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A recent thread on the UK Preppers forum highlighted the perils of choosing a poor location for your bug out location (BOL). This a particular issue here in the UK when compared to the USA as I mentioned in my… Continue Reading →
My car kits are pretty basic and only contain some essential equipment. For example, I have already posted about the small car kit in my wife’s car in an older post. I came across a couple of handy additions to… Continue Reading →
And when times are bad, when darkness comes, people always go back to fire. Fire never goes out of style. In time of war, in time of fear, fire is what unites us, huddled together around the glow of something warm and dangerous.The Gospel of Loki, Joanne M. Harris
I've just finished reading The Gospel of Loki and this passage struck a chord with me as it relates to part of how I came up with the name of 'When The Fires Burn' for the Blog.
The first attempt at my EDC kit was developed when I first started prepping and I was developing a feel for the equipment I wanted to hand on a daily basis as an every day carry. It worked to a… Continue Reading →
When people think of prepping, they automatically think of the USA. This is because there has long been a culture of prepping there, more so in some states than others. It has been the subject of most of the media… Continue Reading →
It was only last month that i added a batch of books to my library and I have hardly got to them yet. Despite this, I have been taking advantage of a few bargains as well as picking up books… Continue Reading →
The more we exploit nature, the more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival. Morris K. Udall
Growth is good, but…… As the When the Fires Burn blog has grown and more material has been posted, the standard front page has become less versatile. The ‘older’ and ‘newer’ navigation links at the bottom of each page… Continue Reading →
Information Prepping is just as important as equipment and supplies prepping. An important part of this information is that in a SHTF situation, whether you are bugging in or bugging out, it is vital that you know your local area. … Continue Reading →
A shower is something we all take for granted and I can see a number of scenarios where that luxury wouldn’t be available. With that in mind, I’ve just added a Hozelock 4-in-1 PortaShower to my prepping gear. It’s a… Continue Reading →
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