Emergency Home Preparation

The Evacuation Plan – Where to Go
http://captaindaves.com/guide/chapter-2-bug-out-or-batten-down/the-evacuation-plan-step-1-where-to-go/

Sure, you can head to the nearest shelter, but if sitting on cots at the local high school gymnasium or National Guard Armory was your first choice, you probably wouldn’t be reading this guide.

If the threat is severe enough that you have decided to evacuate, you need a safe house or survival retreat in a location where the current crisis will not threaten you.

(SNIP) ... The best thing to do is to establish a safe house ahead of time. And the easiest way to do this is to ... ---CONTINUED---

Tips for Picking the Perfect Bug Out Location
https://survivalistprepper.net/tips-picking-perfect-bug-location/

If we had our choice, none of us would want to bug out and leave everything we own behind. With that being said, there could be situations that require us to get out of dodge for a few days, or even longer. Natural disasters, civil unrest or man made disasters could make bugging out necessary, so what is the perfect bug out location?
The truth is, there is no 1 correct answer to this question. We all have ... ---CONTINUED---

5 Tips for the Best Bug Out Location
https://urbansurvivalsite.com/tips-best-bug-out-location/

When preppers start looking for a good bug out location, the main feature they care about is “not in the city.” But what about other features? You don’t want to go just anywhere after the SHTF. You want a location that is safe and well hidden, among other things. ---CONTINUED---

Identify And Secure Your Retreat Like An Engineer, by JAD
https://survivalblog.com/identify-secure-retreat-like-engineer-jad/

Area assessment and planning is a key component of determining where to establish your secured retreat location. Establishing a retreat is not enough; you need to have clear objectives for what that area will accomplish for you or for those in your network. In order to establish your secured area and to determine the objectives necessary to allow it to function, you must assess and plan. Your planning must consider varying threats, uncertainty in threat duration, and likely enemy strength. Effective planning requires beginning at a macro level and reducing the scope until all details are captured. ---CONTINUED---

When a Prepper Relocates: Finding and Moving to the Perfect Survival Retreat
https://www.backdoorsurvival.com/prepper-relocation/

(SNIP) ... Before starting, let me just say this. Planning and executing a move is going to take over every free moment for up to a year. There are more moving pieces than you can imagine, especially if moving more than 300 miles from your home base. At times, you will want to give up. It is a lot of work, and it can be lonely. ---CONTINUED---

12 Things You Need to Know Before Choosing Your Bug Out Location
https://www.askaprepper.com/12-things-you-need-to-know-before-choosing-your-bug-out-location/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=AAP

(SNIP) ... before looking for a bug out location, there are some key things we need to know. Otherwise, we’re not going to come close to making a good decision. Basically, these things we need to know fall into two categories; things about us and our bug out and things about the place itself. ---CONTINUED---

The Dangers Of A Remote Bug Out Location
https://urbansurvivalsite.com/dangers-remote-bug-out-location/

Urban areas seem to be a target for civil unrest. If you have a prepper mindset, you’ve probably already considered a place to bug out that’s remote, rural, and isolated.

Before we talk about the dangers of a place like that, let’s talk about the benefits, of which there are many (especially if you own land). You can cultivate crops, raise livestock, plant and harvest fruit trees, you have trees for firewood, and you can do all the things homesteaders did when America was young. ---CONTINUED---

What To Do If You Don’t Have A Bug Out Location
https://urbansurvivalsite.com/dont-have-bug-out-location/

Unfortunately, most urban dwellers would have nowhere to go if their homes were destroyed of if their cities became too unsafe. If you can afford a remote piece of land or if you have friends or relatives in the countryside, great. But what are those of us without a bug out location supposed to do?

Here are a few suggestions. ---CONTINUED---

11 Bug Out Locations You Haven’t Considered
https://urbansurvivalsite.com/bug-out-locations-you-havent-considered/

If there ever comes a time when you need to bug out, you’re going to need a good bug out location. But not everyone can afford to purchase hidden acres in the middle of nowhere, so what will you do when the SHTF and you need to head for the hills?

Here are some unusual ideas for bug out locations you may not have considered, and some suggestions on what makes a good place to run to when you need an escape plan. ---CONTINUED---