Communication Tools for Survival Preparedness

Communication in survival situations is essential to proper survival preparedness. Being able to communicate in survival situations may mean the difference between injury and safety, or even life and death.

Survival communication is useful in a variety of survival situations. If you have to evacuate your home or work, you will need to communicate with your family to let them know where you are and to learn their location as well. Survival preparedness communication is especially useful in survival situations where the urgency is high, such as situations where someone has been injured.

Survival preparedness is having the right survival communication tools to contact emergency response personnel as well. Search teams may look for hours to find you but visibility may be limited due to obstructions such as mountains, buildings, weather, etc.

So what communicate tool options are there and how do they work? Multiple survival communication tool options exist ranging from inexpensive to expensive and effective and ineffective. To make this article the most useful to you, we will discuss only the useful communication tools.

The easiest ways to communicate with people have been used for ages and are still worth the training. Even a simple communication tool such as a fire is very useful in survival situations. The flames are easily noticeable from land or air, especially at night. The smoke is also useful. Remember that green plant material will produce black smoke and will be more visible than white smoke. The downside to making a fire is that it uses precious fuel, which is a problem if you have limited survival supplies.

Another simple technique for survival communication is to make a symbol on the ground that is visible from either the ground or by air. Find a clearing and dig in the dirt or organize objects to form HELP or SOS. Stay close to the symbol as help will be directed to that location if it is spotted.

Many communication tools are small, easy-to-use and will fit in your survival preparedness kits. Flares are an excellent way of communicating with others in an emergency. Gunshots are another way of alerting others to your location, though use discretion as your ammunition is valuable for other uses.

Survival radios are also an excellent choice for a survival preparedness communication tool. Today survival radios are small with multiple powering options. Batteries are reliable as long as the batteries aren’t too old and don’t get wet. Hand-crank radios and solar radios might be the best bet because they have renewable sources of power.

Familiarize yourself with multiple methods of survival communication and communication tools. Survival preparedness is not complete with have the skills and tools to contact others and get the help you need to survive.