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 ...

The Urban Prepper introduces earthquake preparedness with a simulator that tests practical survival skills in real time.

Many of us became preppers, in a way, after the 2021 freeze. Here, a Texan well-versed in disaster preparedness tells us how to hunker down this weekend.

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 ...

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.

Hoarding food and supplies has suddenly become mainstream. But as any prepper—one whose lifestyle revolves around preparing for the day when the SHTF (shit hits the fan)—will tell you, the coming ...

IMLAY CITY, Mich. — Jerry Katich says he’s “locked and loaded.” His home in a suburb of Flint, Michigan, is equipped with a generator. His cars are packed with first-aid kits, light sources and heat ...