiar with this ice while performing the splits, or landing on my back when trying to hurry between classes.

Jayce
1 min read
#gear #Howto #Links +3 more
Making Fire Starting Candles
Family Preparedness Fire

Making Fire Starting Candles

<a href="/images/uploads/2011/01/EggTinder.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3368" title="EggTinder" src="/images/uploads/2011/01/EggTinder-194x300.jpg" alt="" width="194" height="300" /></a>Continuing my series on Light and Heat, today I'm going to talk about making Fire Starting Candles.  There are a variety of ways to do this, today we're going to cover using cardboard egg cartons and dryer lint or cotton balls.  This particular project will likely already be familiar to experienced Preppers and Boy Scouts.  This post is aimed at those new to prepping who have never been exposed to this kind of thing.

Phil
3 min read
#72 Hour Kits #BOB #Fire +5 more
Discount on Utah Concealed Carry Permits
Events Guns

Discount on Utah Concealed Carry Permits

If you've been waiting/wanting to get your Utah Concealed Carry License, here's a great opportunity for you!<a href="/images/uploads/2011/01/cz75.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3334" title="cz75" src="/images/uploads/2011/01/cz75-202x300.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="300" /></a>

Phil
3 min read
#Education #Firearms #Guns +1 more
Front Sight 4-Day Tactical Handgun Course for $69
Announcement Guns

Front Sight 4-Day Tactical Handgun Course for $69

<img class="alignleft" title="Front Sight Logo" src="http://www.frontsight.com/images/top_rev_logo.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="164" /> In February of 2009, <a href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/author/cboyack/">Connor</a> attended a 4 day handgun course at the world famous Front Sight training facility near Las Vegas, Nevada. You can find his review of the experience <a href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/02/review-front-sight-four-day-defensive-handgun-course/">here.</a>

Ekim
1 min read
#Education #Event #Firearms +4 more
Preparedness on People's Minds
Family Preparedness Food Storage

Preparedness on People's Minds

Today's edition of the <em>Deseret News</em> <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700038263/Economy-puts-food-storage-in-focus.html">carries a story</a> about the subject of preparedness being on people's minds in increased fashion.

Connor Boyack
2 min read
#preparedness
Prepping for Work Disasters
Personal Preparedness Tools

Prepping for Work Disasters

We had an emergency at work today, involving a critical server that was not properly cared for by its department. Due to the severity of the situation, I was called in to help recover the server. I had to go pick up the server from the data center and bring it back to to office to work on it. It was important enough that my boss offered to let me take his car, a 2006 Cadillac CTS. I think he was a little surprised when I declined, in favor of driving my 1998 Corolla instead.<br /> <!--more--><br /> By any benchmark, his car is superior to mine in every way. It's faster, has a better sound system and is likely far more fun to drive. So why did I decline? I had two reasons. First, we were in what we all considered to be an emergency. This was no time to take a joyride in the boss's car. But more importantly, his car did not have my emergency tech kit. I didn't think I'd need it, because I was only planning to drive 15 minutes away, pick up a server, and drive 15 minutes back. Nothing was expected to go wrong, at least in the journey itself. But I didn't know what kinds of circumstances I would encounter in that journey. It was not the fear of the unknown that held me back; it was the expectation of the unknown.

TechHat
6 min read
#72 Hour Kits #BOB #EDC +3 more
72 Hour Kit Rotation
Family Preparedness Food

72 Hour Kit Rotation

Many products and services bill themselves as a "set it and forget it" way of getting things done. Adequate preparedness, however, clashes with this approach. Knowledge fades, food spoils, and medicine expires. One of the most important aspects of preparedness, then, is a refresh or rotation of your supplies or knowledge.

Connor Boyack
3 min read
#72 hour kit #Food Storage #preparedness +1 more
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