What can your household do?
Answer hands-on scenarios at your own pace. All four stages are open. Each skill area shows your coverage so far.
Water
Treatment, filtration, storage, collection, and knowing what to do when the tap stops.
- Bleach disinfection ratios
- Gravity filter assembly
- Water testing and interpretation
- Rainwater collection setup
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Food
Growing, preserving, and cooking from what you have. The skills that turn a pantry into a functioning food system.
- Cook from pantry staples without a recipe
- Water bath and pressure canning
- Garden planning and seed starting
- Safe food storage and rotation
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Energy
Generator operation, solar basics, battery management, and keeping critical systems running.
- Generator safe operation
- Utility shutoffs (gas, electric, water)
- Portable solar sizing
- Safe fuel storage
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Shelter
Keep the house running. Plumbing, electrical, weatherization, and repairs you can handle yourself.
- Fix a leak, unclog a drain
- Reset a breaker, replace an outlet
- Weatherization and insulation
- Drywall and minor wall repair
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Communications
Stay connected when normal networks fail. Radio operation, family plans, and paper backup.
- Two-way radio operation (FRS/GMRS)
- Family communication plan
- Paper map navigation
- Ham radio basics
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Transportation
Vehicle maintenance, bad-weather driving, and getting where you need to go when conditions change.
- Tire change and jump start
- Defensive driving in bad conditions
- Vehicle emergency kit use
- Cargo and towing basics
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Fitness
Functional strength, load carrying, mobility, and the physical capacity to do hard work when it matters.
- Carry 40 lbs for one mile
- Bodyweight strength baseline
- Mobility and recovery routine
- Sustained work capacity
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Avocations
Activities that build real capability while being genuinely enjoyable. Gardening, fermentation, woodworking, sewing, and more.
- Garden planning and soil care
- Basic sewing and mending
- Fermentation and preserving
- Foraging identification
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First Aid
The skills that keep people alive until help arrives. CPR, bleeding control, choking response, and knowing when to act.
- CPR certification
- Stop the Bleed training
- Choking response (adult and child)
- Wound care and bandaging
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