Fortress Survival Podcast: Recent Episodes
Joel
Fortress Survival Podcast is an alternative view at the world of preparedness by Joel Ryals. A veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, he now runs Fortress K9 and K9 Academy Online. So Fortress Survival has a specific additional focus on using dogs in an emergency situation as well as an emphasis on practical, realistic preparedness and personal protection. Joel started Prepping prior to Y2K and has become disillusioned with the fantastical fiction most prepping podcasts and YouTube channels seem to promote. While catastrophic situations are always a possibility, they are not very likely. But many other situations requiring you to be prepared are. Check us out. YouTube Channel coming soon.
This was Day 2 at the Prepper Camp 2021. I highly recommend this event for excellent networking and learning practical things. I look forward to your comments.
This was a talk I gave at the Prepper Camp 2021 event in Saluda, NC. What a wonderful time with amazing people. I spoke 3 days and each was different, so I will spread them out over several different weeks with other topics thrown in there. Enjoy!
Misery Inoculation
PACE - Primary Alternate Contingency Emergency
Preparing While Living in the City
Mindset Needs - Stress Inoculation
- Check out PDP Ep. 13 & 18
- What is Stress Inoculation?
- Why is Stress Inoculation important?
- Physiological and Cognitive effects of Stress
- Military Basic Training is centered around this concept
- How do you do Stress Inoculation?
- Stop avoiding hard or uncomfortable things
- Start doing mental scenarios that you don’t want to think about. Child at gun point...
- Train specifically to deal with stress
72 Hour Drill
How to Combat Overwhelm - Response to Bear Independent
Skillset - Mindset - Toolset
Mindset Needs - Situational Awareness
- Why should you care?
- What is going on around you?
- Who is around you?
- Is there anything unusual about the situation around you?
- Is the area relaxed or under tension?
- What threats are around you?
- Where would you go/What would you do if...?
Skill Needs - Medical
- Basic medical knowledge: what is the difference between an anti-bacterial (neosporin) and anti-histamine (hydrocortisone)
- Basic understanding of each medication, ibuprophen vs acetaminophen vs doxycycline vs Benadryl. What does each do?
- Basic wound care
- Emergency first aid: animal attack, cut/stab wound, eye injury, gun shot wound, limb stabilization
- Basic wounded transport: litter carry, buddy carry, lift/lower
- Trauma care: surgical and extreme care. Specialty...make friends
Skill Needs - Repairing Items
- Not sexy, but critical
- Small engine repair & vehicle mechanics
- Sewing skills - clothes, packs, pouches, etc
- Shoe repair - soles, insoles, zippers, laces, grommets
- Knitting, crochet, making fabrics
- Armorer skills - should be able to completely disassemble and reassemble your firearms
- Basic electronics
- Look at something and be able to basically figure out how it works and how to do basic repairs on it
- TOOL KITS!!
Again, I am still working on getting my patterns and editing schedule down for these, but here is another week of Motivational Mornings.
TOPICS:
Food Topics
Patrolling Your Perimeter
Pets & Animals
Stop Lying
I missed this one in there somehow. I need to be better about preparing for travel or getting ahead of things before needing to travel.
TOPICS:
Being a Real Man or Woman
Building Your Team
Food Production
Learning vs Being Told
I will try to do 3-5 of these short videos each week. They will be featured on my Instagram channel (@fortresssurvival) and uploaded to the YouTube Channel as well.
Each week I will compile the audio version of the videos and post them in between the regular podcasts. Depending on work load and other requirements.
Enjoy, and please let me know if there are other topics you would like to hear.
- More info on this in Protection Dog Podcast
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Specific Defense information - Example: Home Defense
- Movement Plan - Who goes where?
- Roles & Responsibilities - what does each person do?
- Contingencies - what if things go wrong?
- Fields of Fire - what is behind that wall?
- SHOOT, MOVE & COMMUNICATE - You must train and prepare enough to be able to do the things with little or no thought in the moment. What to say, how to reload, clear a malfunction, shoot and move at the same time, cover and concealment, etc
I will try to do 3-5 of these short videos each week. They will be featured on my Instagram channel (@fortresssurvival) and uploaded to the YouTube Channel as well.
Each week I will compile the audio version of the videos and post them in between the regular podcasts. Depending on work load and other requirements.
Enjoy, and please let me know if there are other topics you would like to hear.
Practical Tips and Tricks to make sure that you know how to do the things you may think you know how to do now.
- No matter where you live, you can start developing the ability to produce food.
- Urban - indoor growing, window boxes, park and public land food forest, roof top growing, sprouting
- Suburban - small gardens, small setup aqua-ponics/hydro-ponics, barrel/large pot gardening, edible landscaping
- Rural - large garden, perma-culture, raised beds, berms & swales, stocking ponds, livestock (chickens, goats, cattle)
- Start something now, even if it is small
- READ, READ, READ ... or LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN
- Realistic expectations: fist fight, get punched...knife fight, get cut
- Tools of Defense - Mindset is #1 Priority, but technology will still beat it.
- Weapons: knives, guns, alternative weapons
- Detection: Light & Night Vision
- Force Multipliers: Team, Dogs, Body Armor, Prepared positions
- Training for Defense: Basic live fire with weapons is important, but limited.
- Dry fire
- Training munitions
- Stress Drills: including medical response
- Mental Scenarios
- Full exercises: before, during, after
The self defense pistol I referenced is called the Byrna and can be found at https://byrna.com.
The neck knife I mentioned is by MT Knives and can be found at https://mtknives.net.
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Fire - purpose: Cooking, Light, Temperature Control (Heat)
- Cooking - Home stove & Oven (gas and electric), Camp Type Stoves (white gas & propane), Grilling, Fire starting & cooking
- Light - Electric in home, Flashlights, Lanterns, Candles,
- Temperature Control (Heat)
- Temperature Control (Cooling)
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Food
- You need to be able to produce your own food
- Meat - Livestock, Hunting, Trapping, Fishing
- Produce - Gardening, Hydro-Ponics/Aqua-Ponics, Permaculture, Indoor Gardening, Window Garden
- Grow what you like and what thrives in your area
- Store bought food
- Preserve your own - canning, dehydrating, freeze drying
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Water
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Collection - carrying (5 gal buckets), back packs, run off from gutters
- Storage - small (5 gal & w liter), medium (55 gal drums), large (250-1000 gal)
- Purification - household (Berkey), small group (ceramic hand pump), individual (life straw), chemical, UV light
- Home - Primary shelter should be your home. Most preps are going to be positioned around your home.
- Bug Out / Secondary Home - Cabin, Rural House, RV, Friend/Family House
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Mobile - Vehicle, Tent, Hammock
- Good to have, but unrealistic for long term
- One of the hardest to plan for without a lot of money
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Basic Needs
- Food & Water
- Shelter & Fire/Heat
- Defense
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Skill Set Needs
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Produce Food
- Understand Defense
- Repair items
- Medical
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Mindset Needs
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Situational Awareness
- Stress Inoculation
- Realistic Expectations
- Interpersonal Communication
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Relationship Needs
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Family
- Team