Key Facts

Bush Survival

1. What is the S.T.O.P acronym for survival:

Stop, Think, Observe, plan.

2. Shelter

• Make sure to have your shelter on flat ground.
• If it is windy build your shelter under trees.
• High ground is the best place to build your shelter because you will be spotted by
• a search party.
• Don't build a shelter near rivers because if there was a flood you will get majorly
• hurt and your shelter will get destroyed.

3. Finding fresh water

• Before you collect the water make sure the water is clean because you will get sick.
• Freshwater can come from creeks but the creeks that you would want to get the
• water from is the creeks in the sun because the sun kills the bugs.
• If you want to hold the freshwater and you did not bring a water bottle
• you can dig a hole in the ground and no matter how deep the hole is it will
• still, keep the water in there. 

4. Fire

• When you are making a fire make sure there is no
• wind because the wind
• put your fire out.
• Make sure the woof you are using is dry because if it is not
• dry your fire won't light.
• Make your fire near a creek because you will need to put out
• your fire with water and the creek has the most
• water and you do not want to be
• wasting the water that you will drink.

5. Basic First Aid

• In your basic first aid for an injury you will need some bandages just in case it is a bad injury, you will need plaster if your injury is little but it is bleeding and last you will need tissues to hold the blood so it will stop bleeding.
• If you are in an area with lots of mosquitos you will need bug repellant and some cream if your bite gets itchy.
• You should put your first aid kit in a safe cool place where children won't get it.

6. Signal for help

• To signal for help in the bush try to get on some high ground
• and wave your hands around when a helicopter comes.
• Get high ground for this one as well but scream out loud
• HELP because someone might hear you.
• And last build a shelter on high ground because someone
• see you.