Some of the most-read preparedness bloggers & authors sound off.
BOGO: Originally BOGO was an acronym that stood for “Buy one, give one”, essentially a commercial transaction with a charitable component. Through commercial television and internet media advertising, the term soon became more widely known to mean “Buy one, get one”, as…
FIFO stands for First-In, First-Out, meaning that inventory items are used in the order of the oldest to the newest, in an effort to ensure that inventory products do not expire before being used. This system also helps to ensure the average…
Mutually Assured Destruction, or (MAD), was coined in reference to a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a use of high-yield weapons of mass destruction by two opposing sides would effectively result in the complete, utter and irrevocable…
WROL (Without Rule Of Law) is a scenario in which law enforcement officials who are tasked with serving a community are no longer able to effectively enforce the law as it is written, thus creating the opportunity for criminal activity to flourish…
Redundancy, according to Dictionary.com, is defined as “…the provision of additional or duplicate systems, equipment, etc., that function in case an operating part or system fails…” Redundancy as it relates to disaster preparedness is the practice of incorporating backup plans and/or gear…
A BOL (Bug Out Location) is a predetermined destination set by an individual or group to serve as a temporary or permanent shelter, or meeting place, in the event of a disaster or emergency that requires re-location. Traditionally, a BOL is established…
TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It): Often thought of as the irreversible destruction of the modern way of life due to the loss of public resources, modern methods of communication, trade and commercial transportation, as well as the…
According to Wikipedia, Operations Security (OPSEC) is a process that identifies critical information to determine if friendly actions can be observed by adversary intelligence systems, determines if information obtained by adversaries could be interpreted to be useful to them, and then executes…
A tactical light is a flashlight used in conjunction with a firearm to aid low light target identification, allowing the marksman to simultaneously aim and illuminate the target. Tactical lights can be handheld or mounted to the weapon with the light beam…
