Plans fail at the weak link
Test the plan before you need it.
Clear decisions for bad weather, unsafe water, dead batteries and rushed evacuations. We measure what earns space, weight and trust.
FIELD LOG 001Current field notes
Three decisions to test now
Preparedness advice is only useful when it survives a real constraint: weight, time, cold, rain, contamination or a missing tool.
TEST 01 / LOAD
The 72-hour bag audit
A carry-first method for deciding what earns its weight—and what belongs in the home kit instead.
Run the audit →TEST 02 / WATERFilter, disinfect or boil?
Match the treatment to the threat. A filter alone is not a universal answer.
Choose a method →TEST 03 / SHELTERRain shelter starts with the site
Before knots and tarps: identify runoff, falling limbs, wind exposure and rising water.
Read the terrain →How we work
Evidence, then a useful test.
- Start with current guidance from public health, emergency management and land agencies.
- Turn the claim into a decision a reader can practice safely.
- State limits, failure points and situations that require official instructions.
- Recheck sources and revision dates when the guide changes.