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Are you familiar with the term “Return to Vendor?”
It references a malfunctioning, damaged or defective product. Once identified, the faulty product needs to be removed from the retail store by returning it to its original vendor. Got to get it off the shelves! You have a piece of defective gear, you return it.
When you show a depraved, brutal indifference to Human Life, you in turn, set your shelf life.
When your actions evince a vicious disregard for the life of another, you have an expiration date.
At Buried Logic, we would be very interested in the person or people you would nominate to be Returned 2 Vendor.
Communication, or the exchange of information, is often a determining factor in the length and severity of any survival scenario. Obviously, if you can convey your situation and location, survival becomes a good bit easier; most times, the greater your ability to communicate, the shorter your survival time, whether in wilderness or urban settings. When you need help, you simply call for help and then hold on until that help arrives.
To be properly prepared to survive any situation, a communication plan, what I call a “communication protocol” is important to establish long before any emergency situation or crisis presents itself. Before we get to the Day 6 Tips, let’s take a look a two short videos.
Now, a quick look at one other form of communication.
Now for the Tips….
1. As stated above, our “Communication Protocol” or CP begins long before we find ourselves in an emergency. Therefore, a CP is dual-staged. Stage one, Get and Give information before you depart. Get the weather, road conditions and general news info for your start and endpoints. Give family, friends and associates your travel plans including date and time of departure and arrival as well as your intended route and mode of transportation. Also, have an emergency contact person and leave that info in your wallet, purse, briefcase, bike bag, backpack or glovebox.
2. Stage two of an effective CP is maintaining the ability to transmit and receive important information; too stay in two-way-touch wherever you are. I always carry my SPOT Satellite Messenger to transmit my information, location and status. My SPOT unit is a mandatory piece of gear whenever and wherever I go. Additionally, I pack a hand-crank ETON NOAA Emergency Radio with me at all times to keep abreast of what I may be up against. I also use a Garmin GPS unit so as to be able to identify my exact Lat/Long.
3. DO NOT rely on cellphones or cell-based communications. Search and Rescue teams may not always be able to “hear me now” regardless of claims to the contrary.
5. Though you may never need to implement your CP, be proactive. Practice like you might. Develop your communication protocol in advance. Obtain the necessary equipment and remember; Get it, Use it, Learn it.
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Day 6 of “The 7 Sins of Summer Safety” Week: Trapped without alternative communications
Communication, or the exchange of information, is often a determining factor in the length and severity of any survival scenario. Obviously, if you can convey your situation and location, survival becomes a good bit easier; most times, the greater your ability to communicate, the shorter your survival time, whether in wilderness or urban settings. When you need help, you simply call for help and then hold on until that help arrives.
To be properly prepared to survive any situation, a communication plan, what I call a “communication protocol” is important to establish long before any emergency situation or crisis presents itself. Before we get to the Day 6 Tips, let’s take a look a two short videos.
Now, a quick look at one other form of communication.
Now for the Tips….
1. As stated above, our “Communication Protocol” or CP begins long before we find ourselves in an emergency. Therefore, a CP is dual-staged. Stage one, Get and Give information before you depart. Get the weather, road conditions and general news info for your start and endpoints. Give family, friends and associates your travel plans including date and time of departure and arrival as well as your intended route and mode of transportation. Also, have an emergency contact person and leave that info in your wallet, purse, briefcase, bike bag, backpack or glovebox.
2. Stage two of an effective CP is maintaining the ability to transmit and receive important information; too stay in two-way-touch wherever you are. I always carry my SPOT Satellite Messenger to transmit my information, location and status. My SPOT unit is a mandatory piece of gear whenever and wherever I go. Additionally, I pack a hand-crank ETON NOAA Emergency Radio with me at all times to keep abreast of what I may be up against. I also use a Garmin GPS unit so as to be able to identify my exact Lat/Long.
3. DO NOT rely on cellphones or cell-based communications. Search and Rescue teams may not always be able to “hear me now” regardless of claims to the contrary.
4. Whistles, signal mirrors, along with emergency strobes and electronic flares, (I use EZY Flare), are an important part of any CP.
5. Though you may never need to implement your CP, be proactive. Practice like you might. Develop your communication protocol in advance. Obtain the necessary equipment and remember; Get it, Use it, Learn it.
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Tomorrow on BuriedLogic: Day 7 of the 7 Sins of Summer Safety Week: Allowing your body to go Hyperthermic