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Home Protection Guides

A survival situation where you are forced to bug in and stay in your home is very likely. With these guides we try to prepare you for emergencies where you won't be leaving your home.

This means having good survival food stockpiles, water stocks, home defense tools in case other survivors try to take over your survival supplies etc. These, and many more home protection articles in this section, will make you feel more safe and secure inside your own home in case SHTF.

Start protecting your home right here:

Ultimate Bugging In Guide

Bugging in is your best bet if, in a disaster or emergency scenario, getting on the move will put you at risk or decrease your chances for survival. 
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All Home Protection Articles

8 Best Non-Lethal Home Defense Tools for Bugging In

In this article we’ll discuss 8 of the best non-lethal home defense tools when bugging in and give you tips when buying and using them for self-defense.

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10 Best Survival Water Storage Containers

This article covers the best survival water storage containers on the market and what you should look for when buying a quality one for bugging in.

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8 Best Emergency Food Storage Containers

We've compared and reviewed a list of the 8 best emergency food containers that you should consider as a prepper to store your survival food.

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How to Make Hardtack

By the end of this guide, you’ll have all the info you need to make a batch of hardtack in minutes and get a sense of how big a part it played in world history.

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Bugging In [Guide to preparing your home for survival]

Bugging in is your best bet if, in a disaster or emergency scenario, getting on the move will put you at risk or decrease your chances for survival.

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How to Make Pemmican

Pemmican is a survival food with a long history of getting humans through insanely challenging situations. This article will show you how to make pemmican.

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Home Survival Shelters [Bug In Bunker]

What is a home survival shelter? A safe room or shelter, built inside or outside your home, to provide absolute or near-absolute protection when the danger from natural or human-made causes is imminent.

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Best Survival Food [Home | MRE | Bug Out Bag]

Here is our round-up of the best survival foods to stockpile at home, what MREs to buy for emergencies and what survival food to keep in your Bug Out Bag.

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How to Stockpile Food for Emergencies​

Learn how to correctly stockpile food and deal with any emergency or disaster that forces you to stay at home and limit your mobility.

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