Steve Nubie, Author at Urban Survival Site

Tourniquets 101: When And How To Use Them

A tourniquet is a strap of material that is twisted tight above a deep wound to stop bleeding until someone can receive medical treatment.

Whether it’s a power outage, a broken washing machine, or just living off the grid, laundry is a continuing fact of life.

Whether it’s a wilderness survival situation or an unplanned night in the woods, you need a survival shelter. Here are three easy ones.

There’s more to emergency water storage than filling up jugs and putting them in the basement. Here’s what you need to know.

Whether you’re stranded in the wilderness or without heat in a snowstorm, some survival hacks using soda cans could save the day.

A pill bottle survival kit is highly portable and so easy to carry, there’s little excuse for not taking it with you.

Following a disaster, a landline phone is often more reliable than a cell phone, and that’s just one reason every prepper should get one.

It’s called the trucker’s hitch knot because it’s still used by truckers around the world to tie down loads on their trucks and trailers.

In case the stores run out of yeast or you’re living off the grid, here are step-by-step instructions on how to make homemade yeast.

What defines a successful survival torch is its ability to burn for a sustained period of time. Here’s how to make one.