Time to clean out that bugout bag. Phil Burns of the American Preppers Network recommends updating your preparedness kits twice a year. Phil Burns/American Preppers Network April 23, 2014— -- The ...

Outdoor safety and camping gear for sale (left) at the Great Lakes Emergency Preparedness Expo in Imlay City, Mich., on Sept. 14; an attendee (right) looks at safety gear and other equipment for sale ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – Don’t try to ...

Happy National Preparedness Month! Though, as we take a good look around the world, you probably should have been checking your preps during last year's observance—or, honestly, maybe around 2019.

Like many of us, Mark Rinke ran to the store when society began winding down for the coronavirus. Unlike most, he didn’t have to. He already had what he needed at home. An organizer of the Kansas City ...

Preparing for emergencies has become a hobby and lifestyle for an increasing number of people throughout the U.S. who call themselves 'preppers.' Preppers are enthusiasts of all things emergency ...

Coming hard on the heels of other kinds of stockpiling where hoarding was easily condemned, the formula crisis feels a bit different. The desperate parents featured in news stories and Twitter threads ...

Emergency Services Director Jerry VeHaun has led Buncombe County’s disaster preparedness and response for 43 years. Photo by Virginia Daffron Preppers — those who focus on preparing themselves and ...

Every scout knows the value of being prepared, but a growing subculture of so-called Preppers are taking preparedness to another level. At the extreme, members of the movement are stockpiling ...

Pinterest—the mason jar lobby’s most effective propaganda apparatus—is an aggressively wholesome social platform. It’s The Container Store of social networks, but past the arrangements of DIY ...