SAS 109 – Direction Finding

Direction by Watch: a traditional analogue watch with two hands can tell direction, provided it is set to true local time. The nearer the Equator you are, the less accurate this method is.

SAS 109 - Direction Finding

SAS 109 – Direction Finding

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SAS 093 - Camp Tools
Camp tools that are used in the camp craft are the Stone Tools, BOne tools, the axes.
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.
NFPA Rating Guide
The NFPA rating Explanation guide refers to the Ratings about the Health Hazards, Flammability Hazards, Instability Hazards, Rating Symbols and the Special Hazards. 
SAS 045 - Tropical Plants
Some of the most useful edible plants are Water spinach, Lotus, Water Lily, Wild Yam, Wild rice, Sugarcane, Millets, Bamboo. One can recognise the relations of cultivated varieties such as avocado and citrus fruits. Always apply edibility test to unknown plants, using very small amounts. 
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 057 - Animal Trapping
A fur trapper is an individual whose livelihood occupation includes the trapping of creatures for their hide. In the early days of the colonization settlement of North America, the changing of hides was normal between the settlers and the neighbourhood Indians. Countless areas at which exchanging occurred were pointed to as changing presents. 
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. ...
Wigwam
Wigwams take more time to build than open shelters, but your efforts will be doubly rewarded. Not only can the shelter be warmed by a small fire, reducing the need to collect a huge pile of wood, but the firelight reflects off the walls, providing cheery illumination for sitting out a long winter night.
SAS 025 - Tropical Regions
Along river banks and the edges of the bush daylight does enter to the ground surface and development is productive. Undergrowth achieves statures of 3m in a year. Moving is abate, blazing work, hacking a course with a parang or cleaver. 
SAS 076 - Building Shelter
In rain forests and jungle where the ground is damp and crawling with insects a raised bed is preferable. Unless the nigths are cold, the number one priority will be to keep rasonably dry.
SAS 088 - Useful Utensils
Some of the useful utensils that make the camp craft complete are the Pot ROd, Swinging pot holder, Variable pot hook, Cup, the Spoon, Birch Bark.
SAS 153 - First Aid, Emergency Childbirth & Bites
Dangers from infection is the main risk. Anti-tetanus shots and rabies vaccine should be obtained before travelling. Rabies is untreatable without vaccine and almost always fatal.
SAS 120 - Moving on Waterways
Moving on the waterways needs to be done very carefully. A large group will need several rafts. The first should carry no equipment or provisions, just the fittest group members to act as lookouts and warn of hazards. Waterfalls and rapids are often indicated by spray or mist. They can also be heard for some distance. If in doubt, moor the raft and reconnoitre on foot.
SAS 067 - Fishing
Fish contain protein, vitamins and fats. They differ widely in size, eating habits and diet, but all can be attracted and caught with appropriate bait. Angling is not the most effective method of catching fish-the night line and gill net will give better results.
SAS 035 - Edible Plants
Even some plants are poisonous. Some of the poisonous plants are Poison Sumac, Poison Oak, Poison Ivy, Jewelweed. Death Camas, Thorn-apple, Jimson Weed are poisons by ingestion. Plants like Foxglove, Monk's-hood, Hcmlock, Water Hemlock, Baneberry and Deadly Nightshade are also the Poisonous plants.
Snakebite Symptoms
The image in the post depicts the General symptoms of the snake bite and their immediate reactions that take place after the bite.
SAS 147 - First Aid & Fractures
Types of Fracture: If no medical help is expected, reduce closed fractures as soon as possible after injury by applying traction, then splint and immobilise the whole length of the limb. Splints can be pieces of wood, rools of newspaper, ski sticks, etc.
Suspicious Mail
Provided that you get a suspicious letter or bundle, Stop, Dont handle it. Detach it promptly. Dont open, odor or taste. Enact your crisis arrangement, Notify a boss.