When staying is no longer an option, what’s your plan?
Most families have thought about bugging out. Almost none are actually ready to do it — especially with children, infants, or elderly members in tow. A Family Guide to Bugging Out closes that gap with the same no-nonsense, operational rigor that has defined the Collapse-Ready Household Series — and does it for the most demanding scenario of all: getting your whole family out alive.

Bugging out is not a reaction. It is not panic. It is a deliberate, pre-planned transition from a fixed position to a safer one — executed on your terms, before the crisis forces your hand. The families who survived the Camp Fire, Hurricane Katrina, and Hurricane Ian didn’t get lucky. They made the decision before the event made it for them.

This guide teaches you to do the same.

Inside, you’ll find the operational framework that most preparedness books skip:

The Five Bug-Out Triggers — The exact conditions under which staying becomes more dangerous than going, and how to define your personal threshold in writing before any crisis begins
The Decision Matrix — A scenario-by-scenario guide to Bug-In vs. Bug-Out, from grid-down power failures to active wildfire, civil unrest, HAZMAT events, and infrastructure collapse
Destination Selection and Route Planning — How to identify, reconnoiter, and commit to a primary destination and two alternates — plus how to map routes that avoid the chokepoints that stranded thousands during mass evacuations
Bugging Out with Your Whole Family — Dedicated chapters on moving with infants, young children, and teenagers, including age-specific gear, realistic pace calculations, and emotional management strategies that actually work under stress
Pack Selection, Load Management, and Gear — Exactly what goes in each pack, in what order, for every member of your household — from a 65L adult rig to a 10L child’s daypack
Field Medicine for the Bug-Out — The MARCH protocol, tourniquet application, wound care, fracture management, long-term care for chronic conditions, dental emergencies, and a complete per-person IFAK supply list
Land Navigation Without GPS — Reading topographic maps, taking and following compass bearings, triangulation and resection, terrain association, and offline digital navigation tools that work when the grid doesn’t
Threat Assessment and OPSEC — Human threats, environmental hazards, wildlife, and the operational security principles that keep your family from becoming a target in motion
The 90-Day Family Training Progression — A month-by-month physical and skills training plan designed for real families with children, not elite operators
The 60-Minute Departure Standard — A minute-by-minute departure protocol that gets your family out the door with everything they need in under one hour

Complete with printable checklists for individual bug-out bags, per-person medical kits, vehicle kits, and 72-hour, 2-week, and extended packing lists, this is the operational companion to The Collapse-Ready Household — and the book your family needs to move, not just shelter.
Read it. Practice it. Rehearse it until the plan is muscle memory.
Part of the Collapse-Ready Household Series — a comprehensive, book-by-book preparedness curriculum covering first aid, wilderness survival, communications, home defense, food storage, water systems, off-grid power, and more.

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The Collapse Ready Household: Family Guide to Bugging Out