These are the five things at the core of our living and our survival. Each one is critical. We have to be prepared in each area and have a base level knowledge.

1. The Five Key Elements
of Survival & Life
Food
Fire
Water
Shelter
First Aid

2. Water
On average, we can live three days
without water, versus three weeks without
food.

3. Water
Over 3/4ers of our body is
composed of fluid.
Just by passive existing we
lose almost a half gallon per
day. That goes up drastically
if we are active.
Thus we need at least one
gallon of water per day.

4. Water
The quickest and most effective
emergency preparation we can do is
stock water.
Have a minimum one case of 500ml
bottles per person (three days worth).
I recommended it be 2 cases.
Do it now!

5. Food
We can survive three weeks
without food.
But it isn’t fun.

6. Food
Store enough food for one month
for every person in the household.
Click on image

7. I have a variety of ration bars (click on each for
link):
ER Bar
Grizzly Bear Emergency Food Rations
DaTrex 3600
Below are some before going into a ziplock bag
and into my Jeep.
FOOD

8. Fire
In our normal civilized world, fire is almost
considered a luxury for those who might have a
fireplace in their house, but you have to realize
that fire actually affects a lot of your day-to-day
life.

9. Fire
We rely on fire for heat, for cooking, for
signaling.
The ability to make fire is one of the
essentials of human survival.
The ability to put out a fire is of more
immediate importance in our homes and work.

10. Shelter
We can survive for three hours in extreme
weather without shelter or fire before our
body temperature becomes unregulated.

11. First Aid
The Essential Triage of First Aid
1.Breathing
2.Bleeding
3.Broken

12. First Aid
A basic emergency first aid kit is one of the
essentials of home preparation.

13. The Five Essential Elements
of Survival
If disaster struck, whom would you want at your side,
helping you? A doctor? Lawyer? Policeman? Teacher?
While they all have unique skills, I submit that the
overwhelming choice would be a Special Forces Green
Beret.

14. The Five Essential Elements
of Survival
This was just a brief over-view. All five areas are
covered in depth in Prepare Now, Survive Later.
Also covered are ways to prepare for all five along with
checklists.

15. More Free Information
I constantly update free, downloadable
slideshows like this on my web site for
preparation and survival and other topics.
www.bobmayer.com/workshops
I also have YouTube Survival videos. HERE
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRfvVDPwOmC-97VgbBe369A
Also, I conduct Area Study workshops for
those interested in properly preparing for
their specific circumstances.

16. The guide on the left is the complete preparation and
survival guide. The one on the right is a pocket-size
manual with just the survival portion. Useful in your Grab-
n-Go bag, car and kitchen drawer.
SURVIVAL GUIDES

18. New York Times bestselling author, is a graduate of West
Point and former Green Beret. He’s had over 80 books
published, including the #1 bestselling series Green Berets,
Time Patrol, Area 51, and Atlantis. He’s sold over 5 million
books. He was born in the Bronx and has traveled the world.
He’s lived on an island off the east coast, an island off the
west coast, in the Rocky Mountains, the Smoky Mountains
and other places, including time in East Asia studying martial
arts.
He was an instructor and course developer/writer for years
at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School which trains
Green Berets and also runs the SERE school:
Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape.
www.bobmayer.com