How to Cope with a Heat Wave

Wear light-colored clothing made of Natural fabrics to cope in an extreme heat wave. 
The head should be covered with something light-colored made of natural fabric.


How to Cope with a Heat Wave

How to Cope with a Heat Wave

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SAS 158 - Diseases & Natural Medicine
Natural medicine or Natural remedies can be used when medical supplies are exhausted, or to supplement your store. Urine can be used as an antiseptic to wash out wounds. Maggots will keep a wound open and clean until better treatment can be given.
SAS 094 - Camp Tools
Tree Felling: Check overhead for dead branches and hornets nests. Clear Creepers and branches which could deflect blows. Cut branches off from the outside of the join. Cut from both sides of the tree, first chopping out notch at an angle of 45 and another on the opposite side ata lower level on the side to which you want to tree to fall.
SAS 170 - Dangerous Water Creatures
Protection against Sharks: If you have shark repellent, follow the manufacturer's instructions. It may not befully effective, but even so use only if the situation is very grave. Repellent soon dissipates in the water and becomes ineffective.
SAS 001 - Preparation
Here are some of the safe tips before you make any journey. The Boy Scouts' motto is the right one. Make sure you are physically and mentally prepared before you set out and pack the appropriate gear for what you plan to do. 
SAS 071 - Fish Narcotics & Arctic Fishing
The technique of fishing through ice is effective on any frozen lake or river where the ice is thick enough to bear your weight but not so solid it cannot be penetrated.
SAS 179 - Disaster Strategy & Hurricane
A hurricane is a wind of high speed - above force 12 on the Beaufort scale - which brings torrential rain and can destroy any flimsy structures. It is a tropical form of cyclone, which in more temperate latitudes would be prevented from developing in the upper levels of the air by the prevailing westerly winds.
SAS 087 - Fire
Cooking in clay: This requires o utensils. Wrap food in a ball of clay and place in the embers. Heat radiates through the clay, which protects against food scorching. Animals must be cleaned and gutted first but need to be otherwise prepared.
SAS 115 - Reading Weather & Deciding to Move
To be caught in bad weather could prove fatal. Before setting out, take note of the weather. Observe wind and pressure changes. Keep a record of the weather, the conditions which precede it, and what they develop into. Animals are sensitive to atmospheric pressure and are good for short-term weather predictions. Insect-eating birds feed higher in good weather, lower when a storm is approaching. ...
SAS 184 - Disaster Strategy & Vehicles
Transport has an important role to play in disaster strategy. Make sure you know how to get the best use out of your vehicle in any situation. If you are trapped in a blizzard, stay in the car. If you are on a regular traffic route you will probably soon be rescued. Going for help could be too risky.
FC 29 - Make a Foxhole Radio
A Foxhole Radio is a radio assembled by G.I.s around Planet War II. The foxhole radio contrasted from the precious stone radio. An extremely sharp edge and pencil were utilized as a diode as a part of a foxhole radio while a bit of precious stone is utilized as a diode as a part of a gem radio. The Foxhole Radio is similar to a precious stone situated in that it tries not to need an outside fo...
SAS 040 - Fungi
Agaricus fungi: Avoid any that stain yellow when cut or bruised, or that smell of carbolic. Some young buttons are hard to distinguish from the deadly Amanitas. Dont Use any fungi you cant positively identify.
SAS 064 - Handling the Kill
During the hunting process, Waste Nothing, make use of parts you cannot eat. Set about preparing the kill in four stages that is: Bleeding, Skinning, Gutting and Jointing.
SAS 175 - Disaster Strategy & Fire
Escaping through fire: Sometimes the best escape route may be to run through the flames. This is impossible if they are very intense and the area covered by thefire is great. In a large clearing or on heath land, however, it may be possible to run through less dense fire to refuge on the already burned-out land.
SAS 123 - Sea Survival
Swim slowly and steadily. If abandoning a sinking boat or aircraft get upwind and stay clear of it. Keep away from any fuel slick. If forced to swim through flames, jump in feet first and up wind. Swim into the wind using breast stroke. Splash flames away from head to make breathing holes.
Knives
The Malayan name for a knife with a large curved blade like a machete. Too large for everyday use, it is ideal in the wilds for cutting down trees and building shelters and rafts.
SAS 015 - Fire, Water & Food
Fuel origins are confined: driftwood, seal and flying creature large, fuel from wreckage – in compelling freezing empty oil from sump before it solidifies. Could be utilized strong if emptied on ground. In summer, water is abundant. Lake water may look tan and taste saline but vegetation developing in it keeps it natural. 
SAS 122 - Sea Survival & Abandoning Ships
Survival at Sea: Four-Fifths of the Earth's surface is open water - the most difficult environment in which to survive. Water and wind rapidly chill the body. Alone in cold water your chances are not good without equipment. If you know your location you may be able to predict where the currents will carry you.
SAS 155 - Diseases
When in water, the survivor is more likely to be exposed to water - borne diseases, or those carried by insects and animals. Tropical diseases are less familiar and will therefore be dealt with here in more detail. Where drugs are not available, treatment is largely a matter of dealing with symptoms and making patient comfortable.