or one, there are the traditional survival schools. Some offer military-styled survival training, others focus on more primitive skills, others offer a more eclectic approach.

For example, one of the best known survival schools is the Boulder Outdoor Survival School headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Since 9/11, people have become much more inclined to seek out educational services and products related to survival and emergency preparedness. This does not present much a surprise. It seems like, since that dreaded day in New York in 2001, disaster has been followed by disaster. In the wake of terrorist attacks, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and the like, we have come to realize our vulnerability—both at the hands of others and of nature itself. We have now come to understand that we need to be prepared for whatever may befall us in these uncertain times.

Of course the hardcore survivalists have been preaching preparedness for years but, unfortunately, many of this group stand on what, by the mainstream’s standard, would be considered “the fringe” and thus few people have taken them all that seriously. Who has time these days, after all, to live in the woods for extended periods of time honing their survival craft while preparing for the “soon coming apocalypse” while they have jobs to tend to and families to raise? Not me. Likely not you either.

There are options these days, however, for the individual serious about obtaining education and training in survival and emergency preparedness. For one, there are the traditional survival schools. Some offer military-styled survival training, others focus on more primitive skills, others offer a more eclectic approach.

For example, one of the best known survival schools is the Boulder Outdoor Survival School headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

attacks, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and the like, we have come to realize our vulnerability—both at the hands of others and of nature itself. We have now come to understand that we need to be prepared for whatever may befall us in these uncertain times.

Of course the hardcore survivalists have been preaching preparedness for years but, unfortunately, many of this group stand on what, by the mainstream’s standard, would be considered “the fringe” and thus few people have taken them all that seriously. Who has time these days, after all, to live in the woods for extended periods of time honing their survival craft while preparing for the “soon coming apocalypse” while they have jobs to tend to and families to raise? Not me. Likely not you either.

There are options these days, however, for the individual serious about obtaining education and training in survival and emergency preparedness. For one, there are the traditional survival schools. Some offer military-styled survival training, others focus on more primitive skills, others offer a more eclectic approach.

For example, one of the best known survival schools is the Boulder Outdoor Survival School headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

e been preaching preparedness for years but, unfortunately, many of this group stand on what, by the mainstream’s standard, would be considered “the fringe” and thus few people have taken them all that seriously. Who has time these days, after all, to live in the woods for extended periods of time honing their survival craft while preparing for the “soon coming apocalypse” while they have jobs to tend to and families to raise? Not me. Likely not you either.

There are options these days, however, for the individual serious about obtaining education and training in survival and emergency preparedness. For one, there are the traditional survival schools. Some offer military-styled survival training, others focus on more primitive skills, others offer a more eclectic approach.

For example, one of the best known survival schools is the Boulder Outdoor Survival School headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

eir survival craft while preparing for the “soon coming apocalypse” while they have jobs to tend to and families to raise? Not me. Likely not you either.

There are options these days, however, for the individual serious about obtaining education and training in survival and emergency preparedness. For one, there are the traditional survival schools. Some offer military-styled survival training, others focus on more primitive skills, others offer a more eclectic approach.

For example, one of the best known survival schools is the Boulder Outdoor Survival School headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

or one, there are the traditional survival schools. Some offer military-styled survival training, others focus on more primitive skills, others offer a more eclectic approach.

For example, one of the best known survival schools is the Boulder Outdoor Survival School headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. BOSS has been around since 1968 and offers a comprehensive on-site curriculum in traditional living and survival. Interesting to note, the president and CEO of BOSS is the History Channel’s “Digging for the Truth” host, Josh Bernstein.

Such on-site schools are legion as any Google search will reveal, though not all of equal quality. You probably have one nearby or within a short driving distance from your present location. I recommend such training when practical for you but all too often it is the case that such is not practical for the average person. For one, such programs offer their training curricula on-site and this usually involves an absence from both work and home for, oftentimes, an extended period of time. Second of all, such programs tend to be quite expensive—beyond the reach of the average consumer. Third, the programs tend to focus solely on wilderness survival skills or general emergency preparedness, standard curricula rarely bringing the two together.

For emergency preparedness education and training, there are programs out there, perhaps one of the better known is the Community Emergency Response Team program (CERT). CERT training is typically sponsored by local civic groups (p