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Where There Is No Doctor
A widely used medical guide for situations where professional care may not be available.
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USGS Topographic Maps
Free topo maps for navigation, planning, and offline reference.
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FEMA Preparedness Guides
Official emergency planning materials and preparedness info.
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American Red Cross Resources
First aid, disaster safety, and emergency planning resources.
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CalTopo (Advanced mapping tool)
This one is excellent for printing custom maps, layering terrain info, and planning routes
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Active Response Training – Good source of material on self defense

Reality Survival – site run by a former Air Force SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) Instructor

Apartment Prepper – great tips for urban preppers

Preppers Survive – Lots of great articles and DIY stuff

Offgridsurvival– Great source of news and information on preparedness and living off grid

Truthsurvival – A great resource for beginner preppers

SurvivalPunk – Lots of great DIY and off-grid articles

Surviving Prepper – Plenty of great articles

Doom and Bloom – Site of Joe Alton, M.D., (retired, actively licensed M.D.  and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of OB/GYN) and Amy Alton, (A.R.N.P. Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife). This site is a WONDERFUL source of information and material that can help you be medically prepared for disasters big and small.

Bunkerbasics – Great site on self-reliance, prepping, and of course, bunkers!

Preparedbee – Great little website with lots of content

Ham Radio Prepper – Great resource for emergency communications

Cast and Spear – Great resource for fishing related material. Could be useful in SHTF events

Ammo.com/Preparedness – Great site for 2nd amendment related articles. Also has a lot of good intel on preparedness

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